Articles

Some of these articles started life as academic essays, some were responses to particular articles or items in the news, while others helped me to think through my opinions on some aspect of the web or people's relationship with it.

Why am I doing this?

How to avoid irritating your customers by making them do too much work.

Web standards: not just for geeks

Why website owners should worry about standards.

Access all areas

Website accessibility isn't just about social justice or avoiding law suits; designing with accessibility in mind provides benefits for all your clients.

Printing pains

Why does it seem to be so hard to produce a web page you can print?

Dreamweaver nightmares

How can it be that so many poor sites are built with great tools?

Writing for the web: it's just like print

Most tips for 'writing for the web' are equally relevant to print.

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