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The week is closing to an end, and since you are perhaps winding down a little, why not check some reading tips from the Developer Engagement Team at Mozilla?
Weekly links November 17th 2011
If there is anything you think we should read or know about, don’t hesitate to post a comment, contact us on Twitter or through any other mean.
The picks this week are:
Christian Heilmann
In Lynx would not be impressed I collected a few of the arguments for and against semantics in HTML5 and thought it is time to concentrate on bigger things as there is no “one size fits all: solution any longer.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Christian, he’s available on Twitter as @codepo8.
Eric “Sheppy” Shepherd
The InstaCSS web site is a great, easy to use interface to our excellent CSS documentation. Quick, immediate feedback based on regular expression searches makes finding just the right CSS properties and rules super-easy!
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Eric, he’s available on Twitter as @sheppy.
Havi Hoffman
Fight SOPA. Proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress poses a dangerous threat to social media and freedom of expression online, and has the potential to undermine core Internet infrastructure. Learn more about this disturbing development and how you can help.
Havi can be found on Twitter as @freshelectrons
Janet Swisher
Web developers: If each of you redesigns the website of your favorite restaurant so it works on mobile and doesn’t suck, the Web will be a better place. Clear menu provides some examples and inspiration.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Janet, she’s available on Twitter as @jmswisher.
Jeff Griffiths
I had a great chat with Laurian Gridinoc this weekend about IxEdit and his plans to turn it into a Firefox Add-on.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Jeff, he’s available on Twitter as @canuckistani.
Joe Stagner
Foundation – The Rapid Prototyping and Building Framework for HTML5 Apps.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Joe, he’s available on Twitter as @MisfitGeek.
Rob Hawkes
input.js is a library created by Jon Buckley for our Paladin project that makes supporting different gamepads in the browser as easy as possible.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Rob, he’s available on Twitter as @robhawkes.
Robert Nyman
The mobile app is going the way of the CD-ROM: To the dustbin of history – A good discussion about reaching as many end users as possible, no matter the platform, and doing so in an open fashion.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he’s available on Twitter as @robertnyman.
Tristan Nitot
Web developers, especially those who read the Mozilla Hacks blog, will understand that teaching kids to understand the Web is essential for the future as a society, hence Mozilla’s Hackasaurus initiative, explained on TV by Mitchell Baker.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Tristan, he’s available on Twitter as @nitot.
Will Bamberg
About Robert Nyman [Editor emeritus]
Technical Evangelist & Editor of Mozilla Hacks. Gives talks & blogs about HTML5, JavaScript & the Open Web. Robert is a strong believer in HTML5 and the Open Web and has been working since 1999 with Front End development for the web - in Sweden and in New York City. He regularly also blogs at http://robertnyman.com and loves to travel and meet people.