tangophilia blog

I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on separating my semantic markup from my CSS presentation code. It’s a large part of the reason why the site design has been so straightforward to date. Less crazy presentation markup, the easier the site is to debug.

This also ensures that the site is accessible and easy to use on multiple platforms and browsers (including the browser on your web phone). In addition to the usual plethora of resources I like to consult on these things, it turns out that Mark Pilgrim, one of my students and a wonderful blogger, has published a very helpful site on the topic of accessibility, and I’ll be implementing a lot of his recommendations on this site over time.

Going forward, you’ll see some interesting changes to the site that will allow you to view the site under multiple designs (black-on-white vs. white-on-black, images vs. none, etc.) and to choose your favorite. In the Tangophilia spirit, I hope the site will be easy to use and understand, and yet demonstrate the power and beauty of the ideas and techniques behind it.