Ce mois-ci sur Pompage.net, traduction d’un extrait du prochain livre de Jeffrey Zeldman : 99,9% des sites web sont obsolètes (traduit par l’inépuisable Samuel Latchman).
Category: Social Media and the Web
Social media, blogging, tweeting, facebooking, web design, and all the stuff that isn’t here yet. Subcategories highlight some areas of particular expertise.
Abandonnez target="_blank"! [en]
En ce moment sur la liste de discussion de pompage.net : arguments contre l’utilisation de target="_blank".
En résumé, forcer l’ouverture d’une nouvelle fenêtre lorsque l’utilisateur clique sur un lien « casse » le bouton « Back ». De plus, il est impossible de savoir avant de cliquer sur le lien s’il ouvrira ou non une nouvelle fenêtre… Si vous avez quelque chose à ajouter au débat, n’hésitez pas à rejoindre la liste et à prendre part à la discussion !
Améliorer son site [en]
À lire aujourd’hui chez Karl : améliorer son site petit à petit. Quelques actions simples par lesquelles vous pouvez commencer, plutôt que de faire une immense opération « nettoyage de printemps », souvent décourageante avant même de l’avoir commencée.
Apologies for the French [en]
Apologies to my English-only readers. I’m kind of stuck in French these days. Don’t worry, there are “English” phases too 😉
Contrôler l'impression avec CSS [en]
Pompage : le numéro de novembre est en ligne !
Vous apprendrez qu’il est fort aisé de contrôler sous quelle forme votre site sera imprimé : Faites bonne impression avec les CSS, un article d’Eric Meyer traduit par les bons soins de Samuel Latchman.
Accessibility: People Who Command Their Computer by Speech [en]
Creating a new weblog post is pretty painless. I have a dictation shortcut which inserts the markup and placeholders for text and title. Let me know if I start flooding you.
Mozilla seems to lack accessibility components (MSAA) included in Internet Explorer and other Microsoft programs, which make them easier to use by voice. With Internet Explorer for example, a hyperlink is automatically selected when you pronounce the hyperlink text, so that you can follow it. In Mozilla, I have to tab my way around or hope that the site I’m visiting has provided access keys for each hyperlink (is that even possible?)
More on this topic once I have figured it out.
Update 31.10.02: actually, Mozilla has top-notch support for MSAA, but Dragon doesn’t activate it. What a pity!
Hiatus – Repetitive Strain Injury [en]
In case you hadn’t noticed, this site is on hiatus for medical reasons.
The pain in my wrists has not gone away. Actually, it got worse. Now that I’m keeping away from keyboards and mice as much as possible, the situation is a bit better.
My bet is that I have some form of RSI – I say it’s pretty mild, as I can still type, but my employer says serious, as the prospect of sick leave is looming up if nothing is done. For those of you in the US particularly, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is just one of the forms RSI can take, and I’m pretty sure I don’t have CTS.
Why do I have this? Nobody knows for sure, for the moment. Probably a combination of bad posture and long-time overuse of my body to make it do things it isn’t supposed to be doing (playing with mice and keyboards). Probably my nerves and tendons protesting pretty loudly. I have an appointment with a neurologist in a couple of weeks. We’ll see what he says.
I’ve ordered a whole bunch of ergonomical equipment at work, and I’m keeping an eye on my posture in front of the computer, as well as inserting a little bit of light excercise into my life. I’m waiting for my speech recognition program any day now.
If you have even mild pains in your elbows and wrists while or after using the computer (especially your “mouse wrist”), please don’t wait until it hurts “enough” to take it seriously and see a doctor. I had mild pains in my wrists and elbows for ages before they became so acute I just had to stop typing (over a few weeks’ time). The RSI mailing list is a great source of information.
Nouvel article traduit [en]
Pompage.net vous offre ce mois un nouvel article, qui vous invite à voir que l’indulgence des navigateurs peut être contre-productive. Elle n’encourage pas les designers web en herbe à construire des pages structurellement correctes.
Si vous l’avez raté, n’oubliez pas de lire l’article du mois passé: Techniques et astuces pratiques pour une mise en page CSS. Mettez-vous également l’eau à la bouche en regardant ce que nous vous préparons… Merci à toute l’équipe!
RSS Feed [en]
Yes! I know you’ve all been waiting impatiently for it: an RSS feed for Climb to the Stars! Let me know if you have any trouble with it or if I did something wrong – I’m just discovering how it works.
Totalement crétin [en]
Totalement crétin: piquant (même pas mal) et savoureux. A surveiller.