Comments on: ALA 224: Krista, Q tags & trench wisdom

By: Jeffrey Zeldman

Jeffrey Zeldman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:34:01 +0000

@kop:

Thanks for chiming. You’re a bit late—we published the article more than two years ago.

We obviously considered it to be more than a “CSS trick for the q tag.” It’s a discussion about semantics in HTML that asks whether the q element makes sense (is it semantic? or presentational?), and—if one concludes that the element’s use is justified—offers a workaround for the fact that some browsers support the q element and other browsers don’t.

By: kop

kop — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:46:18 +0000

How does writing an article that amounts to “Here is a CSS trick, for the q tag”, merit publication in ALA?

By: estetik

estetik — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:27:51 +0000

Q tags purpose is to handle short, inline quotations that don’t require paragraph breaks. Very useful tool to use.

By: burun

burun — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:07:44 +0000

I’m experimenting with less well-known structural elements in HTML, including Q, which is supposed to be used for inline quotations. I already use the BLOCKQUOTE tag for longer quotations, and it would seem that the Q tag would be perfectly suited for a weblog, since so many weblog entries involve quoting short snippets of linked external articles. However IE 6 doesn’t display quotation marks; content in a Q tag just looks like everything else.

By: Krista Stevens

Krista Stevens — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:27:05 +0000

The beautiful thing about the web is that we teach each other so that we, as well as it, might grow. There is no shortage of great, talented voices out there – many of them have not had the chance to share their ideas with the world. I am thrilled to be part of the team at ALA and look forward to working with new authors and bringing their voice to a wider audience.

In Carolyn Wood, Digital Web has a crack editor in chief. She’s got a top-notch team and with her passion, vision and energy – look for great things to come out of DW.

By: Jeffrey Zeldman

Jeffrey Zeldman — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:45:09 +0000

DW’s production schedule is more consistent

We publish every other Tuesday, except on major holidays.

what exactly does acquisitions editor mean?

Krista will work with Erin and me to find articulate, passionate writers whose ideas and interests connect with where ALA has been and where it’s going.

The web is in continual renaissance. It is constantly reinventing itself and exciting new voices are continually emerging from it. (That’s one reason I dislike applying numerical labels to the web. It’s like defining a particular historical moment as humanity 2.0.)

There are more new web voices every day, which means there is more stuff to check out every day.

We’ve been pretty good at finding new people with something to say and giving them a bigger platform on which to say it. We hope to stay good at it. Krista will help us do that.

By: Derek Pennycuff

Derek Pennycuff — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:04:11 +0000

so is this bad news for digital web? they’re my 2nd fav web mag after ALA . ALA’s quality is more consistent, but DW’s production schedule is more consistent, and that’s important too.

and what exactly does acquisitions editor mean? she’ll help you acquire all the talent from what little competiton you have and help foster in a new age of ALA as a globe spanning conglomberate?

;)

By: Des Traynor

Des Traynor — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:44:37 +0000

There are hundreds of other places to find nifty JavaScript and CSS tricks, so we’re going to focus on what we do best.

How does writing an article that amounts to “Here is a CSS trick, for the q tag”, merit publication in ALA?

By: Aaron Gustafson

Aaron Gustafson — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:27:05 +0000

Yeah, another ALA staffer not named Aaron/Erin! Seriously, it’s great to have Krista on the team.