Comments on: What a sad state of affairs… http://www.refreshcleveland.org/2006/07/12/what-a-sad-state-of-affairs/ Refreshing the web, one city at a time Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: DavidMead http://www.refreshcleveland.org/2006/07/12/what-a-sad-state-of-affairs/#comment-234 DavidMead Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:02:49 +0000 http://www.refreshcleveland.org/2006/07/12/what-a-sad-state-of-affairs/#comment-234 Hi Sean, I don't think we'll ever really hear a client demanding microformats on their site. I do feel if we (developers) use them as part of our normal development process and more sites, such as Google Maps, begin adopting them the client will be happy with the results. And it definitely is a step closer to a usable Semantic Web. Hi Sean,

I don’t think we’ll ever really hear a client demanding microformats on their site.

I do feel if we (developers) use them as part of our normal development process and more sites, such as Google Maps, begin adopting them the client will be happy with the results. And it definitely is a step closer to a usable Semantic Web.

]]> By: Sean http://www.refreshcleveland.org/2006/07/12/what-a-sad-state-of-affairs/#comment-232 Sean Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:11:02 +0000 http://www.refreshcleveland.org/2006/07/12/what-a-sad-state-of-affairs/#comment-232 Unfortunately, we still have IE6 with a little under 1/2 of the browser share. I've used various techniques such as IE conditional comments (ex: ...) and there are some good PNG IE hacks on the web using IE filters to solve the PNG issues. Microformats is an interesting topic. Many clients are seeing the SEO benefits of an accessible CSS driven layout. This would help in those areas as well. I don't hear much demand for Microformats, but it's interesting to see where we will be in terms of semantic markup in a year or two. Building a business case for using microformats would help in communicating the value of this approach. Unfortunately, we still have IE6 with a little under 1/2 of the browser share. I’ve used various techniques such as IE conditional comments (ex: …) and there are some good PNG IE hacks on the web using IE filters to solve the PNG issues.

Microformats is an interesting topic. Many clients are seeing the SEO benefits of an accessible CSS driven layout. This would help in those areas as well. I don’t hear much demand for Microformats, but it’s interesting to see where we will be in terms of semantic markup in a year or two. Building a business case for using microformats would help in communicating the value of this approach.

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