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In a nutshell, bookmarklets are small little applications you can place as browser’s
bookmark bar and they each perform a specific function, depending on

LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and
strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability,
interaction design and visual design.

A solution to the problem of generating web forms for editing XML documents, utilising
W3C XML Schema and XSLT.

Eric Gropp shows how XSLT can be used to transform W3C XML Schemas to create, among
other things, HTML input forms, generate query interfaces, and documentation of data
structures and interfaces.

This article shows how XSLT and XUpdate can enable easy generation of HTML forms for
web applications that need to let the user edit XML data through the browser.

In this month's XML Q&A column John Simpson answers questions about namespace
prefixes and the legality of XML element names that include spaces.

Redesigns can solve old usability problems while creating new ones that must be solved
in turn. From the lessons of the ALA 3.0 redesign comes this quick study in remapping
content without frustrating readers.

It's no coincidence that search engines love highly accessible websites; in fact, by
designing for accessibility, you're already using effective search-engine optimization
techniques. Andy Hagans explains yet another reason to pay attention to accessibility.

Are our web apps as smart as they should be? By failing to account for habituation (the
tendency, when presented with a string of repetitive tasks, to keep clicking OK), do our
designs cause people to lose their work? Raskin's simple, foolproof rule solves the problem.

Sometimes it's the little things that drive you nuts. As many of us have probably
noticed during this season of holiday shopping, usability problems in online forms can be
infuriating. Brian Crescimanno helps solve the problem with a checklist of form-usability
recommendations.

In this excerpt from his new book, Ambient Findability, Peter Morville explains why
findability is a required element of good design and engineering--and what that means for
you.

Space constraints can put the squeeze on accessibility and usability. Mike Brittain
shares his method for making itty-bitty forms more accessible and easier to use.

The acronym element is missing in XHTML 2.0. Internet Explorer 6 ignores the abbr
element. JAWS doesn't like dfn. AAA-level compliance requires you to find a solution. Make
it work.

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