Presentations of W3C Team, Office Staff, and Working Group Participants

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April 2008

26 April: Bert Bos gives an invited talk on behalf of the Hungary Office entitled "Advanced layout in CSS" at the "Magyarországi Web Konferencia 2008 (Hungarian Web Conference 2008)" on Saturday, 26 April 2008, in Budapest, Hungary.

8 May: Bert Bos gives a talk entitled "CSS Template Layout is not only for big grids" at the "XTech 2008" on Thursday, 8 May 2008, in Dublin, Ireland. (see abstract)

Abstract:

The CSS Advanced Layout module that is currently under development in W3C grew out of a need to easily create “portal” pages in HTML with different layouts on screens of different sizes, in particular on mobile phones. But it can not only create grids for positioning text boxes and images, but also create very small grids, such as for placing the elements of a mathematical formula.

This presentation shows how the same idea, the traditional layout grid, can be used at different scales, from a whole document or a printed page, via forms and GUIs, down to an inline formula.

The CSS rule to define a grid is typically only one line. And the grids are quite independent of the mark-up, which is what makes it possible, e.g., to render subscripts in MathML in front of a symbol, although they come after the symbol in the mark-up.

The Advanced Layout module thus promises not only to make the “visual semantics” of a document easier to express, but also to make the mark-up, which embodies the rest of the meaning, less dependent on the desired rendering.

The presentation includes a demo with a (partial) prototype implementation.

11, 12 June: Molly E Holzschlag gives a talk entitled "Color for the Global Web" (see abstract) on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 and gives a talk entitled "Designing for Today’s Browsers" (see abstract) on Thursday, 12 June 2008 at the "Voices That Matter" , Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract for “Color for the Global Web”:

The perception of color is dependent on gender, culture, race and physical attributes. If you're designing Web sites, you're designing for the broadest audience imaginable. The success of your Web site relates directly to how the colors you use in your designs are perceived through the eyes of the world. Developers, designers and content mavens all are encouraged to participate in this colorful, interactive session.

Abstract for “Designing for Today’s Browsers”:

So you know about CSS, and might even sport serious skills in markup, style and script. But we all share one problem in common no matter our skill level: Browsers are different. Hacking, working and scripting around browser differences is the most time consuming, exhausting and frustrating web design job of all. In "Designing for Today’s Browsers," you'll learn several extremely valuable and practical methods to lighten that heavy load of today's browser woes.

16 August: Molly E Holzschlag gives a tutorial entitled "Hot and Spicy Style with CSS" at the "Hot and Spicy Style with CSS" between Saturday, 16 August, and Sunday, 17 August 2008, in Honolulu, HI, USA. (see abstract)

Abstract:

From image replacement to effective navigation and background graphic design, integration with Flash in standards-based design, to anecdotes, and wit and wisdom from the entertaining Molly E. Holzschlag, this two day CSS hands-on methods helps any modern Web designer advance his or her work with CSS, no matter which tool or level of CSS knowledge.