A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 212

February 14, 2006

Kiss kiss, bang bang: who's first in your hearts, who's going to be the first against the wall. We asked what you love and hate about the web. Your answers created this Valentine's Day issue. We love not having to do the writing ourselves.

Valentine’s Day Massacre

From buzzword-happy marketers to snobby standards gurus, from AJAX to Zope, ALA's gentle readers tell us what they bloody well hate about the web.

Valentines to the Web

You love it! You really love it. ALA's readers tell us who gets their candy hearts this year.

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Editor’s Choice

originally ran: March 5, 2004

CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death

Say goodbye to old-school slicing and dicing when creating image maps, buttons, and navigation menus. Instead, say hello to a deceptively simple yet powerful sprite-based CSS solution.

CSS Sprites