Archive: July 2011

Banning Blue Links on iOS Devices

Links have been blue since the internet was born (rumor has it that Tim Berners-Lee styled the first web links blue). While they do provide a nice contrast from black text on a white background, not all …
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Prevent Unwanted Borders on Linked Images

Lately quite a few emails in my inbox have what I assume to be an accidental blue border around some (but not all) of the images. Take a look: After some investigation, I found that a handful …
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A Guide to Validating HTML for Email

HTML validators are invaluable tools for people that write code. They can let you know if there are any errors present that might cause display issues and give you some clues for debugging. Validators do this by …
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