Comments on: Microformats http://jessefrye.com/2009/04/microformats/ this is jesse in all his glory Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:01:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jesse http://jessefrye.com/2009/04/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Jesse Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:34:47 +0000 http://jessefrye.com/?p=107#comment-23 Of course. Look up Jay Myers for more related posts at: http://jay.beweep.com/ It's really exciting that Google is using Microformats in their search engine now. I was going to do another updated post about that as well. Of course. Look up Jay Myers for more related posts at: http://jay.beweep.com/

It’s really exciting that Google is using Microformats in their search engine now. I was going to do another updated post about that as well.

]]> By: KrisBelucci http://jessefrye.com/2009/04/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-22 KrisBelucci Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:21:38 +0000 http://jessefrye.com/?p=107#comment-22 I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance. I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance.

]]> By: Jesse http://jessefrye.com/2009/04/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jesse Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:02:27 +0000 http://jessefrye.com/?p=107#comment-10 I agree. I believe they have potential when implemented but perhaps in the future being able to parse out or take whatever pertinent information you need will be used. For example, you are searching for a shirt and google crawled for the hProduct spec to find 137clothing. Still would have to work for the top ranking but it could make searches for specific. Same case with hCard to search for people, hResume for headhunters to search for candidates, et cetera. I think a lot of cool stuff CAN come from it but might be a ways down the road. For now, its good for formatting, CSS, and dreaming! I agree. I believe they have potential when implemented but perhaps in the future being able to parse out or take whatever pertinent information you need will be used. For example, you are searching for a shirt and google crawled for the hProduct spec to find 137clothing. Still would have to work for the top ranking but it could make searches for specific. Same case with hCard to search for people, hResume for headhunters to search for candidates, et cetera. I think a lot of cool stuff CAN come from it but might be a ways down the road. For now, its good for formatting, CSS, and dreaming!

]]> By: Alan Hogan http://jessefrye.com/2009/04/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Alan Hogan Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:57:01 +0000 http://jessefrye.com/?p=107#comment-9 Microformats are a great idea. But one of the most common microformats - the date microformate based off vCal / iCal - requires ugly machine-readable dates to be set as title attributes, which is an accessibility problem (screen readers read titles instead of abbr content) as well as just plain ugly for visitors (some WILL mouse over it, if not all). The microformats community's (who am I kidding – @t and @adactio) refusal to acknoledge this problem, though they are well aware, is discouraging. Microformats are a great idea. But one of the most common microformats – the date microformate based off vCal / iCal – requires ugly machine-readable dates to be set as title attributes, which is an accessibility problem (screen readers read titles instead of abbr content) as well as just plain ugly for visitors (some WILL mouse over it, if not all).

The microformats community’s (who am I kidding – @t and @adactio) refusal to acknoledge this problem, though they are well aware, is discouraging.

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