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Yes, it’s true! The next working CSS specification is being published in paperback format. As a thriller! Some may argue the current CSS 3 Spec is already a huge page-turner, and would sell millions as it is, but the W3C, in a bold move to make Web Standards hip (as in cool), hired famous writer Dan Brown to novelize the upcoming standard.

Brown is the author of famous novels such as The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, both of which have been recently made into movies, so we should expect a work of the highest standard of fiction. Keeping this in mind, here is an artist’s rendition of the cover of the soon-to-be novel:

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Oh yeah, and judging by the direction things are going, you should expect to see this in bookshelves across the World as early as 2017. And, sources say, the movie tie-in is coming in 2018.

External Links with Javascript

If you build websites and enjoy coding according to Web Standards, then you’re probably aware that the XHTML 1.0 Strict specification leaves out a rather common attribute: target, which is used inside <a> tags to specify how the hyperlink should behave. With a value of “_blank“, the hyperlink would open in a new browser window (or tab), which is recommended if the link navigates away from the current site. (…) more after the jump ›