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A List Apart

History of A List Apart - A List Apart began in 1997 as a mailing list for web designers. - Moderated and published by Jeffrey Zeldman and Brian Platz. - Within months, 16,000 designers, developers, and content specialists had joined the list. - A List Apart transformed into a web magazine in 1998. - The website has had three major visual designs. A List Apart: The Web Design Survey - From 2007 to 2011, A List Apart annually surveyed the web design and development community. - The surveys provided insights into salary, job satisfaction, workplace discrimination, and more. - Tens of thousands of respondents participated each year. - The magazine provides anonymized raw data with each findings report. - Readers can verify the findings or conduct their own investigations. International editions of A List Apart - A List Apart launched its first international edition in Arabic in 2010. - An Italian version has also been launched. - These international editions are authorized publications of A List Apart. Related resources and references - Web Standards Project - CSS Zen Garden - Gomez-Palacio, Bryony; Vit Armin (2009). Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications and History of Graphic Design. - Gardner Susannah; Birley, Shane (2012). Blogging For Dummies. - Zeldman, Jeffrey; Marcotte, Ethan (2010). Designing With Web Standards. - Zeldman, Jeffrey (August 22, 2005). A List Apart 4.0. - Shafer, Dan (2004). HTML Utopia: Designing without Tables Using CSS. Notable features or characteristics - A List Apart started as a mailing list and later became a web magazine. - The Web Design Survey provided valuable insights into the web design and development community. - A List Apart has launched international editions in Arabic and Italian. - The magazine provides anonymized raw data and encourages readers to verify the findings. - A List Apart has had three major visual designs for its website.