Ian Hickson
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Ian 'Hixie' Hickson is the author and maintainer of the Acid2
and Acid3
tests, and the Web Applications 1.0/HTML 5
specification."HTML 5 Hits First Public Working Draft", Sean Michael Kerner, internetnews.com, January 25, 2008 He is known as a proponent of web standards, and has played a crucial role in the development of specifications such as CSS
. Hickson was a co-editor of the CSS 2.1 specification.
Hickson was born in Geneva
, Switzerland
, and lived there for ten years. He studied physics at the University of Bath
in England. Later he was employed at Netscape
, and Opera Software
; he now works for Google
in the San Francisco Bay Area
, and is a member of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
.
Acid2
Acid2 is a test page published and promoted by the Web Standards Project to expose web page rendering flaws in web browsers and other applications that render HTML. Named after the acid test for gold, it was developed in the spirit of Acid1, a relatively narrow test of compliance with the Cascading...
and Acid3
Acid3
Acid3 test is a web test page from the Web Standards Project that checks a web browser's compliance with elements of various web standards, particularly the Document Object Model and JavaScript....
tests, and the Web Applications 1.0/HTML 5
HTML 5
HTML5 is a language for structuring and presenting content for the World Wide Web, and is a core technology of the Internet originally proposed by Opera Software. It is the fifth revision of the HTML standard and is still under development...
specification."HTML 5 Hits First Public Working Draft", Sean Michael Kerner, internetnews.com, January 25, 2008 He is known as a proponent of web standards, and has played a crucial role in the development of specifications such as CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language...
. Hickson was a co-editor of the CSS 2.1 specification.
Hickson was born in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and lived there for ten years. He studied physics at the University of Bath
University of Bath
The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....
in England. Later he was employed at Netscape
Netscape
Netscape Communications is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in Mountain View, California...
, and Opera Software
Opera Software
Opera Software ASA is a Norwegian software company, primarily known for its Opera family of web browsers with over 220 million users worldwide. Opera Software is also involved in promoting Web standards through participation in the W3C. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is...
; he now works for Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
, and is a member of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group is a community of people interested in evolving HTML and related technologies. The WHATWG was founded by individuals from Apple, the Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software in 2004. Since then, the editor of the WHATWG specifications, Ian...
.