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  • noun Internet slang A web developer who is actively involved in the creation, adoption, and/or promotion of web standards.

Etymologies

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standard +‎ -ista

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Examples

  • Designer, developer and a passionate standardista.

    CSS Globe | Web Standards Magazine 2010

  • Create a multilevel Dropdown menu with CSS and improve it via jQuery CSS Typography: Contrast Techniques, Tutorials and Best Practices Designer, developer and a passionate standardista with large experience in all types of front-end work.

    CSS Globe | Web Standards Magazine 2009

  • This makes the standardista in me cringe, but it's definitely useful for some.

    Icrontic 2009

  • Designer, developer and a passionate standardista with huge experience in all types of front-end work.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • They tend to be more appreciative of all the work that goes into these talks, whereas the hater standardista crowd won't hesitate to pick you apart and slam you on Twitter for one slide they didn't approve of.

    JeffCroft.com: Latest blog entries 2009

  • Designer, developer and a passionate standardista with large experience in all types of front-end work.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • This makes the standardista in me cringe, but it's definitely useful for some.

    Icrontic 2009

  • Designer, developer and a passionate standardista.

    CSS Globe | Web Standards Magazine 2009

  • Designer, developer and a passionate standardista with large experience in all types of front-end work.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • And of course in the comments there’s some standardista who complains that this was done using tables instead of CSS.

    Breakfast Links: Sci-fi Security, Mad Cows & HTML Anime : #comments 2007

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  • Accessibility expert and standardista Joe Clark, whose name will pop up more than once in this book, has created a Failed Redesigns campaign . . . designed to spread standards awareness while shaming those who produce new or redesigned sites that act as if "the 21st century is frozen in the amber of 1999."

    --Jeffrey Zeldman, 2007, Designing with Web Standards‎, p. 53

    June 21, 2009