Current WaSP Projects
InterAct: Web Standards Curriculum
InterAct is a living, open curriculum based upon web standards and best practices, designed to teach students the skills of the web professional.
InterAct Learning Tracks
The InterAct curriculum framework has 6 learning tracks. Adapt and reuse our resources. Contribute your own content and ideas.
Small Business Outreach
WaSP's Small Business Outreach Committee seeks to broaden the reach of web standards by informing small businesses about best practices in commissioning and building websites.
Small Business Update
A while back I announced WaSP’s new small business outreach effort and, thanks to your help, we’ve been making great progress.
By Aaron Gustafson | August 5th, 2010
Education TF
The Education Task Force works with educational institutions to promote instruction of Web standards and standards-compliant public sites.
InterACT With Web Standards Book Released
You may have noticed that the InterACT curriculum team recently released its first book: InterACT With Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design. It is the first book released by WaSP, and it directly ties into the work that the Education Task Force and other contributors have put into the courses in the InterACT curriculum.
By Chris Casciano | June 9th, 2010
International Liaison Group
The International Liaison Group is an international collective of web professionals promoting the global use of standards to ensure an equitable Web.
InterAct translations and localizations
Work is well and truly underway to get WaSP InterAct translated into multiple languages. With an army of over thirty volunteers working in eighteen languages we hope to get localized versions of the Curriculum into schools colleges and universities near you soon.
By Henny Swan | May 11th, 2009
The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.
Recent Buzz
An End to Aging IE Installs
By Aaron Gustafson | December 15th, 2011
Do you hear that sound? That’s right Johnny, it’s the sound of millions of web professionals breathing a collective sigh of relief.
Today is a momentous day.
After spending years of griping about IE6’s staying power and lamenting Microsoft’s earlier decision to advocate against upgrading to IE7 (a decision they didn’t stick with, thankfully), Microsoft has turned a new leaf today, announcing that they will be pushing updates to IE to anyone who takes part in their Windows Update service.
What does this mean? Well, it means that grandma will be upgraded to IE8 if she’s still on Windows XP or IE9 if she’s on Vista or Windows 7.
Corporations (and individuals) still have the ability to opt-out of these updates, but this move should put an end to upgrades that haven’t happened purely because users didn’t know how to upgrade to a new version of IE. As Microsoft’s own Peter Laudati so eloquently put it, “Upgrade Your Parents Browser Weekend” is now officially obsolete.
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More Buzz articles
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Beyond the Blue Beanie? | Stephanie (Sullivan) Rewis |
| The Sherpas are Here | Aaron Gustafson |
| HTML5? Check. Accessible HTML5? Um… | Aaron Gustafson |
| IE9 looks really promising | Aaron Gustafson |