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.
A New Direction and a New Project
In an effort to increase adoption of web standards, we’re going to try something new.
By Aaron Gustafson | February 2nd, 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
IE9 looks really promising
By Aaron Gustafson | June 28th, 2010
The IE9 “developer previews” continue to impress. HTML5, CSS3, & speed improvements FTW!
When the IE team announced their work on IE9 earlier this year, they promised three major improvements:
- HTML5
- CSS3
- speed
Now three “developer previews” in, by all accounts they’re living up to that promise: HTML5 support is increasing rapidly (including support for canvas; as PPK just confirmed, their CSS3 support is nearly complete; and several benchmark tests put them right up there with Chrome in terms of speed.
In playing around with the browser, I’ve been really impressed so far. To me, IE9 really puts the oft-maligned browser on par with the remainder of the browser landscape and even gives them the edge in certain cases. My hat’s off to the IE team, this is great work. I’m excited to see what happens as it continues to develop.
You can download the IE9 preview and check out some of the demos at http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/, but keep in mind that you’ll need Vista or Windows 7 to run it.
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