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Accessibility TF

The Accessibility Task Force works with accessibility organizations, technology vendors and others to help promote Web accessibility.

WebAIM screenreader survey…the results are in

Hat-tip to ATF member Jared Smith:WebAIM recently conducted a survey of preferences of screen reader users. With over 1100 responses, the results of this survey provide much useful information about screen reader user demographics and preferences. Some of the ...

By Patrick Lauke | January 31st, 2009

Acid3

Acid3 is a test of dynamic browser capabilities which exists to encourage browser vendors to focus on interoperability.

Acid3 receptions and misconceptions and do we have a winner?

Acid3 progress and what it really means.

By Lars Gunther | October 2nd, 2008

Adobe TF

The Adobe Task Force collaborates with Adobe on products that output Web code or content and advocates Web standards to users.

Announcing the Adobe Task Force

Today WaSP announced that the Dreamweaver Task Force, Buy Adobe Creative Suite 3 will be renamed the Adobe Task Force to reflect a widened scope.

By Stephanie Sullivan | March 10th, 2008

Education TF

The Education Task Force works with educational institutions to promote instruction of Web standards and standards-compliant public sites.

Introducing The Open Web Education Alliance

The W3C recently announced an exciting new incubator group - The Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA) - that is certain to have a significant impact on helping web standards and best practices find their way into classrooms around the world.

By Aarron Walter | June 29th, 2009

Microsoft TF

WaSP and Microsoft work collaboratively on issues related to Web standards support in Microsoft products, including Internet Explorer.

IE8 Has Arrived

With a greater focus on standards-compliance, it seems possible that Microsoft’s latest browser may redeem itself in the eyes of standards-savvy designers and developers.

By Aaron Gustafson | March 20th, 2009

Street Team

The WaSP Street Team runs community projects to get the message about Web standards out everywhere.

Street Team: Make Your Mark

The WaSP Street Team launches its first community project: bookmarks which you can place in libraries, schools, and bookstores to help signal to readers that the material is out of date.

By Glenda Sims | March 8th, 2008

The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.

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Introducing The Open Web Education Alliance

By Aarron Walter | June 29th, 2009

The W3C recently announced an exciting new incubator group - The Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA) - that is certain to have a significant impact on helping web standards and best practices find their way into classrooms around the world.

The W3C recently announced an exciting new incubator group - The Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA) - that is certain to have a significant impact on helping web standards and best practices find their way into classrooms around the world. The mission of OWEA is to bring together companies, schools, and organizations involved in shaping the education of Web professionals to explore the issues around the topic of Web development education and create solutions for improving it.

Many organizations like Opera, Adobe, Yahoo, WOW, and WaSP InterAct have been diligently working to develop curricula and outreach programs to help schools better prepare their students for a career on the Web. OWEA will bring many education initiatives together in a broad collaborative.

“ The mission of the Open Web Education Alliance Incubator Group, part of the Incubator Activity, is to help enhance and standardize the architecture of the World Wide Web by facilitating the highest quality standards and best practice based education for future generations of Web professionals through such activities as:

  • fostering open communication channels for knowledge transfer
  • curriculum sharing between corporate entities, educational institutions, Web professionals, and students ”

- The Open Web Education Alliance Charter

OWEA’s origins can be traced back to Web Directions North in Denver in February, where WaSP emeritus and CSS Samuri John Allsopp brought together educators, industry experts, and representatives of the W3C to explore ways of uniting the various education efforts already underway. Four months later, OWEA has transformed from a collection of ideas at a meeting to a W3C incubator group. The Web Standards Project has a strong representation in OWEA, and will be contributing content from InterAct to the initiative.

This is a huge step towards improving web education! Want to stay informed? Subscribe to the WaSP InterAct Twitter feed.

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