Buzz Archives for May 2006
BrowseAloud respond
Many thanks to Martin McKay, Technical Director and one of the founders of Texthelp (developers of BrowseAloud), for responding to my previous post All aboard the PAS 78 gravy train. In a refreshingly sincere and straightforward email Martin reassured me of his personal commitment to the cause of accessibility and literacy. ...
By Patrick Lauke | Filed in Action, Accessibility TF, Accessibility, General
- WCAG review period extended
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The comment period for WCAG 2 has been extended to Thursday, June 22. If you are thinking about giving feedback, I suggest reading the directions for commenters. The ATF will be publishing a broader set of issues shortly, and working to help the WCAG Working Group cover narrower technical issues as ...
By Matt May | Filed in Action, Accessibility TF, Accessibility, W3C/Standards Documentation, General
- On Quality Education
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“What college or university has a good program for Web Development (or Design)?” is a question frequently encountered on mailing lists, in forums, or in conversations with others. Many would like to know the answer.
By Holly Marie Koltz | Filed in Education TF, Education, General
- Educating Web Professionals
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José Trudel instructs students with a focus on emerging technologies, standards, and skills; providing a strong foundation needed for today’s web professional.
By Rob Dickerson | Filed in Education TF, Education, General
- Microsoft Expression Preview Release
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Set to debut in June of 2006 Microsoft has publically released a free trial preview of its newest web authoring tool, Microsoft Expression Web Designer.
By Holly Marie Koltz | Filed in Authoring Tools, Web Standards (general), Microsoft, General
- Adobe’s Spry Framework for AJAX
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Adobe Labs Spry Framework for AJAX - friendly to use, but poor support for standards.
By Drew McLellan | Filed in Dreamweaver TF, Validation, General
- Yes, We Have the Power
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Chris Wilson of Microsoft swears to live by the standards sword - or end his relationship if Microsoft doesn’t stay true to the standards course.
By Molly E. Holzschlag | Filed in Action, Microsoft TF, General
- All aboard the PAS 78 gravy train
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With the extensive media coverage following its launch, a large number of businesses, education establishments and government agencies with a stake in the UK online market should be aware of PAS 78 - Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites. Partly due to the cost associated with this document, ...
By Patrick Lauke | Filed in Accessibility TF, Accessibility, Legal, General, Opinion
- Scared of the Dark?
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The impact of web 2.0 and/or AJAX-based web applications - from the point of view of a blind user, not a standardista (for a change).
By Ian Lloyd | Filed in Accessibility
- Even Scoble Says Nay Nay
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No, this isn't a comedy routine with the fabulous John Pinette taking the stage. It's part of an ongoing tragic saga of Web sites that are browser-specific. Nothing new there, as we all know. In this case, they're all Microsoft sites, alas, and even Robert Scoble is just saying no. While ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | Filed in Microsoft, General
- AJAX, Accessibility & Screen Readers
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James Edwards presents his findings having looked at how AJAX interacts (or fails to) with various screen readers. The results aren’t exactly inspiring.
By Ian Lloyd | Filed in Accessibility
- Lessons that the standardization process can teach us
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Over at Six Apart they’re working to turn Trackback into a standard, and WaSP emeritus Anil Dash shares some of the wisdom he’s gained from the process. Some of the points he makes have bearing on the things we’re trying to accomplish over here at WaSP…
By Ben Henick | Filed in Browsers, Authoring Tools, Web Standards (general), Opinion
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Recent Buzz
W3C Offers Online Training Course: Mobile Best Practices
By Holly Marie Koltz | May 4th, 2008
The W3C Mobile Web Initiative is offering the online training course: An Introduction to W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices from May 26 - June 20, 2008. The course is free, registration is open, but limited.
This course is aimed at experienced Web developers and designers who are interested in learning to develop content for mobile Web access using W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices.
Participants will have access to lectures and assignments providing hands-on practical experience with using W3C’s mobile Web Best Practices. They will have direct access to W3C experts on this topic who are the instructors for this course. Participants will also be able to discuss and share experiences with their peers who are faced with the challenges of mobile Web design.
For more information about the course, instructors, topics, and to view a free sample course, visit Online Training Course: An Introduction to W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices
Thanks also go to Henny Swan for posting an entry about this on her site at Want to Get Your Content Mobile.
Update: Registration is full and now closed.
Filed in W3C/Standards Documentation, Web Standards (general), Training, Design, Mobile, Education, General | Comments (1)