Buzz Archives for June 2006
PAS78 available free of charge
The British Standards Institution's Publicly Available Specification "Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites" is now available free of charge and for nothing from the Disability Rights Commission. Yay!
By Bruce Lawson | Filed in Accessibility, Accessibility TF, General
- Crying Foul on Accessibility Claims
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Or how not to waste tax-payers’ money on inaccessible sites or make grand claims on accessibility that you cannot fully back up.
By Ian Lloyd | Filed in Accessibility
- JavaScript beyond the browser
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It's always interesting to see Web Standards used in a setting outside the browser. Did you know, for instance, that the chat client Adium can be skinned using CSS? JavaScript is showing up in more and more desktop apps. Apple's Dashboard and Yahoo's widgets (formerly Konfabulator) are the obvious examples. But ...
By Jeremy Keith | Filed in DOM, DOM Scripting TF, Emerging Technology, Web Standards (general)
- Promoting the responsible use of JavaScript: writing, teaching and presenting
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The members of the DOM Scripting Task force have been busy writing and reviewing books, teaching and presenting at conferences and workshops, and preparing for upcoming events; focusing on the responsible use of JavaScript, as well as accessible JavaScript. Here’s an update of recent and forthcoming activities our Task Force members are involved in. Next stop is @media 2006 – see you there!
By Mike Davies | Filed in Accessibility, DOM, DOM Scripting TF
- London Web Standards Group meeting 14th of July
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See Andy Budd and Christian Heilmann talk about “Maintainable JavaScript” and “Who cares about Standards” respectively on 14th of July in London. Cheap as Chips and a good networking opportunity to boot!
By Mike Davies | Filed in DOM Scripting TF, General
- It Was 5 Years Ago Today …
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It’s been just over five years since the publication of a couple of articles about using CSS for layout were published, but where are we now?
By Ian Lloyd | Filed in CSS, Web Standards (general)
- IBM Endorses Dojo and Lends Accessibility Support
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On Monday, IBM officially announced its support for the Dojo Toolkit JavaScript framework. This announcement comes soon after the creation of the Dojo Accessibility email list, and like its other open source donations, IBM’s support for Dojo includes a major emphasis on accessibility for people with disabilities. Several weeks ago, Dojo ...
By James Craig | Filed in Accessibility, Accessibility TF, DOM, W3C/Standards Documentation
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Six New Courses Added to the InterACT Curriculum
By Aarron Walter | March 17th, 2010
Today, six more essential courses join the WaSP InterACT curriculum to help schools prepare their students for a career working on the Web.
It was just one year ago that The WaSP released its open curriculum project InterACT designed to help educators roll web standards and industry best practices into their courses. InterACT debuted at SxSWi 2009 with eleven courses created by a host of veteran educators and industry pros. Today, six more essential courses (that’s seventeen courses in total now if you’re counting) join our living curriculum to help schools prepare their students for a career working on the Web. Continue reading Six New Courses Added to the InterACT Curriculum
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