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WCAG 2 now “candidate recommendation”
The W3C announced today that WCAG2 is now a candidate recommendation and is likely to be "live" by the end of the year. The W3C says Candidate Recommendation means that we think the technical content is stable and we want developers and designers to start using WCAG 2.0, to test it out ...
By Bruce Lawson | April 30th, 2008
- Acid3 Passed in 23 Days!
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On March 3, the Web Standards Project launched the Acid3 Browser Test. On March 26, two browser teams reported that their builds passed.
By Kimberly Blessing | April 7th, 2008
- Announcing the Adobe Task Force
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Today WaSP announced that the Dreamweaver Task Force will be renamed the Adobe Task Force to reflect a widened scope.
By Stephanie Sullivan | March 10th, 2008
- Street Team: Make Your Mark
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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bookmarks which you can place in libraries, schools, and bookstores to help signal to readers that the material is out of date.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
- Microsoft rethinks IE8’s default behavior
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Perhaps it was our complaining or perhaps it was a reconsideration of its own interoperability principles, but Microsoft has decided to change its course on IE8 and will opt-in to its new standards mode by default.
By Aaron Gustafson | March 3rd, 2008
- Acid3: Putting Browser Makers on Notice, Again.
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It's been three years since we told browser makes that we want to see them smile, but now we wanna hold their hand. Acid3 goes beyond the CSS tests implemented by Acid2 and tests a browser's DOM Scripting capability, as well as continuing to probe visual rendering of CSS, SVG and ...
By Drew McLellan | March 3rd, 2008
- What do you want from CSS3 - one week left
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(Polish translation) As part of the outreach work we're doing in partnership with the W3C's CSS Working group, we invited all web professionals to tell the Working Group what they want from the next version of the spec. As the Working Group's face-to-face meeting is at the end of March, we will ...
By Bruce Lawson | March 2nd, 2008
- WaSP Round Table: IE8’s Default Version Targeting Behavior
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One week ago, several WaSP members took the time to have a virtual sit-down with Chris Wilson of Microsoft to talk about IE8’s proposed default behavior of having to opt-in for the browser’s new standards mode.
By Aaron Gustafson | February 24th, 2008
- DOM Scripting: A Web Standard
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Following @media 2005 — the first Web Standards conference in Europe — a group of front-end coders gathered in a pub in London to discuss JavaScript. JavaScript had a problem. Its reputation was tarnished, to say the least. The common perception of client-side scripting was frozen in the late '90s ...
By Jeremy Keith | February 20th, 2008
- Acid3 nearing completion
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If you’re a fan of the Acid browser tests, you already know that Acid3 is in the works. It’s now in a “final review” state, so please check it out and submit your feedback.
By Kimberly Blessing | February 5th, 2008
- Opting-in to standards support
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In this week’s issue of A List Apart, I was (finally) able to reveal Microsoft’s new strategy for forward-compatibility, a strategy that was developed hand-in-hand with several of us here at WaSP.
By Aaron Gustafson | January 22nd, 2008
- Tell the CSS WG what you want from CSS3
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The W3C's CSS Working Group charter expires on 1 July 2008, so the group will be discussing its revised charter in March this year. Fantasai, an Invited Expert in the group, has put out a call for web professionals to help the working group prioritise its work: The CSSWG plans to ...
By Bruce Lawson | January 18th, 2008
- What’s the best test for Acid3?
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Now that all the major browsers (and many minor ones) have pledged support for Acid2, Ian Hickson has moved on to preparing Acid3 — and you can help!
By Kimberly Blessing | January 16th, 2008
- IE8 passes Acid2 test
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Blimey. Cor luvvaduck and no mistake. Just after the announcement that Opera are complaining to the European Union about Internet Explorer's dodgy standards support, Chris Wilson reports that an internal build of Internet Explorer 8 passes the Acid2 test. This doesn't necessarily mean that IE8 has fixed all its float oddities, ...
By Bruce Lawson | December 19th, 2007
- UK government accessibility consultation
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The UK government has issued a consultation document on Delivering Inclusive Websites. It's not finalised, as the consultation doesn't end until November 13 (my birthday, by the way …) but in its current state it's not a bad document; it rehashes PAS 78, recognises that the only way to find out ...
By Bruce Lawson | November 4th, 2007
- Education Task Force Curriculum Survey
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The Web Standards Project Education Task Force has created a curriculum survey and seeks input from educational professionals.
By Rob Dickerson | June 13th, 2007
- Safari 3 Public Beta for Mac and Windows
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As the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off today, Steve Jobs announced the availability of the Safari 3 Public Beta — for both Mac and Windows. Caution: bug reports abound.
By Kimberly Blessing | June 12th, 2007
- A review of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, May 2007 Working Draft
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In last month's Interview with Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0, we read that:WCAG 2.0 went through several Public Working Drafts in recent years, and a Last Call Working Draft in 2006. Each Working Draft was sent out for public review — altogether to hundreds of individuals, organizations, and lists around ...
By Patrick Lauke | June 11th, 2007
- London: Shawn Lawton Henry on WCAG 2.0
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Organised by the RNIB, Shawn Lawton Henry will be talking about WCAG 2.0 at Westminster University, New Cavendish campus on Tuesday 5th June 7pm.
By Mike Davies | May 28th, 2007
- Screen Reader User on U.S. National Public Radio
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I heard a piece on NPR this morning featuring an atypical screen reader user: atypical because he is not blind.His vision-impairment is caused by a lack of muscle control due to cerebral palsy, effectively making him vision-, mobility-, and dexterity-impaired. The mention of the screen reader is a minor note ...
By James Craig | May 24th, 2007
- Current browsers and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
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In web accessibility, you’ll often hear emphasis being placed on the duty of web authors to create accessible content. However, this is only one part of the web accessibility equation.One that has been particularly close to me, or rather one that has provided me with a lot of opportunity to ...
By Patrick Lauke | May 20th, 2007
- Call for Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Working Draft
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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) invites you to comment on an updated draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0), published on 17 May 2007. WCAG 2.0 addresses accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities.The updated WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft incorporates changes ...
By Patrick Lauke | May 17th, 2007
- What’s happening with WCAG 2.0?
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Following a conversation with Judy Brewer from the W3C back in February, Jared Smith had the chance to interview her and submit some probing questions about what's happening with WCAG 2.0. Thanks Judy...and nice one Jared! See the interview with Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0 in our WaSP Asks the ...
By Patrick Lauke | May 5th, 2007
- hAccessibility
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By Bruce Lawson and James Craig. (German translation) Microformats are a great idea. They allow the embedding of parsable, semantic data (like contact information and event details) into regular web pages. With the right plug-in, that information can be saved directly to your calendar program or address book. Like Microformats, a ...
By James Craig | April 27th, 2007
- Amazon.com to enhance its accessibility
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I had to pinch myself to check it's not 1 April yet, because Amazon has always been an invalid, nested-table horror that was a poster-child for inaccessible images, but it seems to be true: Amazon.com, the leading online retailer, and the National Federation of the Blind have entered into a cooperation ...
By Bruce Lawson | March 31st, 2007
- A band-aid for browsers
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With tongue firmly in cheek, DOM Scripting Task Force member Dean Edwards says: Just what the world needs, another JavaScript library. That hasn't stopped him from creating Yet Another JavaScript Library Without Documentation™. But this isn't a big full-featured library along the lines of jQuery or YUI. Instead, this works more along ...
By Jeremy Keith | March 26th, 2007
- WaSP needs you
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At the WaSP Annual Meeting at SXSW today, the Web Standards Project announced the WaSP Street Team. Based around the concept of a record company Street Team, the aim is to give you ways to get involved with web standards evangelism in your local area and in the places you ...
By Rachel Andrew | March 12th, 2007
- Failed and Flawed Accessibility Organisations
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Mike Davies suggests that a number of accessibility related web sites and groups have failed to come up with the goods but still has high hopes for the WaSP ATF and WCAG Samurai.
By Ian Lloyd | February 26th, 2007
- Η WASP ανακοινώνει το Διεθνές Γκρουπ Επικοινωνίας (ILG)
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Το πάθος και η ελπίδα που είχα κατά τη διάρκεια που ήμουν στην ηγεσία τoυ Web Standards Project οδήγησαν στη δημιουργία ενός δικτύου με συναδέλφους στον κόσμο. Έτσι κι αλλιώς μιλάμε για τον Παγκόσμιο Ιστό, σωστά; Για μένα ήταν λογικό το γεγονός ότι για να προχωρήσουμε στην αποστολή μας έπρεπε ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 13th, 2007
- Petition the UK government for accessibility
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The newspapers are reporting that the UK government is worried because an online petition on the 10 Downing Street website has more than a million signatures protesting about transport policy. Which reminded me that there's a petition on that site set up by Ian Fenn after the fiasco of the ...
By Bruce Lawson | February 13th, 2007
- WaSP 宣布成立国际联络组（ILG）
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在担任 Web Standards Project 组长的几年里，我总是有一股热情与期望，希望创建一个全球性的人际网络。毕竟这才是万维网，对吧？为了强化我们的使命，我认为保持包容的心态才是一个正确的选择，而不是排外的心态。 为了实现这个目标，我考虑为 WaSP 构建一种新的团队。这个团队并非是任务制（Task Force）或者委员制（Committee），而应是一种致力于分享全球资源的工作组。它的职责是提供本土化的翻译、人际联络、信息交换甚至在条件允许的情况下，进行面对面的交流。跟其他团队一样，这个工作组由不同人士组成，用于联系各国的相关组织，为全世界的开发者和设计者提供充足的专业资源。 考虑到我即将卸任，我有些犹豫是否应该提出这个想法，害怕在没有解决掉老问题的情况下，又给 WaSP 带来新的挑战。草根和一些志愿者组织是很难去管理的，例如，显而易见的是带薪工作和家庭对个人来说，它的优先级一定高于志愿者工作。但是，我仍然提出了这个想法，现在，我很高兴当时我做出了这个决定。 在我提出这个建议后，工作组开始逐渐壮大并呈现出民主的自我组织的形态。现在， ILG 正式由两位了不起的女士所带领—— Stephanie Troeth 和 Glenda Sims，她们对专业化的贡献和在此行业的表现都十分出众。工作组聚集了全世界不同地区的杰出人士，我们的使命与愿景正在伴随着我们的热情与感恩的心而不断向前。 因此，今天我怀着无比喜悦的心情荣幸的向大家介绍 Web Standards Project 国际联络组 （ILG)。 此致敬礼， Molly Molly E. Holzschlag Web Standards Project (WaSP) 前任领导人 — Shen Liu
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 8th, 2007
- WaSP 국제 협력 그룹(International Liaison Group) 개설 공지
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웹 표준화 프로젝트(Web Standards Project)에 참여하고 모임 리더를 맡은 몇 년동안 제가 가지고 있는 열정과 희망을 통해 전 세계에 많은 동료들을 만나고 네트웍을 만들 수 있었습니다. 이게 바로 월드 와이드 웹의 세계 인것이죠. 우리의 비전을 제대로 달성하려면 역시 폐쇄적인 것 보다는 포괄적인 접근이 필수적이라는 생각을 가졌습니다. 그 결과 저는 WaSP에 새로운 ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 8th, 2007
- Talking with Microsoft about IE.next
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I was in Redmond on Friday to meet with a few folks on the Internet Explorer team to discuss improvements we (as in the WaSP DOM Scripting and Microsoft task forces, and the JS Ninjas) wanted to see in IE.next.
By Aaron Gustafson | February 4th, 2007
- WaSP Announces the International Liaison Group (ILG)
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A passion and hope I had during my years as Group Lead for the Web Standards Project was to reach out and create a network with peers around the globe. After all, this is the World Wide Web, right? It made sense to me that in order to advance our ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- 国際リエゾングループ（ILG: International Liaison Group）設置のお知らせ
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Web Standards Projectでグループ・リードを務めた数年のあいだ、私の抱いていた情熱や希望は、世界中の仲間たちと交わり、ネットワークをつくることに向けられていました。実際、あなたの目にしているものはワールドワイドなWebですよね？貴族主義的よりも包括的であることは、私たちのミッションを進めるうえでより自然な選択であり、私にとって理に叶っていました。 その結果として、私はWaSPに新しい種類のグループをつくることを考え始めました。そのグループは、タスクフォースでも委員会でもなく、リソースをグローバルに共有することに専念するためのワーキンググループです。そのビジョンは個々の地域向けに翻訳やネットワーク、情報交換、可能であれば場所を問わず直に会って話す機会を提供すること。同グループは他と同様、さまざまな国にある組織間で連携し、世界中のWebデザイナーや開発者らにより参考になる専門的なリソースを提供する個人から構成されます。 程なく私に転機が訪れることになり、そのアイディアを推し進めるのを少しばかりためらいました。私がWaSPで長きにわたり直面してきた古くからの課題に、新たなアイディアを付け加えてそのままにしてしまうことを恐れたのです。草の根的で、ボランティアから成る組織というのは、それぞれがお金を稼ぐための仕事や家族といった事柄が活動の時間に優先しなければならないことから、運営が非常に難しいものです。しかし私はとにかく提案をしましたし、そのことをとても嬉しく思っています。 私が提案した後、グループは成長し始めたばかりでなく、民主的に自ら組織化し始めました。今やILGは形式上、私たちの業界におけるプロフェッショナリズムと長所に対する個人的貢献に傑出した、二人の素晴らしく献身的な女性、Stephanie TroethとGlenda Simsが率いています。包括的なビジョンは、世界中からの驚くほどに多様で才能に富んだ人々と共に、情熱と魅力を備え前進しています。 そういうわけで、今日Web Standards Projectの国際リエゾングループ(International Liaison Group）を皆さんにご紹介できることを誇りに思い、また喜びとします。 愛を込めて。 Molly Molly E. Holzschlag Web Standards Project (WaSP) 前グループ・リード — Kazuhito Kidachi
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP kündigt die International Liaison Group (ILG) an
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Während meiner Zeit als Vorsitzende des Web Standards Projects hatte ich die Leidenschaft und Hoffnung, Menschen zu erreichen und ein Netzwerk von Gleichgesinnten in der ganzen Welt zu schaffen. Schließlich ist dies das World Wide Web, oder? Für mich war klar, dass, um unsere Mission voranzutreiben es die natürlichste Entscheidung ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP 公佈跨國際聯絡團隊 (ILG)
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我擔任Web Standards Project團隊領導人的這幾年間，總是心懷熱情與希望，想結交全球的同儕，並且建立彼此間的人際網路。畢竟這可是全球資訊網，對吧？為了推展我們的使命，選擇抱持兼容並蓄的態度，而非排外的心理，我認為是必然的。 因此，我開始幫WaSP構思一種新型態的團隊。這個團隊並非是專責小組(Task Force)或委員會(committee)，而是一個專注於全球資源共享的工作小組。這個團隊的願景是提供本地化的翻譯文件、人際網路、情報交換，甚至在可能的情況，進行面對面的聚會。如同其它團隊，該團隊由許多人士組成，連結各個國家與組織，為全球的網頁開發者與設計師提供強而有力的專業資源。 明知自己即將做出卸任的決定，我對提出這個想法有所遲疑，擔心自己不但留下長年面對的WaSP的挑戰，還提出了著新的課題。草根發起、志願參與的組織是非常難以經營的。顯而易見地，對於組織裡的成員來說，有領薪的工作以及家庭的活動，其優先程度必然是高於志願工作。不過我在當時仍然提出了這個想法，而我現在為此決定感到十分開心。 在我提出建議後，這個團隊不但開始成長，並且民主地自我組織。現在ILG正式由Stephanie Troeth與Glenda Sims兩位女性帶領。在我們這一行，她們個別的才華、以及在專業技術上的貢獻，都是十分出眾的。這個團隊集結世界各地眾多類型的傑出人士，以兼容並蓄的遠見，心懷熱情地向前邁進。 我今天十分榮幸地，以誠摯的心情向各位介紹Web Standards Project International Liaison Group（跨國際聯絡團隊）。 情永不移。 Molly Molly E. Holzschlag Web Standards Project (WaSP) 前任團隊領導人 — Liang-Bin Hsueh
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP kynnir International Liaison Group (ILG)
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Á þeim árum sem ég var hópstjóri hjá „Web Standards Project“ hafði ég mikinn metnað fyrir því að breiða út boðskapinn og koma á tengslum við kollega okkar um heim allan. Þetta er jú Veraldarvefurinn, ekki satt? Mér þótti því rökrétt að álykta að það væri verkefni okkar til framdráttar ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- Inaanunsyo ng WaSP ang International Liaison Group (ILG)
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Isang hangarin at pag-asa ko sa panahon ng pagiging pinuno ng Web Standards Project ay ang makaabot sa iba at makagawa ng samahan sa buong daigdig. Kung tutuusin, ito ang World Wide Web, tama? Nagbunga sa aking isipan na upang maisulong ang ating misyon, ang pagiging inklusibo at hindi eksklusibo ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- Il WaSP Annuncia l’International Liaison Group (ILG): il Gruppo di Cooperazione Internazionale
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Durante gli anni in cui ho guidato il gruppo del Web Standards Project avevo una passione e una speranza: creare una rete mondiale di persone affini tra loro. In fin dei conti si tratta del World Wide Web, no? Secondo me, portare avanti la nostra missione essendo “inclusivi” piuttosto che ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP ogłasza powstanie International Liasion Group (ILG)
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Moją nadzieją i pasją, podczas lat pracy jako liderki grupy dla Web Standards Project, było dotrzeć do ludzi z całego świata i stworzyć sieć kontaktów z podobnymi nam osobami. To w końcu przecież World Wide Web, czyż nie? Wydawało się, że aby poczynić dalsze postępy w naszej misji decyzja o ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP anuncia el “International Liaison Group” (ILG)
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Durante mis años como Líder del Web Standards Project tuve la apasionada esperanza de crear una red con mis compañeros a lo largo del mundo. Después de todo, esta es la World Wide Web, ¿no? Pensé que, para continuar con nuestra misión, ser inclusivos en lugar de exclusivos era la ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP oznamuje Mezinárodní kontaktní skupinu ILG (International Liaison Group)
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Zaujetí a naděje, se kterou jsem několik let vedla Web Standards Project, vyústila k vytvoření sítě kolegů po celé zeměkouli. Nakonec, vždyť je to celosvětová pavučina. Bylo zřejmé, že za účelem rozšíření naší mise bylo přirozenější volbou být spíše otevření než rezervovaní. Proto jsem začala přemýšlet o nové skupině WaSP. Tento ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- WaSP presenterar sin internationella sambandsgrupp – ILG
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En förhoppning som jag brann för under mina år som gruppledare för Web Standards Project var att nå ut och skapa ett nätverk av samarbetspartners världen runt. Det gäller trots allt World Wide Web, eller hur? Att vara inkluderande snarare än exkluderande kändes som ett naturligt val för att föra ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
- Le WaSP présente l’International Liaison Group (ILG)
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Durant mes années en tant que chef de file du Web Standard Project, j’ai nourri l’espoir de mettre au point et de formaliser un réseau de pairs provenant de l’ensemble du globe. Après tout, il s’agit bien du World Wide Web, n’est-ce pas ? Il était clair pour moi que ...
By Molly E. Holzschlag | February 1st, 2007
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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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.
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