Lessons that the standardization process can teach us
WaSP emeritus Anil Dash has been working under the auspices of Six Apart, his employer, to develop Trackback into a standard technology. In the process he reports that he’s learned a lot about the...
View ArticleAll aboard the PAS 78 gravy train
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 -...
View ArticleHave Your Say about the Future of HTML
This article has been written on behalf of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) and has been cross posted on The Web Standards Project, Lachy’s Log, Molly.com and 456 Berea...
View ArticlehAccessibility
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...
View ArticleCurrent browsers and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
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...
View ArticleThe good, the bad, and the ugly – iPhone edition
Since its release nearly two months ago, the iPhone has proven to be a rather disruptive device, not only in the mobile market, but on the web as well. With designers and developers scrambling to get a...
View ArticleWaSP Round Table: IE8′s Default Version Targeting Behavior
On 16 February, Web Standards Project Members Faruk Ateş, Porter Glendinning, and I got together with Chris Wilson, Platform Architect for Internet Explorer to talk about IE8′s proposed default version...
View ArticleWhat the Target settlement should mean to you
It’s a question many of us in accessibility have been waiting for years to be answered. Does the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to the web? Sadly, accessibility’s ultimate cliffhanger once again...
View ArticleWeb standards in China
En plus des versions anglaise et chinoise, l’article est désormais également disponible en français. Merci Armony In early October I was lucky enough to spend some time in China talking to web...
View ArticleHTML5 logo: W3C takes a step in the right direction
After receiving a wave of negative feedback concerning the HTML5 logo, the W3C have made steps towards righting things. If you read the HTML5 logo FAQ, you’ll see that they’ve made some significant...
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