Surveillance of the border between Texas and Mexico seems to be heading towards a new "Web 2.0" like user interactivity. According to articles in BBC News and numerous other papers. It’s not really quite that sophisticated, of course. Texas will be creating a 24-hour telephone hotline to report possible activies, rather than providing a neat AJAX interface – but it does seem like the government is becoming more and more aware of the possibilities offered by modern web technologies. Along […]
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Search and Go Information Portal
Looking over my site statistics the today I noticed a few referrals from a site called Search and Go. Having never heard of the site, I figured I’d check it out and see what was up. Well, turns out it’s a project which is still in beta development which intends to provide a comprehensive information portal including articles, news, a directory, and various other tools. One of the key aspects for Search and Go (as one might conclude from the […]
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Courtesy of Wendy Boswell at Search Engine Journal, cNet networks are disrupting the way business is done online with the launch of All You Can Upload. The new image hosting service has removed practically all of the normal barriers to using a new service by not requiring registration. Yes, you read that right. This isn’t to say that they don’t have a "luxury" set of features available to registered members, of course; but the basic hosting of images (for use […]
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I just became aware today, through the Guild of Accessible Web Designers newsletter, of an internet directory featuring exclusively accessible web sites. This is a great way to make the accessible web more usable for individuals with disabilities – although it has its limitations. My first reaction, of course, is that in an ideal world, this would actually be equivalent to the Open Directory Project – because, of course, eventually all sites will be accessible! But, of course, for now, […]
Continue reading “Net-Guide Accessible Directory” »The Groundswell Surges Against WCAG 2
groundswell 1. A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion: a groundswell of antiwar sentiment. 2. A broad deep undulation of the ocean, often caused by a distant storm or an earthquake. I think, of course, that definition number one is most applicable here. What I’m finding particularly interesting about the recent surge in public commentary on WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.0 is how late it is in coming. This eleventh hour response, coming just days before the […]
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