Well, I’m back from my travels (more on that later), and I’d say that what seems the most interesting to me in the mountains of documents metaphorically sitting in my inbox is the introduction of Google’s Accessible Web Search. The idea is absolutely valuable, in my mind. Like other indexes of accessible web sites, it gives the impaired user the ability to search knowing that what they find will also be something that they can actually use. However, having a […]
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Philipp Lenssen on Web Standards
Philipp Lenssen, of Google Blogoscoped, has written his top 9 Ways to Misunderstand Web Standards. This is a must-read! The comments are pretty good, too – although certainly some of them just don’t get it: QUOTE: when your image is a mere illustration to a point you’re repeating elsewhere in the text, there’s no need at all to use the alt text. Absolutely wrong. There is much benefit to be had, most notably for search engines. In general I find […]
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June 22nd was the final day to provide comments to the Web Accessibility Initiative. Also, June 22nd was the Croatian "Antifascist Struggle Commemoration Day". It may be a bit unfair to draw a comparison between the WAI and Eastern European fascism, but that’s something we’ll just have to wait and see. The comments on WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2 were fairly universally negative. Challenges against the WAI’s claim to cover accessibility issues for cognitive and learning disabilities and challenges […]
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Alice Tappart had an article today at WebProNews which was rather interesting. Primarily a tongue-in-cheek appraisal of Why Web Standards Could Be Making You Ill, the article does have serious points. When it comes right down to it, the article is warning that an obsession about validation and web standards is not as important as ensuring you’ve provided great content. This is true, for the most part. Websites have errors. Undoubtedly, this site has a few errors here and there. […]
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After the less-than-positive reaction to the complexity of the WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.0 working draft released for last call comments on April 27th, the WAI appears to have responded with the release of a quick reference to the success criteria and how to meet them. One of the main reasons that WCAG 2.0 is so difficult to understand is that it was written with the intention not to require reference to a particular technology. Thus, from a practical […]
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