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Well, here we have it the first (of many, I’m sure) lawsuits against inaccessible Web sites (in America anyway; there have been lawsuits in other countries before). Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced settlements with two major organizations that will make the web sites far more accessible to blind and visually impaired users. In addition […]
There was an interesting article in Wired News yesterday: Changing the Face of Web Surfing. Though I like the title “renegade redesign” better. Nutshell: Web designers (like me) who care about the fact that everyone should be able to see a Web site, are creating accessible versions of web sites they use that aren’t currently […]
I’m about a week behind in posting this (I got lazy), but I thought I’d put it here for posterity. Businessweek columnist Stephen Wildstrom says that Internet Explorer is too risky to use In late June, network security experts saw one of their worst fears realized. Attackers exploited a pair of known but unpatched flaws […]
Why are Web designers so under-respected? I am of the opinion that only Professional Web designers should develop professional Web sites. (Hobby sites, personal sites, and volunteer organization sites are exceptions). This is an old article (april 2001) that seems to be relevant still… Web Designer and Proud of It. The hardest part of being […]
From Marketing profs.com Addressing the question: why are blogs important for businesses? Two important characteristics of blogs are that they are written by a person who is knowledgeable and passionate about the topic, and they are written in a “real voice.” This is a cosmic shift from the marketing and public relations materials that are […]
AOL and Sprint have recently redesigned using Web Standards! This is a huge move forward for standards advocates. It always helps to be able to point to a big dog company when a client tells you “but we NEED to support Netscape 4.7!” No one needs to support Netscape 4.x anymore. It is a dead […]
So, which browsers should one code for when making Web sites? Well, there is some general wisdom that should be stated first: The answers will vary depending on a) a site�s users, b) what you�re trying to accomplish, c) budget and time contraints, and d) personal philosophy. This is taken from A great blog by […]
From the great Dave Shea (creator of the CSS Zen Garden. (no relation to Dan (At least I don’t think))) (yay for parenthetical statements). I used to think [that you should develop first in IE, then test in Mozilla and the rest], but there’s a good reason why my mindset shifted. If you develop in […]
The International Atomic Energy Agency recently redesigned their Web site using CSS and XHTML. It is good to see an international organization using international Standards in designing their site. Their previous version was a mish mash of tables, images-instead-of-text, tag soup, and other highly inaccessible (and nonsensical) “techniques”.