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17 November 2008
WCAG 2 December publication
Following on from the publication of WCAG 2.0 as a “W3C Proposed Recommendation” we may now be looking at final publication as a Web Standard in December.
Firefox 3 accessibility features
Firefox have added some new accessibility features which include support for Iacessible2 on Windows. Iacessible2 is an extension to Microsoft's Activity Accessibility and enables more attributes and components to be exposed to the assistive technologies.
Are Accessibility statements useful?
Leona Tomlinson reviews some common issues with accessibility statements and considers whether they should be standardised.
Background colour
Jeffrey Zeldman reminds us of the importance of specifying background colour on websites.
Writing web content
Good introductory article by Erin Kissane on how to write web content and more importantly how not to write it.
Voice search for the iPhone
Google's new iPhone application includes voice search capability. This is a free update which should now be available.
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