Industry news

03 July 2006

Opera 9

Has now been released!
http://www.opera.com/

@media releases first Podcast

Eric Meyer's keynote speech is now online
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2006/blog/

Older people 'missing out' online

Older people are missing out on critical services because they do not use the internet, a report says.

Just 28% of people over the age of 65 have home internet access, compared to a UK average of 57% of households.

As a result, pensioners cannot access government services as well as the most competitive deals on commercial goods.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5146222.stm

Detecting a Screen reader using Flash

Jeremy Keith has written something about using an Flash file to detect a screen reader, then trigger functions in JavaScript accordingly.
http://domscripting.com/blog/display/77

The 2006 cliché's of web development

Gradients, wet floor effect, big text.. you get the idea.
http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/8-web-cliches-of-2006.asp

Bite size standards call for articles

The basic idea is that BSS will be a collection of user-submitted tips about building website which follow web standards and best practise. Each tip is supposed to be very short and address one very specific aspect. It looks like it could become the perfect antidote to the long and confusing articles which are normally written on this subject.
http://bitesizestandards.com/bites/want-to-be-a-bite-sized-author

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