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23 July 2007

dConstruct

Tickets have gone on sale. And as predicted, sold out. Surprisingly though – it was within 6 hours. Even I didn’t think it would be that fast!!
http://2007.dconstruct.org/

Content management systems and accessibility

The article itself isn’t much more than raising the issues of the admin side of CMS’s being inaccessible, with a pointer towards the Juice Studio article. What is interesting here is the comments that have come from the readers.
http://www.456bereastreet.com/

Authoring HTML 5 - A Call to Web Professionals

Anyone feel like jumping into the HTML 5 debate? Hands up who’s never even heard that there was going to be an HTML 5? I found out at @media.
http://www.w3.org/

Government websites 'too complex'

Many government websites are still too complicated and difficult to use, says the National Audit Office.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Meet the Professionals: Shawn Henry

Interview with the experts in various fields who play an important role in the world of the Web. In this episode, we interview Shawn Henry who has been working with W3C to spread and educate the importance of Web accessibility. Filmed in Los Angeles, USA, March, 2007. In English with Japanese subtitles.
http://videocast.mitsue.co.jp/

Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design

And while we’re on Shawn, she’s written a book. It’s available in print, or free online.
http://www.uiaccess.com/accessucd/

@media postcasts – part 2

Just a quick note to let you know that the final @media 2007 audio recordings, taken from the second day of the conference, are now online:
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2007/europe/schedule/

AJAX done well

And for a great example of graceful degradation, check out Fix My Street on regular, no-JavaScript and no-images. Interestingly, a reintroduction of server-side image maps. But all good.
http://www.fixmystreet.com/

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