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28 January 2008
W3C Publishes First Public Working Draft of HTML 5
It includes methods for embedding and controlling audio and video content, maintaining persistent client-side data storage, and for enabling users to edit documents and parts of documents interactively.
Tell the CSS Working Group what you want from CSS3
And while you're thinking about HTML 5, jump in and have a say on CSS3 as well. The working group's charter is up soon and so it's an opportunity for you to get in and help them set their priorities.
Our latest eNation has generated some good coverage:
Cold shoulder for disabled networkers
Our eNation report has been featured in the Guardian. There's a response from Google who run YouTube saying there's "much more to do".
Disabled surfers 'locked off sites'
Technology used to protect websites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Bebo can act as a barrier to disabled users, AbilityNet found.
Social networking creates waste and exclusion
If the GSS / Infosec survey seems like a slice of media-grabbing hype (and hey, it grabbed my goldfish-like attention), other research from national computing and disability charity AbilityNet highlights how social networking sites are...
Social networking sites fail on accessibility
Disabled users are facing a "technological lock-out" when it comes to accessing social networking sites, a new report by web consultancy AbilityNet has revealed.
And Webcredible puts out their own report:
Accessibility for Ecommerce High Street Retailers 2007 (PDF)
Webcredible announces the findings from it's own research, this time on high street retailers.
Some interesting articles
Advancing Advanced Search
Looking at how to take search that one step further..
Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8
Pondering the doctype, what it was used for in the past and its relevance in the future.
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