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Open Web Platform Weekly Summary - 2012-01-30 - 2012-02-05
Time for your Open Web Platform weekly summary dose. A bit of HTML5, a bit of Web apps, a pinch of Web Architecture and HTTP and everything tied with a Web Education ribbon.
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WCAG Techniques Updated - Learn about the informative guidance
Today W3C WAI published updated Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0... We encourage you to learn more about the stable WCAG 2.0 standard and the "informative" Techniques...
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Ensuring Accessibility Support in HTML5
HTML5 was announced as a W3C Last Call Working Draft on 25 May 2011. The W3C press release invites broad review to determine to what extent HTML5 has met its technical requirements and dependencies. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) encourages your comments and participation.
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New and Improved WCAG 2.0 Techniques
Today W3C WAI published updated Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0, following a public review and comment period. The WCAG Working Group is developing more techniques and would like your help...
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Make Your Presentations Accessible to All
Do you remember a time when people around you broke out in laughter, but you didn't hear the joke? You could be doing a similar thing to your audience — leaving some people out.... Read on to learn how to make presentations, talks, meetings, and training accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others...
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The Mission of W3C
I've now been with W3C for almost three months. My first priority was to meet with the global stakeholders of the organization. I began with W3C membership. Through meetings, phone calls, technical conferences, and informal sessions I've met upwards of...
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Take a few minutes to encourage web accessibility. You can make a difference.
What do you do when you come across an inaccessible website?.... WAI just published: Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites. It walks through steps, provides lots of tips, and includes sample e-mails...
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Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case
W3C WAI today published a collection of statistics, case studies, and articles supporting the business case for web accessibility in Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization.... Would your organization be willing to share your case study to support the business case for web accessibility?...
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Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility
As an employee of the W3C Web standards organization, you might think that I would say the most important thing to start with when addressing web accessibility is standards. I don't. I say the first step is learning how people with disabilities use the web. You might be surprised to learn that is the W3C's advice. We've now got it more clearly in writing, in the new document published today by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): Involving Users for Better, Easier Accessibility and...
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My Arms Are WAI Too Short
Web Accessibility for Older Users is a report on the needs and the issues that older adults face when using the Web.
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