http://accessify.com/news Accessibility news: WCAG, WAI, PAS 78 ... and all manner of other weird acronyms and stuff Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:52:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I'm a bit late in posting about this, as the site was launched earlier in the week, but you still may not know that Captioning Sucks. Joe Clark would like you to know why this is. The site itself looks like an explosion in a paint factory - something ... http://accessify.com/news/2008/04/captioning-sucks/ It was not long ago that we learnt of John Slatin's passing. As a long-time active member of the accessibility world who worked with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative and co-authored a book on the topic, John was passionate about the topic. In his memory is a ... http://accessify.com/news/2008/04/introducing-the-john-slatin-fund-accessibility-project/ I almost forgot to put a mention on this site about something that I have been working on over the last few months, namely SitePoint's HTML Reference. While it is not specifically an accessibility resource it does cover the basics of accessibility, highlighting the various HTML elements and attributes that ... http://accessify.com/news/2008/03/html-reference-with-accessibility-features/ Rest in peace, John Slatin. Your work in the field of accessibility will not be forgotten, and nor will the friendship and kindness to all who had the pleasure of knowing you or meeting you in person. http://accessify.com/news/2008/03/a-beacon-just-went-out/ If you've just come back from another annual SXSW Interactive and the thought of returning so soon fills you with a sense of dread (and not just a little amount of concern for your poor, battered liver), look away now. For anyone still reading, here's the deal: Knowbility are running ... http://accessify.com/news/2008/03/accessu-2008-austin-tx/ If you are in London in April and have an interest in advancing the web using the latest technologies but also care a dime about keeping the end result accessible, you must come along to the 1-day event that AbilityNet are hosting. Accessibility 2.0: A Million Flowers Bloom includes a ... http://accessify.com/news/2008/03/web-20-versus-web-accessibility-101/ British Standards Institution (BSi), the UK’s national standards body, now in the process of establishing a new technical standards committee to oversee the development of a standard which all organisations will be able to follow in procuring or developing an accessible website. [...] [Julie] Howell says BSi would like the standard to ... http://accessify.com/news/2008/02/from-pas-78-to-a-full-british-standard/ The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group invites you to review the second WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft published on 11 December 2007. WCAG 2.0 explains how to make Web sites, applications, and other content accessible to people with disabilities. Please submit any comments on the following document ... http://accessify.com/news/2007/12/review-wcag-20-last-call-working-draft/ I've just come back from speaking to a lady who works in the same company that pays my wages and who has rapidly diminishing eyesight - a rare eye condition has left her with something similar to cataracts, and a feeling of seeing everything through a heavy white curtain. The ... http://accessify.com/news/2007/10/using-videos-to-influence-and-change-perceptions/ Summary: Target case now open for class action and every blind person in the U.S. who has tried to access Target.com can become a plaintiff. Summary of summary: Target, you're screwed. [Well, maybe … possibly, but I am not a lawyer, usual disclaimers apply] Many times in ... http://accessify.com/news/2007/10/court-approves-target-class-action/