Last week the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C’s) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 became a "W3C Recommendation", i.e., an official standard. In the current installment of my ongoing series on WCAG 2.0, I’m sharing my experiences with the following success criterion: 3.1.5 Reading Level: When text requires reading ability more advanced than the lower […]
I began writing this blog post yesterday morning as the sun rose in Boulder, Colorado, and Boulder’s landmark Flat Irons slowly faded dramatically into view. Twenty-four hours later, the Flat Irons are obscured by falling snow, and Boulder is waking beneath a thin sheet of white. I’m here for Accessing Higher Ground, the annual gathering […]
Last week, while the world was distracted by the U.S. election, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published the WCAG 2.0 Implementation Report. This means they are one step closer to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 becoming an official "W3C recommendation", that is, a web standard. Among the web sites listed by the […]
On Day 1 of the HighEdWeb conference, one strong impression I got was that everyone is either using or considering using one or more Javascript frameworks to speed up their web development. Javascript frameworks are libraries of pre-written widgets or controls that developers can essentially plug into their websites without having to develop them from […]
Last week I watched “The Eye”, the 2002 Chinese thriller directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Angelica Lee (aka Lee Sin-Jee) as Mun, a young blind woman who receives a corneal transplant, and discovers that she can see ghosts. I was mesmerized by this film. The suspense was great, the soundtrack was interesting and […]