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WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey Results

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:42:52 -0600

WebAIM conducted a survey of the preferences of screen reader users in October, gathering a lot of interesting data about how users utilize assistive technologies.

Internet Turns 40, Just Might Catch On

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:14:25 -0600

Media outlets seem to have settled on October 29, 2009 as the official birthday of the Internet. This date has been chosen because it's the day that Leonard Kleinrock at the University of California-Los Angeles sent a message over a two-computer network (the other end being a computer at Stanford Research Institute) with Charley Kline manning the UCLA keyboard and Bill Duvall on the Stanford site.

Firefox 3.6 to Support Web Open Font Format

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:35:45 -0500

Mozilla's developer blog yesterday posted that they have added support for the Web Open Font Format (WOFF) to Firefox 3.6.

Current CSS3, HTML5 Support

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:58:24 -0500

Last week saw the launch of FindMeByIp.com, a very handy web site that displays a user's current IP address, user agent string and support for CSS3 and HTML5. The site developers ran their own browsers through this tool and that collection of information has been gathered up and posted to provide information on current browser support for the latest standards.

List of URL Shorteners Grows Shortener

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:23:17 -0500

One of the many URL shorteners has announced that it is shutting down in just under three weeks. Cli.gs has announced, via its blog, that it will no longer accept new URLs to be shortened as of October 25. It will also stop logging analytics. Cli.gs will still forward URLs at through November, but no guarantees have been made beyond that. Since Cli.gs has been a one-man show serving tens of millions of forwards a month and the site owner is funding it from his own pocket, it's not too much of a surprise

Google Chrome for Internet Explorer

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:23:17 -0500

For years web developers have struggled with browsers that don't support standards or the latest innovations and that just won't go away, such as Internet Explorer. Google has taken an ingenious approach to deal with Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 and their general lack of standards support. It has found a way to embed Chrome right into IE.

Verified: Google Ignores Meta Keywords

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:24:25 -0500

Google has clarified its policy on meta tags and page rank. Those of us trying to protect our clients from SEO/SEM snake-oil salesmen are happy to finally have an official statement from Google, even though we may have known the answer for years.

Google Chrome 3 Released

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:45:32 -0500

Google has announced the release of Chrome version 3 (stable release). Given that it just celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month, it may catch up to Internet Explorer versions in no time.

Twitter Updates ToS

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:00:44 -0500

On Thursday Twitter updated its Terms of Service. Much has already been said about how Twitter has confirmed that you as the author own your own tweets, but I was more taken with how Twitter made the new Terms easier to read for those of us who haven't gotten a law degree.

Google Chrome Turns 1

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:36:50 -0500

The Google Chrome blog has announced today that Chrome has officially turned 1 year old. In the regular world of software development, that might not be too long, but Google is quick to point out what they have done in just 1 year.

Opera 10 Released

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:35:26 -0500

Opera 10, the web browser of the niche user, has been released (on schedule, September 1).

Save the Validators

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:51:56 -0600

Any front-end web developer knows how much the World Wide Web Consortium validators have done not just for our markup skills, but for the web itself. Due to the cost of operations these heavily-used and much-appreciated tools are now in jeopardy.

Usability University Opens Doors

Thu, 27 May 2004 02:54:32 -0500

The Usability University, operated jointly by the federal government's General Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to announce an exciting series of workshops, training, and professional development courses. Focused primarily on accessibility and usability issues, the workshops and courses are open to all interested parties and many are available free of charge.

PHP Coding Contest

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:49:20 -0600

Codewalkers.com has released a new PHP Coding Contest. Write a program to play black jack.

Plug-ins Getting Unplugged from IE

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:08:18 -0500

Thanks to the Eolas lawsuit against Microsoft, developers may need to rebuild how embedded applications are treated in an updated Internet Explorer, while resulting in incompatible, invalid, and potentially inaccessible code. Makers of rich media offer suggestions and work-arounds for the short-term.