I have been prompted by someone to republish some articles I previously wrote about WCAG 2.0. Well, I’m not going to do this, on the basis that I’ve not ‘un-published’ them, so you can still find them via my site search or via google.
However, for those of who who want a little potted history of [...]

This is a continuance of the previous piece looking at BS 8878, “Web accessibility — Building accessible experiences for disabled people — Code of Practice”.
Problems
The ‘Accessibility Policy’ section demonstrates that for all the “we can’t be using WCAG 2.0, as it’s not ready”, it appears that this document is not ready itself. We’re asked to [...]

WCAG 2.0 was released today, and they’ve issued a press release about it. (Thanks to Orchid on AccessifyForum for the spot).
It was made a Proposed recommendation on the 3rd of November, and today it has been released as a full W3C Recommendation.
Everyone, get adopting. It’s time for government bodies, industry, the world in general, [...]

BS 8878 Web accessibility — Building accessible experiences for disabled people — Code of Practice has been published. While this is a little bit of a mouthful, it is basically the first draft of an official British Standard for web accessibility.
It’s important to note that it is not necessarily the final version: it has now [...]

One of the things I am going to be doing, under the auspices of my new job, is getting a little more involved with some of the accessibility goings on.
In what is therefore a shameful piece of self-promotion, I’d just like to say that if you or your organisation/company want your site to be [...]

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 was published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation on 3 November 2008. This means that the technical material of WCAG 2.0 is complete and it has been implemented in real sites. The next stage is the final publication, which is expected in December 2008.Web Accessibility Initiative
This is not yet an [...]

The COI have published a new consultation document — Public consultation on browser standards for public sector websites. (Spotted via Bruce).
Now before reading what the document has to say, I’ve read Bruce’s opinion on it.
the central premise of the draft guidelines is fundamentally flawed.Bruce Lawson: UK government draft browser guidance is daft browser guidance
The [...]

(as spotted on Señor Lawson’s blog)
It appears that the NFB have reached a settlement with Target.com in their contention that Target’s website was inaccessible to disabled people and in breach of some law or other…
This tends to polarise opinion; you get one camp who don’t feel that the free market should be forced to choose [...]

I read with interest that the BBC news site was trialling…
linking from within the body of news stories to related background materialBBC Editors Blog: New ways of linking
Well, that’s nice, I thought. The BBC have finally worked out how everyone else has been using the internet since 1995. You know, when you find some relevant [...]

Yes, it’s soon to be silver surfer week which is all about championing digital equality and inclusion for older people. They are even offering some free computing books. The whole ‘iTea and Biscuits’ thing is their idea as an alternative name for the Silver Surfer week, and I have to say I like it.
For [...]