Interesting times in the “blogosphere” this week. Markus Mielke from the IE Blog may have released details on the CSS changes for Internet Explorer 7 but the hot topic has to be the “designer backlash” from Roger Johansson’s post “Light text on dark background vs. readability“.
First Veerle pitches in with a counter post “My [...]
.Net magazine, based in the UK has recently had a redesign (and realign?) with many leading lights of our industry on the advisory panel or writing articles. Two full-price issues later and I’m close to getting round to taking out a subscription now that they are saying the right things. However, and you knew a [...]
“PAS 78: A guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” is for those responsible for commissioning or maintaining public-facing websites and web-based services. It’s now available free of charge from the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) website.
Yesterday, 8 March saw the launch of the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78 from the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in collaboration with the British Standards Institute (BSI). This PAS outlines good practice in commissioning websites that are accessible to and usable by disabled people.