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Eclipse Internet

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VolcanoI have the singular misfortune of developing and maintaining a web site for a client whose site is hosted with Eclipse Internet - a company whose corporate byline is “Share the experience“. So, with that in mind, I thought I’d “share” my experience of trying to run a business web site hosted by Eclipse with the world at large. The keyword here is “trying” - in both senses of the word…

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WCAG 2.0 Moves To Next Stage

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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has now resolved most of the 200+ editorial and technical comments on the most recent draft of WCAG 2.0 and is preparing the document for the next stage in the W3C Process - “Candidate Recommendation”.

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Microsoft Reverse Versioning Decision in IE8

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Microsoft recently announced a reversal in Internet Explorer (IE) 8’s expected default rendering behaviour.

Instead of IE8 automatically implementing IE7’s rendering when showing pages requesting “Standards” mode, it will now use its own (IE8) Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown IE7 Standards mode will need to request this explicitly.

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Julie Howell at E-Access ‘08

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e-access 08Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie, will deliver the keynote speech at Headstar’s E-Access ‘08 conference in London on 23rd April 2008.

Now in its forth year, and described by Headstar as “bigger and better than ever“, E-Access ‘08 will provide delegates with a unique opportunity to hear about the very latest trends in web accessibility from some of the world’s foremost experts on disabled people’s access to technology.

Web accessibility standardisation and access to the world of social networking will be on the agenda, which features a presentation from Simon Stevens of the virtual community Second Life.

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