Found this excellent disscussion on this blog it writes “There are now so many web sites, blogs or publications devoted to helping people learn standards and accessible techniques that there are now no excuses not to work with semantic code or CSS. Those people still delivering nested table layout, spacer gifs or ignoring accessibility can… Continue reading A New Professionalism And New Amateurs
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Web Standards Group
The Web Standards Group is for web designers & developers who are interested in web standards (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT etc.) and best practices (accessible sites using valid and semantically correct code). We aim to: * Provide web developers and designers with a forum to discuss issues and share knowledge (via our discussion list… Continue reading Web Standards Group
Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) recently announced the completion of its acquisition of Macromedia, Inc. The transaction was finalized on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005. As a result of the acquisition, Macromedia common stock is no longer being traded and shares of Macromedia common stock were converted into the right to receive 1.38 shares of Adobe common… Continue reading Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia
New 360 Backwards Compatibility
Gamespot is reporting that a new update to the 360’s backwards compatibility has been issued … and just as promptly recalled. From the article: “Late last night, Microsoft updated the backwards-compatibility list with eight games from the trio of Tom Clancy-inspired series. Software emulators for Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon 2, Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike,… Continue reading New 360 Backwards Compatibility
W3C Moves Forward on New Extensions for Voice Technologies and the Web
W3C Moves Forward on New Extensions for Voice Technologies and the Web Wednesday, December 07 2005 @ 04:21 PM CST Contributed by: ByteEnable The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced new work on extensions to components of the Speech Interface Framework which will both extend Speech Synthesis Markup Language functionality to Asian and other languages,… Continue reading W3C Moves Forward on New Extensions for Voice Technologies and the Web