Opera Web standards curriculum
8 July 2008 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | No comments
Very cool: "Opera's new Web Standards Curriculum is a complete course to teach [one] standards-based web development, including HTML, CSS, design principles and background theory, and JavaScript basics. It already has support from many organizations (including Yahoo! and the Web Standards Project) and universities. The first 23 articles are currently available, with about 30 more to be published between now and late September."
The first 23 articles cover the history of the internet and the evolution of Web standards, Web design concepts, HTML basics and the HTML body. Authors include Roger Johansson and Christian Heilmann.
Call to Action: Help Keep Accessibility and Semantics in HTML
9 May 2007 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | No comments
Standardistas and accessibilitistas: This call to action via 456 Berea St concerns a disturbing direction the next HTML specification is heading. Roger Johansson writes:
What is currently going on in the W3C HTML Working Group is very disappointing and something I never expected to see when I joined it. I was naive enough to think that everybody joining the HTML WG would be doing so out of a desire to improve the Web. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case […]
In Roger's opinion, if nothing is done, "the next version of HTML will do nothing to improve the Web," and conscientious designers will be "better off sticking to HTML 4.01 Strict."
So, if you have an interest in improving the accessibility of HTML, want more semantic and less presentational markup, and are good at arguing your case, apply for HTML Working Group membership by following the instructions for joining the HTML Working Group. Do it now.
