These are the Web Accessibility Standards designers need to know

Mar14
by on March 14, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Design & Dev, High Contrast, syndication


The term Accessibility covers a vast field of standards that comes with a confusing myriad of acronyms. In this post, I assume I don’t need to convince you to care about accessibility (check out one of my former manager’s articles if you still need a push!). I jump straight into attempting to summarize the basic structure of Web Accessibility Standards to provide beginners with a high-level starting point to dive into the topic. I highly recommend checking out the free edX course (I found it very helpful) or the W3C resources if you want to dig deeper. Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that…

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AT&T, Verizon, and others pledge not to cut your internet off during coronavirus pandemic

Mar13
by on March 13, 2020 at 9:23 pm
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The Federal Communications Commission today announced a new initiative designed to help mitigate one possible effect of the coronavirus: namely, the ability of citizens to use their internet to work from home during the outbreak. The “Keep Americans Connected” pledge would help mitigate the effects of the massive “stay at home” social movement by helping ensure users won’t lose access to one of their most necessary functions — for now, anyway. FCC Chairman @AjitPaiFCC today launched the Keep Americans Connected pledge in order to ensure that Americans do not lose their broadband or telephone connectivity as a result of these…

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