World Usability Day (11 Nov) Event
L'Ergonomie au service de la Communication
Use-Age Sophia Antipolis - 16 Nov 2010
W3C Director of International Relations, Associate Chairman.
These slides at http://www.w3.org/2010/11/dd-wud.html
WAI Site was redesigned with Web Usability in mind.
ISO 9241 Usability definition close to our goal with WAI: the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an International Consortium where Member and External organizations, a full-time technical staff, and the public work together to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing Web standards such as protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.
Director: WWW (http, HTML, URL) inventor Tim Berners Lee http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
Example: Client-side image maps compared with server-side ones
W3C works with thousands of engineers using the Web and the Internet as a platform.