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Today we launched a beta version of the redesign of our website. The goals of the redesign are to achieve a cleaner and modern look and greater usability, better accessibility, as well as ultimately simplifying how the site is managed. We also want to offer integrated Japanese and Chinese versions, which we will roll out […]
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It is with bittersweet emotions, that I share that Karen Myers’ time as W3C Business Development Leader for the Americas and Australia is ending. After 18 years, Karen has chosen to retire from the World Wide Web Consortium to pursue personal endeavors. We want to take this opportunity to thank Karen and to reflect upon […]
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With the start of the year 2023 we pass a milestone in the evolution of the global collaboration project that is the World Wide Web Consortium: In our 29th year of operation, we are operating now as World Wide Web Consortium Inc, continuing with Beihang University (China), ERCIM (France), and Keio University (Japan) as partners. […]
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Latest EPUBCheck 5.0.0 preview is available! We are pleased to announce the latest preview release of the next major version of EPUBCheck, v5.0.0. For the first time, this version fully implements the new rules in EPUB 3.3 (W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft). We encourage users to effectively test this version of EPUBCheck in their production workflows […]
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When surveyed, 38% of developers in general seem to dread using Web technologies (HTML & CSS, JS in StackOverflow 2022 survey); and when asking Web developers and designers more specifically, 23% aren’t satisfied with the Web platform (MDN DNA 2020 survey). This could be worse – but how can we make it better? As a […]
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Associated with several WAI transitions, it has been announced that I will take over some aspects of Judy Brewer’s role, in order to ensure continuity of the WAI program after her departure in January. I want to share with everyone what I know so far about what this means for WAI. This is an interim […]
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Several changes are in progress at the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), each exciting in different ways. W3C and WAI staff are supporting our accessibility work on the current path during this transition. WAI Staff and Roles Judy Brewer will be leaving WAI for a new opportunity. She shared more in a WAI Transitions message. […]
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W3C’s annual conference TPAC 2022 concluded in September when our Community was able to meet in person for the first time in three years. The conference was in hybrid format. The main in-person hub was in Vancouver, Canada, with over 360 on-site participants. Meanwhile, TPAC 2022 fully included the remote participants in our meetings and […]
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On September 13, 2022, in Vancouver BC, Canada, the W3C developer relations team organized a developer meetup as part of the annual W3C TPAC2022 (Technical Plenary / Advisory Committee) week for the global Web community to coordinate the development of Web standards. Today, we are pleased to share the recorded videos of the four talks […]
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Why Does Accessibility Need a Maturity Model? It’s not enough to get a product accessible. The entire product experience should be accessible, and organizations need to implement processes and systems that can objectively measure whether the correct steps have been taken to keep the product experience accessible. This maturity model additionally includes employee-facing communications, training, […]
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