WAI / W3C – WCAG 2.0 News about Accessibility guidelines Published on July 13, 2011
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
WAI is starting a WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force to develop more comprehensive guidance on evaluating web accessibility.
The Evaluation Task Force will develop an internationally harmonized methodology for evaluating websites’ conformance to WCAG 2.0. The methodology will provide provides a step-by-step procedure for evaluating websites, including guidance on sampling individual web pages, evaluating them according to WCAG 2.0, and aggregating the results into a conformance statement. To learn more about the scope of work and anticipated timeline, see the WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force (Eval TF) Work Statement at: www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2011/eval/eval-tf
Nexus S is now extraTerrestrial – literally Published on July 11, 2011
SAMSUNG’S NEXUS S ABOARD NASA’S FINAL SHUTTLE
NASA has equipped a trio of SPHERES with a Nexus S by Google
smartphone to head to the International Space Station
Kennedy Space Center – July 8, 2011 — Samsung and Google™ today announced Nexus™ S, is aboard NASA’s final space shuttle. As a leader in technology and innovation, Samsung is pleased to be a part of this moment which will most certainly be marked in history.
Nexus S from Google is part of research that will equip small, free-flying satellites called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) used by the astronauts to provide a broader range of capabilities and give better communication between land and sky. Nexus S is the first commercial smartphone certified by NASA to fly on the space shuttle and to be cleared for use on the International Space Station. The experiment will use the smartphone-enhanced SPHERES as remotely operated robots to conduct interior survey and inspections of the station, to capture mobile camera images and video, and to study how robots can support future human exploration.
WDMAC running on WordPress 3.2 Published on July 7, 2011
The update was smooth with some minor exceptions:
- Some old plug-ins failed and originated fatal errors that caused a temporary break-down on the website.
I accessed the server via FTP and renamed the faulty plugin’s folder. Now everything is running smoothly.
The new interface looks good, the fonts are anti-aliased. The new full-screen posting interface is also cool. I still need to explore the rest of the good stuff.
Have fun!
MAC
WordPress 3.2 now available Published on
WordPress 3.2 now available
Matt wrote this article on the 4th of July, it was originaly published on the Word press news blog.
I’m excited to announce that WordPress 3.2 is now available to the world, both as an update in your dashboard and a download on WordPress.org. Version 3.2 is our fifteenth major release of WordPress and comes just four months after 3.1 (which coincidentally just passed the 15 million download mark this morning), reflecting the growing speed of development in the WordPress community and our dedication to getting improvements in your hands as soon as possible. We’re dedicating this release to noted composer and pianist George Gershwin.
Before we get to the release, in anticipation of the State of the Word speech at the upcoming WordCamp San Francisco (the annual WordPress conference) we’re doing a survey or census of the WordPress world. If you have a moment, please fill out this survey and we’ll share what we learn by publishing the aggregate results in August.
The focus for this release was making WordPress faster and lighter. The first thing you’ll notice when you log in to 3.2 is a refreshed dashboard design that tightens the typography, design, and code behind the admin. (Rhapsody in Grey?) If you’re starting a new blog, you’ll also appreciate the fully HTML5 new Twenty Eleven theme, fulfilling our plan to replace the default theme every year. Start writing your first post in our redesigned post editor and venture to the full-screen button in the editing toolbar to enter the new distraction-free writing or zen mode, my personal favorite feature of the release. All of the widgets, menus, buttons, and interface elements fade away to allow you to compose and edit your thoughts in a completely clean environment conducive to writing, but when your mouse strays to the top of the screen your most-used shortcuts are right there where you need them. (I like to press F11 to take my browser full-screen, getting rid of even the OS chrome.) (…)
Posted July 4, 2011 by Matt Mullenweg. in wordpress.org/news/2011/07/gershwin/ (excerpt)