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Our round-up of what's been happening in the world of accessibility and IT.

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02 May 2008

IE Tester

IE Tester is a free web browser that contains 4 different versions of Internet Explorer, from 5.5 through to 8. Now you can test websites in multiple versions of Internet Explorer all through just one browser!

WebAnywhere

WebAnywhere is a free screen reader that can be accessed from any PC anywhere. Produced as part of the University of Washington and the WebInSight project from the Univeristy of Washington the software will be fully available in May 2008.

Google Accessible Search

Google Accessible Search is basically a Google web search which includes the accessibility of websites into its algorithm. This means the more accessible your website is, the higher up it'll be in these search results.

W3C Invites Developers to Implement WCAG 2.0

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) have just announced that WCAG 2.0 is to go into Candidate Recommendation. This is the final stage before WCAG 2.0 formally takes over from WCAG 1.0. In Candidate Recommendation the community are invited to use the guidelines on their web projects and feedback to WAI their findings. This means that comments and feedback from Last Call have met a broad consensus and now you get to effectively test drive the guidelines before they are formalised and have the chance to feedback your findings to the WCAG Working Group.

Britain's least trusted

Social networking sites have been named as the UK's least trusted brands by YouGov. Its survey found that Facebook and YouTube are only seen as trustworthy by 12% of respondents. PriceRunner, which commissioned the survey, says these brands need to take personal information seriously.

And finally ...

Great Comments and Blogs on AbilityNet's Accessibility 2.0 Conference

There has been some great comments about AbilityNet's recent Accessibility 2.0 conference. If you were unlucky enough to miss the conference, detailed below are a few blogs of the days events:

• Jeremy Keith's Blog
• Mike Davie's Blog
• Christian Heilmann's Blog
• Antonia Hyde's Blog
• Jim O'Donnell's Blog

For more information:

• Email accessibility@AbilityNet.org.uk
• Phone 0800 269545

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