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29 September 2006

This week Segala released press release with regards to a Trustmark for accessible websites. There's been a couple of articles about it:

Mass Adoption for Web Accessibility Compliance Now Possible

The Segala-Certified™ Affiliate Programme, the first of its kind worldwide, allows qualifying members to audit Web sites and award them with a Segala Certificate and Trustmark.
http://www.e-consultancy.com/

Affiliate program gives Accessibility Trustmark credibility

Segala's affiliate program should turn an interesting concept and technology into a world beating solution.
http://www.it-director.com/

Another article on the Target case in the US:

Ruling has web designers shifting gears

Business has changed for America's online retailers -- and the Web design firms clustered in the Silicon Valley that build their e-commerce sites -- thanks to a precedent-setting court ruling this month that says a retailer may be sued if its site is inaccessible to the blind.
http://msnbc.msn.com/

Jakob Nielson tackles the tricky area of Information Architecture:

6 Ways to Fix a Confused Information Architecture - Nielson's alertbox

When your website's users consistently go to the wrong sections, you have many options for getting users back on track, from better labels to clearer structure.
http://www.useit.com/

The W3C puts out a news release:

W3C Announces Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)

This week the W3C issued a press release about their introduction of a suite of documents that, "will make it easier for Web site developers to make dynamic Web content usable to people with disabilities. The First Public Working Drafts of the Accessible Rich Internet Application suite include the WAI-ARIA Roadmap, WAI-ARIA Roles, and WAI-ARIA States and Properties."
http://home.businesswire.com/

This was picked up by a number of organisations, a couple of which are below:

W3C aims to boost web accessibility

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has introduced a suite of documents designed to make it easier for website developers to engineer accessible content using technologies including Ajax and Dynamic HTML.
http://www.vnunet.com/

W3C boosts Web access for disabled

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Tuesday published documents providing developers with assistance on making dynamic Web content usable to persons with disabilites, as part of the organization's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
http://weblog.infoworld.com/

Nomensa continued to get press all this week on their latest study:

UK's top web retailers failing the disabled

http://www.theregister.co.uk/

The web 2.0 conference calls for short films:

Call for Shorts

Have you seen a video clip or short film that you think is Web 2.0 worthy? We're looking for fun and telling viral videos (less than 3 minutes in length) to feature at the conference in November.
http://www.web2con.com/

And teenagers get a song only they can hear:

Secret alarm becomes dance track

A high-pitched alarm designed to repel youngsters from shops is being used for the melody of a dance track after the success of a mobile phone ringtone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

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