Hmmm, the reader thinks – where is this one going? At the end of 2008, our State of the Web survey found that somewhat less than a third of the designers and developers responding tested their sites in IE8 (though essentially 90% tested in IE7). Granted, IE 8 was still in late beta when we […]
A quick note to let you all know that nominations for the first annual web industry awards, the national version of the long standing WA Web Industry Awards close in 1 week. There’ll be state by state awards, (with an event Tuesday 6th October in Sydney coinciding with Web Directions) with the final awards to […]
Guess what: you’ve got just two weeks left to take advantage of early bird pricing for Web Directions South 2009. Getting those training approvals through really is hard. We know this because every year we hear a familiar chorus from people who need just a bit more time to get everything in place before they […]
The debate over whether, and to what extent web sites should look the same in every browser continues to rage. To the bemusement of many it must be said. If you fall into the “yes” camp – then please go and read Andy’s latest presentation from @media. And if you are a “no” person, you’ll […]
Maxine and I are really excited to let you know that from 2010, @media, one of the great web conferences in the world will be presented by Web Directions. @media will stay right at home, in London, and feature the same mix of the world’s leading web designers, developers, and other web professionals. And we’ll […]
A detailed look at the accessibility features of Firefox 3.5.
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Australian Federal Government’s fabled GroceryWatch website has been scrapped. We wrote critically about the dire accessibility of the site when it first launched. In the meantime, consumer advocacy magazine Choice had taken over the project from the government. What happened? There are of course several sides to […]
Personally, like other old web curmudgeons (OK so Dave Shea isn’t really old), I’m not a big fan of either sending or receiving HTML email. But, it’s a reality of life, and more importantly if something supports HTML, it should to the extent possible support modern web development best practices. Something that Outlook, the email […]
For all his myriad faults, he was a genius, and a strange broken symbol of our time. Via Kottke
Via Slattery’s Watch, news of the just launched Australian Federal Government’s “Government 2.0 Taskforce“, which (a wordpress blog no less!). From the site: Its work falls into two streams. The first relates to increasing the openness of government through making public sector information more widely available to promote transparency, innovation and value adding to government […]
On Wednesday July 1 at 6.00 there’s three very good reasons to come along to the Sydney Usability Professionals Association’s 2nd birthday party. Firstly, you’ll get to see a great presentation by Chris Khalil – see below. Second, you’ll be in with a chance to win an ipod shuffle, donated by Web Directions. And thirdly, […]
I actually got a little teary just then when I posted this at the site (not something I normally do while cruising around my WordPress admin): the day 1 closing keynote at Web Directions South 2009 will be my good friend, Cameron Adams, talking about his experiences as part of the Google Wave team. Cameron […]
Peter-Paul Koch, curator of “Quirksmode”, has contributed just about as much as anyone to our understanding of browsers, and their quirks, bugs, strengths and weaknesses. He’s just published his “State of the Browsers – IE Edition“, where he takes a look not at technology, but current market share, and the recent issues with the European […]
Web Directions will be sponsoring the next Canberra Web Standards Group Meeting, to be held on July 24, 2.30 to 4.30 at the NLA Theatre. Come along for the chance to win a ticket to Web Directions South 2009, and to hear a couple of excellent presentations. Simon Pascal Klein – Beautiful Web Typography Paul […]
Usually when you see the adjective “killer” in a tech related story (except about robots I guess), you know you are in for a good dose of hype. Countless stories on Google-killers, iPhone killers and so on have seen to that. InfoWorld has a quite detailed story on HTML5, which while using the dreaded “kill” […]
Thoroughly enjoyed Web Directions — met some great people, heard some inspiring presenters and added a whole bunch of things to my to-do list.
Joel Roberts Web Developer
