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Accessibility TF
The Accessibility Task Force works with accessibility organizations, technology vendors and others to help promote Web accessibility.
WCAG 2.0 is a W3C Recommendation
After 9.5 years of work, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 have reached W3C Recommendation status. On behalf of the WaSP Accessibility Task Force, I'd like to welcome WCAG 2 officially into the pantheon of Web standards. I think this tweet ...
By Matt May | December 11th, 2008
Acid3
Acid3 is a test of dynamic browser capabilities which exists to encourage browser vendors to focus on interoperability.
Acid3 receptions and misconceptions and do we have a winner?
Acid3 progress and what it really means.
By Lars Gunther | October 2nd, 2008
Dreamweaver TF
The Dreamweaver Task Force works with Macromedia's engineers to improve standards compliance and accessibility in Dreamweaver.
Announcing the Adobe Task Force
Today WaSP announced that the Dreamweaver Task Force will be renamed the Adobe Task Force to reflect a widened scope.
By Stephanie Sullivan | March 10th, 2008
Education TF
The Education Task Force works with educational institutions to promote instruction of Web standards and standards-compliant public sites.
Announcing the WaSP Curriculum Framework
Since March 2008, the WaSP Education Task Force has begun working on the WaSP Curriculum Framework, a collection of tools aiming to identify skill sets and competencies that aspiring Web professionals need to acquire to prepare them for their chosen careers, as well as resources that will help both educators and students.
By Steph Troeth | July 31st, 2008
Microsoft TF
WaSP and Microsoft work collaboratively on issues related to Web standards support in Microsoft products, including Internet Explorer.
Microsoft rethinks IE8’s default behavior
Perhaps it was our complaining or perhaps it was a reconsideration of its own interoperability principles, but Microsoft has decided to change its course on IE8 and will opt-in to its new standards mode by default.
By Aaron Gustafson | March 3rd, 2008
Street Team
The WaSP Street Team runs community projects to get the message about Web standards out everywhere.
Street Team: Make Your Mark
The WaSP Street Team launches its first community project: bookmarks which you can place in libraries, schools, and bookstores to help signal to readers that the material is out of date.
By Glenda Sims | March 8th, 2008
The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.
Recent Buzz
CSS Working Group feeds back to WaSP
By Bruce Lawson | January 16th, 2009
Almost exactly a year ago, I asked all interested web professionals to let the CSS Working Group know what they want from CSS.
Fantasai, an invited expert in the working group has published her feedback on our requests with information on what the Working Group has done about them. It’s unclear to me what will happen next, but presumably they will be considered further now that Fantasai’s report is complete.
She has also published information on the working group’s new charter and an overview of the high priority work that they expect to complete in the next two years.
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