The Irl-DeAN’s Design for All event went brilliantly last week. IBM’s Extreme Blue students showcased two projects. One, demonstrating an age friendly way of merging web and multimedia technologies so as to remove the fear of unfamiliar devices and complexities and replace them with peripherals comfortable and known to elderly users in particular.

Regular readers of this blog will know all about the Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP). Paul’s previous post on the subject raised a few hackles and sparked a lengthy debate. I don’t propose to revisit the Mobile Web vs Mobile Internet debate in this post but, rather, raise peoples awareness about the MobileOK (MOK) Basic [...]

To help seed interest and gain mass adoption for Content Labels more quickly, we’ve decided to give our technology to other trust providers for free. This may sound a little weird but it’s not. Segala’s revenue model is based on partners certifying Web sites for Web accessibility standards compliance and in the future, mobileOK compliance. [...]

I responded to a thread on the Mobile Monday list tonight in defense of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) and those who want to make the Web more accessible to more people around the world. Please refer to a recent post on this subject if you’re looking for hyperlinks to other resources. I must [...]

People who know me might often ask what is it I do, and so it has come to pass that I often give them the stock answer “Accessibility auditing, certification and Standards Compliance” usually, they will simply nod giving that vague facial expression where you know thats just gone right over their heads. Now, time [...]

The correct answer is Web site. You can of course, use whatever spelling you like, but I like to use the correct terminology. How do I know? Well, if you take a look at the W3C Web site, you’ll notice that it consistently uses ‘Web site’ and no other variation. I’ve previously found a Web [...]

I’ve written many blog posts and articles for magazines about the mobile Web. It’s a subject that I’m quite passionate about and one that Segala invests heavily in by helping to create W3C standards. We’re also investing heavily in testing and certification products for mobile Web standards compliance, which help our partners to deliver services [...]