Author Archives: Anthony Hawkins

CAPTCHA

Like it or hate it, CAPTCHA might be a website’s first defence against the robot spider invasion. Questions to ask are does it work for users (accessibility) and does it work for you (security)?
There’s nothing explicit in the current standards about CAPTCHA, but there will be in the standards released in March next year. Whatever [...]

A first hola from the Web Standards team

I’m Anthony Hawkins, project manager for the 2008 web standards review.  Which seems a good place to kick off the blogging …
The review and the wiki
It’s annual review time. It’s also your annual chance to influence the direction of standards. This year, through the magic of the Government Web Standards wiki, you can be more [...]