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 [...]
Category Archives: Web Standards
CAPTCHA
November 14, 2008 – 10:03 am
SSC wins Open Source award
September 29, 2008 – 4:09 pm
On Wednesday night last week as part of a gala celebration in Wellington, the State Services Commission picked up an award at the New Zealand Open Source Awards.
While we were finalists in two categories, we ended up watching two other fine projects take to the podium for the laurels in those fields. Congratulations to Radio [...]
Keeping it Accessible
August 26, 2008 – 4:34 pm
From the start we realised we needed to make the National Broadband Map as accessible as possible. Besides being a mandated requirement for core government websites under the New Zealand Government Web Standards, addressing accessibility helps ensure that website and application design reflect global good practice and provide improved usability for everyone. Taking account [...]
Government website assessment
May 23, 2008 – 4:40 pm
The 2008 assessment of government web sites is under way now, coordinated by the Web Standards team at SSC.
We have 500-something sites to test and QA, so I hope it’s useful to talk a little about the process, how it’s being handled and - in later posts - how it’s progressing.
What’s the objective?
The objective is [...]
Technically Creative
May 20, 2008 – 3:51 pm
Behind the scenes we’ve kicked off the design of the website that will surround the National Broadband Map. This is an interesting part of any web project and can be a welcome diversion from the more technical aspects. This is where we are creating the look and feel of the website, it’s where we’re working [...]
A first hola from the Web Standards team
May 20, 2008 – 3:44 pm
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 [...]
We’re Open-Minded
May 9, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Open source, open standards, open data - we’re using them all with the National Broadband Map. This isn’t out of an idealogical view point, it’s just that these tools are helping us achieve what we want to.
Open Data
The openness of the data is one area that we have already had an interest in for demand [...]
