November 14, 2008 – 10:03 am
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
