Gian Wild – WCAG2 accessibility: the hidden nuggets
There are some very useful — and sometimes hidden — techniques in WCAG2. And some are even at Level AAA. Join Gian to find out what these are.
Tag: web standards
Christopher Giffard – HTML5 Video, Captioning, and Timed Metadata
The key focuses of this session will be accessibility, searchable media, and enriching existing multimedia experiences with timed data, all with a liberal application of flashy eye-candy. And of course we’re using the freshly minted Timed Text Track specification, soon appearing in a browser near you!
Peter Mika – Making the Web searchable
In this presentation, we overview the basic set of technologies that can be used to annotate web pages so that they can be processed by data-aware search engines.
Adam Bell & David Peterson – Bringing History Alive: Telling stories with Linked Data and open source tools
During this session we will demonstrate some early prototypes and experiments, key uses of Linked Data, practical publishing tools and discuss how this work is unfolding inside one of Australia’s major collecting institutions.
Robert O’Callahan – The Open Web Platform in the mobile era
In this talk I will describe the work we’re doing to ensure that the standards-based Web wins again — developing new technologies, extending Web standards, and shipping great products on all kinds of devices. I’ll talk about the challenges we face and what people who care about competition and freedom can do to help.
Rob Manson – Web standards based Augmented Reality
This presentation aims to document the AR standardisation efforts over the last few years as well as what’s possible right now and in the near future from a distinctly web-based perspective.
Lisa Herrod – Accessibility for web teams: Recategorising WCAG 2 using a role-based approach
This method enables practitioners to apply skills specific to their role to a narrow range of accessibility guidelines particular to their area of expertise.
Lea Verou – Mastering CSS3 gradients
With most browsers adding increasing support, and the simplicity of providing fallbacks for those that don’t, CSS3 gradients are something we can start to use right now. They benefit our users with faster websites and ourselves with more time in our hands to spend in other things, since they are easy to create, edit and update. A very powerful feature that can also be utilized for a surprising number of design effects, even ones that don’t resemble gradients at all. In this talk, Lea will explore CSS3 gradients in great depth and it’s almost guaranteed that no matter your expertise level, you will walk out having learned new things.
Tom Hughes-Croucher – Lessons from a coding veteran
Here are Tom’s rules of development:
- Complexity is the enemy
- Don’t optimise too soon
- All rules are made to be broken
Dave Balmer – Rockstar graphics with HTML5
In this session Dave will cover high-performance presentation and animation using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3 and Canvas. Examples will include mobile-friendly techniques you can use today for creating game effects and “flashy” user experiences across a range of browsers and devices.
Dave Orchard – Offline Web Apps with HTML5
There’s an old expression, that there are only 2 hard problems in computing: naming, cache invalidation and off-by-one errors. Building offline web apps is all about those hard problems. We’ll spend the bulk of our time on these hard problems, which is probably more useful than api description and sample code.
Chris Wilson – Keynote: The Convergence of All Things
This keynote will focus on the unique potential offered to web developers — the ability to use the web platform to build compelling applications that reach across different devices, scenarios and environments. In discussing the approaches necessary to deliver great experiences across all these spaces, we will also uncover unique opportunities in a platform that reaches from mobile phones to the biggest display screen in your house.
Nicholas Zakas – Mobile Web Speed Bumps
As browsers explode with new capabilities and migrate onto devices users can be left wondering, “what’s taking so long?” Learn how HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the web itself conspire against a fast-running application and simple tips to create a snappy interface that delight users instead of frustrating them.
Divya Manian – Creative CSS3
Find out how to creatively use new features of CSS3 (gradients, multiple backgrounds, generated content, and many more) to give life to your design ideas, make them adaptable and maintainable, and provide the best experience possible on an array of platforms.
Dave Balmer – HTML5 Graphics: Canvas Deep Dive
The Canvas tag has been around for a while, and HTML5 has given it more visibility. It’s now finding its way into most mobile browsers, and even a majority of desktop browsers. This talk will give a solid overview of what the canvas tag is, what it can do, and how it compares with other technologies like SVG and Flash.
