New character app feature: Font preview.
Change the font of the text area by mousing over font names. Apply and store a selected font by clicking on the name. Useful for comparisons as well as deciding on a font to use.
The group is also looking at strengthening the Ombudsperson program by selecting several ombuds people to act as trusted confidants to work toward resolving complaints between any internal or external constituent: w3.org/Consortium/pwe/#ombud…
CEPC's goals are to: define acceptable and expected standards of behavior, provide a benchmark, ensure transparency in community & group management, ensure an environment where people can participate without fear of harassment, and contribute to the identity of the organization.
This #CodeOfConduct document attempts to help people understand when they may be offending another participant in the #w3c#community. The language is now more specific so to give precise information about what it means to respect one another: w3.org/Consortium/cepc/
PLEASE REVIEW: Rules for Simple Placement of Japanese Ruby w3.org/blog/International/20… & send comments by Friday 26 July.
Provides a single, simple set of rules for placement of Ruby text in Japanese typography for use as a minimal baseline by implementers and spec developers.
.@igalia is proposing a crowd-funding program to bring their expertise in browser development across all the major engines to add well-identified features based on developer's pledges - we will be
watching the results of that experiment with high interest!
But as anyone who has tried patching browsers will know, being open source doesn't mean it's straightforward to contribute changes to browser engines, which are based on huge and complex code bases
The Web platform is arguably already one of the most open platform for developers: its technologies are developed in the open, gathering input and feedback from anyone; and all the major browser rendering engines are developed as open source projects
In parallel, one of the group's task forces, the Silver Task Force, is actively working towards WCAG 3.0, improving usability and measurability of the #a11y guidelines and providing harmonized guidance to help wider adoption:
w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/si…
The group's main work has been to focus on WCAG 2.2, with the addition of around 8 new success criteria which expand support for individuals with disabilities, particularly around cognitive and learning
#disabilities: w3.org/blog/2020/02/wcag-22-…
The mission of the AGWG is to develop specifications to support making implementations of web technologies accessible for people with disabilities, and to develop and maintain implementation support
materials: w3.org/WAI/GL/#a11y