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Google announced today that Google Map Maker is now available in 27 languages with more to come. They can’t translate the interface itself into every language, so they have opened up Map Maker in "Google in Your Language" so users can translate it into their preferred language.
The current available languages include:
* Bengali
* Gujarati
* Brazilian
* Portugese
Today Google announced an improvement to the mobile version of Google Docs. That is list view for spreadsheets, which allows you to view, edit, sort, and filter your spreadsheets from your mobile device.
Previously, you could only view your spreadsheets on mobile devices. Now, they basically have full functionality.
Most people are pretty good at blocking out distractions. Unfortunately, this talent can also let them ignore new features, so Google is making its Street View more prominent than ever before.
If you want to make your website validate the WAI or Section 508 accessibility guidelines, you have to separate adjacent links with more than white space.
A post over at Threadwatch just caught my attention. Of course with a title like Web 2.0, Dude, Who Cares, Where’s Phone 2.0? how could it not grab attention?
The GridView is a new web control in ASP.NET 2.0 and is an improvement of the old DataGrid.
I have read with interest recent articles containing hints and tips for cutting corners when it comes to making your site accessible to all.
Given the many excellent reasons to make provisions for disabled users when creating a web site, why do so many professionals in the web design industry ignore this important facet of the online community?
Sometimes a person can’t see the forest for the trees. If you’re a sight-impaired Web surfer using a text reader, sometimes you can’t hear the content for the code. Google research Scientist T.V. Raman has developed a solution, and has put it into search.
Worrying about being prosecuted under the UK Disability Discrimination Act for the inaccessibility of your company website?
