Hi, my name is Kimberly Blessing. I'm a computer scientist, Web developer, standards evangelist, feminist, and geek. This is where I write about life, the Web, technology, women's issues, and whatever else comes to mind.
Oh the irony! IEEE site not standards-compliant
Oh the irony — that a standards body should ignore standards in creating their new Web site!
As a member of the IEEE, I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw that the new IEEE Web site redesign was announced in an e-mail newsletter… along with another entry titled “Let’s Not Overlook Standards”. Since their previous site didn’t make use of Web standards, I had hopes that this one would… but on viewing source of the new site, those hopes were quickly dashed.
What does this say to users and to Web professionals when a technical standards body completely ignores Web standards? The term “unprofessional” doesn’t even seem to go far enough.
As a Web professional and as a member of the IEEE, I’m ashamed and I’m insulted. You should be too. Contact the IEEE and let them know how you feel.
Comments (1)
Kimberly,
Hello! Saw your posting on “WebStandards” and so very excited to “bump” into you on the Internets.
I agree fully with you statement. I’m becoming fanatical about web standards–even stagged a coup at my current company to start implementing them. Hope all is well,
Ellie (from AOL)