Monday, 12 August 2002

YA Accessibility Book Due Out. Author and accessibility expert Joe Clark is, to say the least, a complete obsessive. I have just discovered he has a new book due out late this month, Building Accessible Websites, and given his obsessiveness no doubt it will be the best book on the subject.       Click on the title of this post to read about it at Amazon.com. 7:39:01 PM    Add a comment.

Information Architecture Classic Being Revised. The one book in my collection from London, that I considered so precious I carried it by hand from that side of the globe to this one, is Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville. I received my copy of it just after it was published in February 1998.       Now the guys are working on the second edition, due out this month in the US. You can download chapters 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 from the O’Reilly & Associates website.       Wish me luck, though, in trying to obtain a review copy. The book’s Oz distributors can be prickly to say the least. 6:38:31 PM    Add a comment.

Phillip Kerman's ActionScripting Classic Updated. Phillip Kerman’s classic on Flash ActionScripting has been updated for Flash MX. The new version is named ActionScripting in Flash MX.       In the back of the book is notice about another exciting-looking book on Flash MX matters, also published by New Riders. Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript by Branden Hall and Samuel Wan is due out in September. 1:27:31 PM    Add a comment.

Towards The Accessible, Usable Web. I have received review copies of some books by Glasshaus, the new imprint for web professionals that is a spin-off from Friends of ED and Wrox Press in Birmingham, England. They are excellent books, and in some cases quite unique, so it is a mystery as to why none of the local bookstores have any of them in stock.       I like Glasshaus’ current books so much, in fact, that I am going to make a special effort to review all their books. Accessible Web Sites Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation Practical JavaScript for the Usable Web Usability: The Site Speaks For Itself 1:20:50 PM    Add a comment.