Apple has released a beta version of its Safari 4 browser. It brings with it plenty of UI innovations and a few usability issues, as well as some solid improvements to web standards support.
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Setting up screen reader testing
Ever wondered how to set up your machine for testing with screen readers? Todd Kloots at YUIBlog has an article on setting up Jaws, Window-Eyes and NVDA for testing in a virtual machine.
Merry Christmas (and a few links)
It’s been a busy time of year. I’ve missed a few things worth writing about, so here’s a Christmas present in the form of a few links.
IE6: not so dead after all
It turns out Microsoft hasn’t had enough of IE6 just yet. They’re bringing a new rendering engine to IE for Windows Mobile, and the basis of it is Internet Explorer 6.
Cross-browser CSS web fonts with @font-face
The promise of web fonts and the @font-face rule is to be able to display any font you choose to any user, regardless of whether that person has the font installed on their machine. Jon Tan has a detailed write-up on how to make it work across browsers.