Evan Carroll » bbd09 http://www.evancarroll.net Experience Designer, Researcher and Author Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:13:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Why the blue beanie? http://www.evancarroll.net/2009/11/30/why-the-blue-beanie/ http://www.evancarroll.net/2009/11/30/why-the-blue-beanie/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:09:36 +0000 Evan Carroll http://www.evancarroll.net/?p=139 Evan wearing a blue beanieWell, it’s not unlikely to see me wearing blue as Carolina blue is by far my preferred color. However, today’s blue beanie isn’t about that. It’s all about Web standards. That’s right, Web standards. Today is the third annual International Blue Beanie Day where thousands of Standardistas (people who support web standards) will wear a Blue Beanie to show their support for accessible, semantic web content.

Standards aren’t just about page validators and geeky stuff like that. It’s about making sure that everyone is able to view your Web site, regardless of what device they are using. If you’re still doubtful find a friend who uses a screen reader or try one out for yourself. You’ll soon realize exactly how frustrating it is to use a site that doesn’t embrace Web standards.

So why don’t you join the fun? All you need is a blue beanie. Or a little bit of Photoshop savvy.

Here’s to accessible and semantic Web content.

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