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Web Essentials 04 posted 10th May 2004

Web Essentials 2004 looks to be an inspiring conference on Web standards, and a really good excuse to travel to Syndey late September/October. The conference will cover the key aspects of web standards: accessibility, markup (HTML/XHTML) and presentation (CSS). The organisers say that ‘WE04 will not only teach hands on techniques but set a new standard to which we can all aspire.’

And they might be right, given that the guest presenters include Dave Shea, Doug Bowman, Joe Clark and Russ Weakley.

I for one will try and make it. If I do, it’ll be my first time in Australia, my second time in the southern hemisphere and only my third excursion out of Europe. Some are widely travelled; I am thinly travelled.

Jon Hicks wrote:

I know what you mean Richard – I’ve barely been out of Europe too.

However, there are some rough plans for a family holiday to see friends near Sydney next year. Maybe we should make it earlier, this is very tempting…

10 May 2004, 15:51 GMT
Steveg wrote:

Okay, this is probably trivial. The Web Essentials 04 logo keeps bugging me. On this page it is floating over at the edge of the box and about one line high. On the main page it floats way up over the section title. I’m viewing this IE5.5 on a PC.

13 May 2004, 07:51 GMT

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