Welcome to 1999's first issue of Internetworking -- Internetworking 2.1!
With this issue, we are featuring a section on "Accessibility." As the Web has become mainstream, the issue of accessibility ("universal design") affects us all. In my opinion, a majority of Web designers do not plan to design sites that exclude others. In most cases, they are simply not aware of the issue. I would like to use Internetworking as a vehicle to spread the word about accessibility and educate ourselves and other about the issue of accessibility. And I am happy to report that Mike Paciello, a well-known name in the field of accessibile Web designs, has offered to contribute regularly to Internetworking. His first article will appear in the June issue of Internetworking.
In this issue, we have two articles on accessibility from Lila Laux and Thomas G. Wolfmaier. Lila's article answers some fundamental questions: "Why worry about accessibility?" and "How to design accessible sites?" And now that I have read Thomas's article, I will never use the term "color-blind." Thomas's article deserves special mention because not only it describes the theory, but also offers practical advice and tools to help us design accessible Web sites. If you have a Java-capable browser, I'd urge you to use his Java applet any time you use colors on your Web site. I hope that we can offer more such tools to Web designers to help them design more usable Web sites.
I am also delighted to report that we have Donald Norman's contribution in this issue of Internetworking. In this issue, Don offers his insights on the issue of "Banner Blindness" (Benway and Lane's study of "Banner Blindness" [ITG Publication, Dec. 1998: 1.3]). I am looking forward to more insights from Don in future issues of Internetworking. Welcome, Don!
This is my last issue as editor-in-chief of Internetworking. I have enjoyed getting Internetworking started and through its first year. Now, it is time to give others a chance to continue growing one of the most valuable and timely publications about usability and the web. I would like to thank the editorial staff, authors, and ITG officers who have made Internetworking possible. This is an all-volunteer effort and these folks have been terrific about finding time in their busy schedules to benefit the ITG community.
Judy Cantor will be our new editor-in-chief. Many of you know Judy as the host of 4th hf/Web Conference last year. So, you know that we are in capable hands. Welcome aboard, Judy!
We are looking for a volunteer to fill Judy's former position as articles editor. Please contact her at jcantor@att.com if you are interested.
Scott Isensee
IBM Corporation
isensee@us.ibm.com
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