Great review of ‘Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance’

The kind of review every author dreams of was posted on my 40th birthday:

Let me get a few words out of the way about Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance—wow, wow, wow.

… if there are accessibility classes being taught in college these days (and there ought to be), then this book should be an assigned text, and a bargain it would be too. Bruce Lawson must be applauded for his dedication to this series … and putting the people behind it together.

… I like to conclude my reviews with an unbiased look at whatever aspects of a book I feel were weak, or perhaps problematic in some other respect. In all honesty, I don’t have a single negative thing to say here … This book is worth every penny you pay for it.

Destry Wion, TXP Magazine

It’s great to know that someone else feels the book to be as indispensable as I feel my work bookshelf to be. Here’s my bookshelf:

bookshelf

Destry, you are hereby entitled to a snog or a pint (your choice) if we ever meet up.

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8 Responses to “Great review of ‘Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance’”

  1. Comment by cole

    mmmmm…lots of lovely pink spines. where would we be without friends of ed?

    January 11th, 2007 at 11:37 am

  2. Comment by Matt Machell

    Site Speaks for Itself was the first book I worked on at glasshaus (manic final proofing stage). So I’ll always have a soft spot for it. Sadly, I lent my copy to a friend, who’s since moved away, taking said book with him. :(

    January 11th, 2007 at 11:45 am

  3. Comment by Karl

    I should write a few (but very kind) words up on Amazon. I haven’t finished reading it entirely (half-way through a “proper read”) but it’s a “must have” for every developer and design shop. The list of authoritative authors alone should be enough to convince people - but I guess you’d only know that if you were already a practitioner… OK, it’s on my to-do list.

    January 11th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

  4. Comment by Destry Wion

    Happy belated birthday, Bruce. I had no idea but there you go. :)

    FoE liked it too, but that’s probably how you find out, yeah?

    P.S. Charming rabbit you have there, what is that, a mushroom cap?

    January 14th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

  5. Comment by Nick Cowie

    Six in common: http://flickr.com/photos/nickobec/312806948/

    January 15th, 2007 at 7:57 am

  6. Comment by Bruce

    Hi Destry - the rabbit is a meme mash-up of Oolong the rabbit and goatse.

    What did you decide: snog, or pint?

    January 27th, 2007 at 9:33 am

  7. Comment by Destry Wion

    Well there you go, learn something new every day. I think I prefer the Oolong side of the family.

    As to your kind offer, my 8-month old son gives me plenty of “snogs” (wife too), so a beverage of sorts should be nice…non-alcoholic though.

    January 27th, 2007 at 4:47 pm

  8. Comment by bruce

    Well, Destry, seeing as you’re a guy rather than a guyette, I revoke my offer of a snog.

    But I’ll buy you a carton of Vişne (Turkish sour cherry juice) whenever you come to the UK.

    January 28th, 2007 at 12:38 pm

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