Cutting a path through the clouds, heading to some far-flung destination; or working through the night to connect national and international business; the way we perceive airlines has barely changed in the past 50 years.

And that perception — one of glamour, efficiency, and professionalism — is almost entirely due to clever advertising and careful branding. The actual experience of travelling by air is, in reality, one of queues, delays, lost baggage, high-cost and ever decreasing leg room. But we forget all that when we see the proud colors of our nations’ flags emblazoned across the tail of an aircraft. As the reaction to American Airlines’ rebranding proves, we expect a certain heritage to be present in our airline branding.

As this infographic shows, national identity, speed and history, coupled with the tail fin of a plane all combine to keep us flying.

Produced by JustTheFlight.co.uk

Who did you last fly with? Do you recognize their branding in any of the trends shown here? Let us know in the comments.

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Twitter’s Samantha Warren sits down with Treehouse’s Dan Gorgone to discuss how she got started as a designer, the value of Style Tiles, and her work as a designer with Twitter.

If you’re a Treehouse Gold Member, you can watch the full interview here.

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One aspect of mobile accessibility is how web browsers on mobile devices support the accessibility needs of people with disabilities. Accessibility of web browsers is covered in User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG). The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) today published an updated Working Draft of Implementing UAAG 2.0, which explains how browsers, media players, and other "user agents" should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work with assistive technologies. The update provides a page of Mobile Accessibility Examples from UAAG that show how web browsers that follow UAAG benefit people with disabilities using the Web on mobile devices. Learn more about W3C WAI's broader work related to Mobile Accessibility and about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

The HTML Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of the HTML5 Image Description Extension. This specification defines the "longdesc" attribute that enables web authors to provide longer text descriptions for complex images. It is developed by the HTML Accessibility Task Force in coordination with the HTML Working Group and the WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG). Please see important additional information in the call for review e-mail. This Working Draft is available for review through 20 June 2013 to determine if there are any outstanding issues before it progresses to Last Call. Learn more about the HTML Activity and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

The Web Applications Working Group has published two documents today:

• A Group Note of Widget Updates. This specification defines a process and a document format to allow a user agent to update an installed widget package with a different version of a widget package. A widget cannot automatically update itself; instead, a widget relies on the user agent to manage the update process. The working group reached consensus to stop work on this specification. It is published for archival reasons and no longer progresses along the W3C's Recommendation Track.
• A Working Draft of Introduction to Web Components. This document is a non-normative reference, which provides an overview of Web Components. It summarizes the normative information in the respective specifications in easy-to-digest prose with illustrations.

Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.