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July 30,2002 Vol.1 #3
What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
============ New Links In These Categories ============
1. ACCESSIBILITY
2. ARCHITECTURE
3. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
4. COLOR
5. DREAMWEAVER
6. EVALUATION & TESTING
7. JAVASCRIPT
8. NAVIGATION
9. PHP
10. TYPOGRAPHY
11. USABILITY
12. XHTML
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1. ACCESSIBILITY
Understanding Web Accessibility
This is the first chapter of the glasshaus book:
"Constructing Accessible Web Sites"
Chapter 1 is By Shawn Lawton Henry
You can download the 650KB PDF file from this link:
(Please note that it is an acrobat PDF file. If you do
not have acrobat you can download the acrobat viewer from
.
This download is for people who do not have Acrobat
installed on their computers. It allows you to open and
view a PDF file. Additional Adobe free tools are available
to assist visually impaired users at
)
Introduction to the Screen Reader
with Neal Ewers of the Trace Research Center
"..a short video demonstrating how screen readers
assist the blind to navigate the web..."
Accessibility and Internationalization
By Kynn Bartlett
Chapter 21 (Hour 21) of Kynn's new book "Teach Yourself
CSS in 24 Hours"
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2. ARCHITECTURE
Web Page Design: Implications of Memory, Structure and
Scent for Information Retrieval
By Kevin Larson and Mary Czerwinski
Designing for Information Foragers:
A Behavioral Model for Information Seeking on the
World Wide Web
By James Kalbach
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3. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
A touch of class
By Lachlan Cannon
Guidelines for the use of
By Keith Underdown
Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design
This final WDVL excerpt of Eric's new book covers the
second half of chapter 4. He explores altering
main-text links, a press release, and cleanup.
By Eric A. Meyer
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4. COLOR
Color Blindness
By Andrew Oakley
"One in twenty white men are colour blind. We don't buy
things we can't use. We don't hit web pages we can't read."
Color Vision
By Cal Henderson
"1 in 12 people have some sort of color deficiency.
When you're designing for the web, this means that 1
in 12 people might not be able to see your site. That's
alot of people. This tool helps you simulate the
appearance of our site's colors for people with
different color visions."
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5. DREAMWEAVER
Dreamweaver MX: The Hidden Tips
By Troy Dreier
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6. EVALUATION & TESTING
Sample Chapter of:
The InfoDesign Toolkit - Do-it-Yourself Usability Techniques
By Gerry Gaffney
You can download the free 163 KB PDF file from this link:
(Please note that it is an acrobat PDF file. If you do
not have acrobat you can download the acrobat viewer from
.
This download is for people who do not have Acrobat
installed on their computers. It allows you to open and
view a PDF file. Additional Adobe free tools are available
to assist visually impaired users at
)
Judging Web Sites: Usability or Criticism?
By Mark Bernstein
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7. JAVASCRIPT
Defining arrays using literal notation
From JavaScript Kit (Formerly Website Abstraction)
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8. NAVIGATION
Depth vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links
By Panayiotis Zaphiris and Lianaeli Mtei
Look Before You Ask
By David Wertheimer
Website Structural Navigation
By Noah Lazar & Michael Eisenbrey
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9. PHP
Create dynamic sites with PHP & MySQL
By Md. Ashraful Anam
Using PHP for Date Processing in Forms
By Jackson Yee
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10. TYPOGRAPHY
On Scalable Text
By Shawn Lawton Henry
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11. USABILITY
Thinking... A Customer Information System
By Gerry Gaffney
Is Branding Compatible with Web Usability?
By Roger C. Parker
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12. XHTML
Why Web Builders Must Move to XHTML
Molly Holzschlag Interview
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What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?
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Accessibility Information
Architecture Information
Book Listings
Cascading Style Sheets Information
Color Information
Dreamweaver Information
Evaluation & Testing Information
JavaScript Information
Miscellaneous Web Information
Navigation Information
PHP Information
Sites & Blogs Listing
Tool Information
Typography Information
Usability Information
XML Information
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University of Minnesota Duluth
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