* WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
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* October 31, 2002.
* Volume 1, Issue 18.
* What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
New Links In These Categories:
1: ACCESSIBILITY.
2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
3: COLOR.
4: EVENTS.
5: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
6: JAVASCRIPT.
7: MISCELLANEOUS.
8: NAVIGATION.
9: PHP.
10: USABILITY.
11: XML.
SECTION ONE: New references.
* 1: ACCESSIBILITY.
Ruling doesn't affect Section 508 Web requirements, board says
By Dipka Bhambhani
Alt and beyond: Making web graphics accessible
By Tim Roberts
Tech helps blind 'see' computer images
By Scott R. Burnell
Device helps blind computer users 'see'
By William Matthews
* 2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
Getting Started with Cascading Style Sheets
By Miraz Jordan
FORM(s) and Function
By Mark Newhouse
CSS Tableless Web Sites
By meryl.net
A collection of over 800 Table-free CSS designs.
* 3: COLOR.
Type and Colour
By Joe Clark
Chapter 9 of Joe's new book "Building Accessible Websites"
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not have acrobat you can download the acrobat viewer from
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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
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* 4: EVENTS.
Hypertext 03
August 26-30,2003
Nottingham, UK
Good Experience Live (GEL)
May 2, 2003
New York City, U.S.A.
HITS 2003 (Humans Interactions Technology Strategy)
October 16-17, 2003
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
* 5: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
PhotoSemantic Information Architecture
By Miguel Graca
Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web
By Ryan Olshavsky
Uncovering Solid Foundations for Persuasive Architecture
By Bryan Eisenberg
Metadata and Taxonomies for a More Flexible Information Architecture
By Amy Warner
* 6: JAVASCRIPT.
Create your own collection objects in JavaScript
By Edmond Woychowsky
* 7: MISCELLANEOUS.
Talking with Jesse James Garrett
By Erin Malone
* 8: NAVIGATION.
Linguistics and Information Retrieval Foundations of Label and Index Term Creation
By Amy Warner
Design Effective Navigation in 10 Steps
By Sam Hastings
* 9: PHP.
Watching The Web
By The Disenchanted Developer
PHP and Working with Databases
By Justin Vincent
Building a Simple Search Engine with PHP
By Daniel Solin
* 10: USABILITY.
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Shneiderman demands Computing Renaissance
By Ann Light
Handbook of User-Centred Design
By The European Journal of Engineering for Information Society Applications
An Apology For Simple Software
By Iesu II
The Politics of User Experience
By Steve Fleckenstein
Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websites
By Jakob Nielsen
Password Usability & Typability
By Chad Lundgren
* 11: XML.
Practical XML for the Web
By Alex Shiell et al.
Chapter 5 of this new book "introduces XSLT, going through the basics of using it to transform XML on the client-side, by way of easy-to-follow tutorial examples."
The horror of XML
By Larry Seltzer
[Section one ends.]
* SECTION TWO: What Can You Find at the
Web Design Reference Site?
Accessibility Information.
Association Information.
Book Listings.
Cascading Style Sheets Information.
Color Information.
Dreamweaver Information.
Evaluation & Testing Information.
Event Information.
Flash Information.
Information Architecture Information.
JavaScript Information.
Miscellaneous Web Information.
Navigation Information.
PHP Information.
Sites & Blogs Listing.
Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information.
Tool Information.
Typography Information.
Usability Information.
XML Information.
[Section two ends.]
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Laura L. Carlson
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University of Minnesota Duluth
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