* WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
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[Issue starts.]
* January 29, 2003.
* Volume 1, Issue 31.
* What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
New Links In These Categories:
1: ACCESSIBILITY.
2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
3: DREAMWEAVER.
4: EVALUATION & TESTING.
5: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
6: JAVASCRIPT.
7: MISCELLANEOUS.
8: PHP.
9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS.
10: USABILITY.
11: XML.
SECTION ONE: New references.
* 1: ACCESSIBILITY.
Explaining abbreviations, acronyms and symbols on Web pages
By Jukka Korpela
* 2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
Build User-Controlled Style Sheets for Greater Accessibility
By Chris Churchill
Auto-numbered nested lists
By Mark Pilgrim
* 3: DREAMWEAVER.
Customize Dreamweaver to Your Needs
By Jason Siegel
* 4: EVALUATION & TESTING.
Face to Face With Your Users: Running a Nondirected Interview
By Mike Kuniavsky
"Interviewees are remarkably understanding, and your goal is not to become friends, but to exchange information."
The Role of Online Surveys in the Usability Assessment Process
By William MacElroy
"I have attended several conferences at which I witnessed a growing debate over the role of survey work in the field of usability."
Methods and Guidelines to Avoid Common Questionnaire Bloopers
By Chauncey Wilson
Industry Usability Reporting and the Common Industry Format (ANSI-NCITS 354-2001)
By Avi Parush and Emile Morse
* 5: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
Making Cents from Information Architecture
By Alan K'necht
What Is Findability
By IAwiki
"Findability: The effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which specified users can locate and relocate desired pieces of data or information in information dense environments."
Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization
By Luke Wroblewski
Practical Applications: Visio or HTML for Wireframes
By Jeff Gothelf
* 6: JAVASCRIPT.
Stringing Things Along
By Harish Kamath
* 7: MISCELLANEOUS.
Interview with Eric Meyer
By Antonio Volpon
* 8: PHP.
Effortless (or Better!) Bug Detection with PHP Assertions
By Webb Stacey
* 9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS.
More than Standards
By Stephen Taylor
* 10: USABILITY.
User-Centered Design for Large Government Portals
By Christopher Rusay
Practical usability: what is usability?
By Anitra Pavka
What is Open Source Software and is it usable?
By Robert Watkins
* 11: XML.
Doing More with XML Schemas (part 2)
By Harish Kamath
What XHTML means for wireless development
By Puneet Gupta
[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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* SIGNATURE.
Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812-3009
mailto:lcarlson@d.umn.edu
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