* WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
An email newsletter to distribute news and information about
web design and development.
NOTE: As a navigation aid for screen readers, all headings
begin with an asterisk and end with a full stop. All items
are also numbered in the contents and throughout the issue,
with numbers appearing immediately after the asterisks.
Please let me know if there is anything else we can do to
make navigation easier.
[Issue starts.]
* February 10, 2003.
* Volume 1, Issue 33.
* What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
New Links In These Categories:
1: ACCESSIBILITY.
2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
3: COLOR.
4: DREAMWEAVER.
5: EVENTS.
6: JAVASCRIPT.
7: MISCELLANEOUS.
8: NAVIGATION.
9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS.
10: TOOLS.
11: USABILITY.
SECTION ONE: New references.
* 1: ACCESSIBILITY.
Can Expanding Targets Make Object Selection Easier for Older Adults?
ByÊM. Bohan & D. Scarlett
Comparison of EITAS Paragraphs and WCAG Checkpoints
By Optavia
(Please note that this 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
)
* 2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
Toward a more standards compliant Internet Explorer
New use for the CSS doctype switch: A proposal
By John P. Gallant aka "Big John"
Source Ordered Columns
By John P. Gallant aka "Big John"
"This is still bleeding edge stuff, but is being refined at a tremendous clip even as I write."
CSS Menus
By Wendy Peck
Chapter 6 of Wendy Peck's new book "Great Web Typography"
(Please note that this 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
)
CSS: Mix and match Classes
By David Eisenberg
* 3: COLOR.
Aesthetics and Usability: A Look at Color and Balance
By Laurie Brady and Christine Phillips
* 4: DREAMWEAVER.
Macromedia Dreamweaver - Structure & Layout
By University of Wisconsin Madison
How to use Macromedia Dreamweaver templates.
Macromedia Dreamweaver - Formatting Content
By University of Wisconsin Madison
How to use style sheets and library objects.
Macromedia Dreamweaver - Site Management
By University of Wisconsin Madison
* 5: EVENTS.
WinWriters Online Help Conference
February 16-19, 2003
Seattle, Washington U.S.A.
* 6: JAVASCRIPT.
Build a Dynamic Menu in JavaScript
By Premshree Pillai
* 7: MISCELLANEOUS.
Venus and Mars in the Workplace
By Carol Dekkers
* 8: NAVIGATION.
Breadcrumb Navigation: An Exploratory Study of Usage
By Bonnie Lida, Spring Hull & Katie Pilcher
"This textual representation of where and how information is located within the website allows the user to link to major categories of information along a continuum of sequential order."
Cascading versus Indexed Menu Design
By M. Bernard & C. Hamblin
Designing an Effective Web Site Navigation
By University of Wisconsin Madison
Menus with Beauty and Brains as a Book: Ta! Da!
By Wendy Peck
* 9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS.
Web Depot
By The University of Minnesota
A collection of resources for University of Minnesota Web site developers and communicators.
* 10: TOOLS.
How do CSS editors TopStyle and Style Master stack up?
By Ramakrishnan Annaswamy
* 11: USABILITY.
The Impact of Paging vs. Scrolling on Reading Online Text Passages
By J. Ryan Baker
A very interesting study of the effects of paging versus scrolling on reading tasks. Scrolling tended to be better for this purpose.
Examining Web Design Conventions Across Site Types
By M. R. Patel
Form follows function
By Peter-Paul Koch
[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.]
* SUBSCRIPTION INFO.
WEB DESIGN UPDATE is available by subscription only.
For information on how to subscribe and unsubscribe
please visit:
* SIGNATURE.
Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812-3009
mailto:lcarlson@d.umn.edu
[Issue ends.]