+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 10, Issue 11, September 6, 2012. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 11 CONTENTS. SECTION ONE: New references. What's new at the Web Design Reference site? http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ New links in these categories: 01: ACCESSIBILITY. 02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. 03: COLOR. 04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 05: EVENTS. 06: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 07: MISCELLANEOUS. 08: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS. 08: TOOLS. 09: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Research Report on Web Accessibility Metrics By W3C. "Web accessibility metrics are an invaluable tool for researchers, developers, governmental agencies and end users. Accessibility metrics help indicate the accessibility level of websites, including the accessibility level of individual websites, or even large-scale surveys of the accessibility of many websites. Recently, a plethora of metrics has been released to complement the A, AA, and AAA Levels measurement used by the WAI guidelines. However, the validity and reliability of most of these metrics are unknown and those making use of them are taking the risk of using inappropriate metrics. In order to address these concerns, this note provides a framework that considers validity, reliability, sensitivity, adequacy and complexity as the main qualities that a metric should have..." http://www.w3.org/TR/accessibility-metrics-report/ FCC - Online Video Caption Requirements Go Forward By Chris Tribbey. "Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission has denied a request to have the deadline for closed captioning rules for online video services pushed back, giving those services a deadline of Sept. 30 to be in line with the law..." http://www.homemediamagazine.com/digital-evolution/fcc-online-video-caption-requirements-go-forward-28193 +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Spacing Row Items - The Liquid Challenge By Niels Matthijs. "Most people consider breakpoints to be one of the main pillars of responsive design. While they are an integral part of most responsive exercises, you don't necessarily need them to make a site responsive. As an alternative you can fall back on good old-fashioned liquid behavior, especially when dealing with one-column constructions. This article will detail four liquid models for layouting rows of fixed-width elements..." http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/responsive-liquid-rows-spacing-techniques +03: COLOR. Styles for Checking Color Reliance By Jared Smith. "There are two primary accessibility issues that can be introduced by using color in web pages. First, you must ensure that there is sufficient contrast between foreground and background colors. Second, you must ensure that color is not the only means of conveying content or information...." http://webaim.org/blog/styles-for-checking-color-reliance/ +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. Dealing with Difficult Usability Test Participants By David Travis. "A common concern of people running usability tests is that sooner or later they'll run into a difficult participant. Who are these difficult characters and how can we prevent them from being a problem..." http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/dealing_with_difficult_usability_test_participants.html +05: EVENTS. Accessibility Camp Los Angeles October 20, 2012. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. http://www.accessibilitycampla.org/ Text Customization for Readability Online Symposium November 19, 2012. Online Abstract submission date September 24, 2012 http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/cfp.html +06: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. Beyond Wireframing - The Real-Life UX Design Process By Marcin Treder. "We all know basic tenets of user-centered design. We recognize different research methods, the prototyping stage, as well as the process of documenting techniques in our rich methodological environment. The question you probably often ask yourself, though, is how it all works in practice?" http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/29/beyond-wireframing-real-life-ux-design-process/ +07: MISCELLANEOUS. The Proposed Picture Element in HTML By Virginia DeBolt. "New at the W3C is a proposal to create a way to work responsive images. The proposal, called HTML Responsive Images Extension, suggests a new HTML element called