+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 12, Issue 46, May 8, 2014. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 46 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: DRUPAL. 04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 05: EVENTS. 06: HTML5. 07: JAVASCRIPT. 08: NAVIGATION. 09: TOOLS. 10: TYPOGRAPHY. 11: USABILITY. 12: XML. SECTION TWO: 13: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day May 15 By University of Minnesota Duluth. "Discover what Accessibility Awareness Day is and check out over 30 ways you can celebrate it." http://blog.lib.umn.edu/itsshelp/news/2014/04/celebrate-global-accessibility-awareness-day-may-15.html An Accessibility Primer By Virgina DeBolt. "Create web sites that: Use web standards; Use semantic HTML - POSH; Integrate accessibility from the start of a project. Are POUR..." http://www.webteacher.ws/2014/05/07/accessibility-primer/ The Little Button That Could By Karl Groves. "...Turns out we've decided to use a button. All we needed to do was change a few CSS declarations. Thanks so much for the help." http://www.karlgroves.com/2014/05/02/the-little-button-that-could/ Give Your Users Total Control of Your Website By Luke McGrath. "Some of your users find automatic changes hard to deal with. Unexpected actions can interrupt their concentration and stop them reaching their goals. You can help your users by keeping them in control and avoiding elements on your website that change automatically..." http://www.wuhcag.com/change-on-request/ Help Your Users with Unusual and Confusing Pronunciations By Luke McGrath. "We all agree that your users deserve to understand your website. You can help make this happen by paying attention to words that are hard or confusing to pronounce. Words like these can make it hard for your users to focus and understand your content..." http://www.wuhcag.com/pronunciation/ Ensure Content Remains Readable and Legible When Resized to 200% By Denis Boudreau. "Make sure reading remains efficient when content is set to 200% of its initial size." http://dboudreau.tumblr.com/post/84648096322/ensure-content-remains-readable-and-legible-when Website Accessibility Laws Guide - International By Tim Lohman. "An overview of international law and policy that supports web accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 compliance..." http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2014/04/website-accessibility-laws-guide-international Accessibility Suit Filed Against US General Services Administration By Tim Lohman. "An accessibility law suit has been brought against the United States General Services Administration (GSA) alleging that its website, SAM.gov, is inaccessible and does not comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973." http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2014/04/accessibility-suit-filed-against-us-general-services-administration Justice Department Targets Websites, Mobile Apps, and POS Devices By Seyfarth Shaw. "Only four months into 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already made clear that it is pursuing an aggressive enforcement agenda when it comes to the obligation of public accommodations to ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities..." http://www.adatitleiii.com/2014/04/justice-department-targets-websites-mobile-apps-and-pos-devices/ Consent Decree - National Federation of the Blind et al and the United States of America vs H&R Block By ADA Title III http://www.adatitleiii.com/files/2014/04/Consent-Decree.pdf Disclosure-Button Custom Control By Steve Faulkner. "Cedric Trevisan and I have been cooking up a simple custom element, web component (using polymer) that provides a flexible disclosure control with accessibility baked in..." http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2014/05/disclosure-button-custom-control/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Cargo Cult CSS By Jonathan Christopher. "...I don't know if I'll ever find the balance of OOCSS I'm really looking for, but I think it's getting better with each project I take on, so that's a good thing. Articles like this keep me on my toes." http://mondaybynoon.com/kapowaz-cargo-cult-css/ Moving Forward with CSS Shapes By Sara Soueidan. "If you liked my CSS Shapes 101 article last week and are as excited about CSS Shapes as I am, then you may find a list of resources to dig deeper into CSS Shapes useful..." http://alistapart.com/blog/post/moving-forward-with-css-shapes +03: DRUPAL. User Facing Accessibility Improvements in Core (Part 1 of D8 A11y Update) By Mike Gifford. "Drupal 7 still remains the most accessible open source CMS available. The changes that the community began implementing in 2008 to improve accessibility for the entire user interface (public, content editor, administrator and developer) has still not been matched by any other piece of web software (open source or proprietary). By focusing accessibility efforts on improving Core, we are able to fix accessibility problems by default regardless of what themes, or extensions are used in any given implementation. That being said, Drupal 8 is already considerably better, and not just because we removed Overlay..." https://groups.drupal.org/node/420413 +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. How Tech Companies Can Take Advantage of Fresh Eyes During Onboarding By Stef Miller. "The first week or so of any onboarding experience is chock-full of raw feedback opportunities. As more and more companies continue to fill experience-focused roles, it makes sense that we take advantage of each new hire's fresh eyes..." http://www.usertesting.com/blog/2014/04/28/how-tech-companies-can-take-advantage-of-fresh-eyes-during-onboarding/ +05: EVENTS. Web Usability - An Introduction to User Experience August 11-12, 2014. London, England, United Kingdom http://www.userfocus.co.uk/training/webusability.html +06: HTML5. Should You Use HTML5 Header and Footer? By Bruce Lawson. "...my advice is: yes, use them - especially the main
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