+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 13, Issue 50, June 4, 2015. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 50 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: EVALUATION & TESTING. 04: EVENTS. 05: HTML5. 06: JAVASCRIPT. 07: NAVIGATION. 08: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS. 09: USABILITY. 10: XML. SECTION TWO: 11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. A (Rough) Manifesto for Accessible User Experience By David Sloan and Sarah Horton. "When we examine accessibility through the lens of user experience, we see that accessibility is..." https://medium.com/@accessibleux/rough-manifesto-for-accessible-user-experience-10a3ea34a3d6 The Accessibility Cheatsheet By Ire Aderinokun. "...The WCAG contain some very useful information, and so I decided to condense the very extensive guidelines and highlight some practical examples of what we can do to implement them and make our websites more accessible..." http://www.bitsofco.de/2015/the-accessibility-cheatsheet/ National Federation of the Blind and Two Blind Students Resolve Complaint Against Atlantic Cape Community College By National Federation of the Blind. "The agreement requires ACCC to work with a third-party consultant and the National Federation of the Blind to take steps to improve the educational experience of students with disabilities and to prevent discrimination against these students, including: Conducting a technology audit and, based on the audit results, developing a plan to make all student-facing electronic and information technology used by ACCC accessible to students with disabilities no later than three years from the completion of the technology accessibility audit..." https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-and-two-blind-students-resolve-complaint-against-atlantic-cape-community Accessible Online Learning Community Group By W3C. "...The activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility and online learning. We focus on reviewing current W3C resources and technologies to ensure the requirements for accessible online learning experiences are considered. We also identify areas where additional resources and technologies are needed to ensure full participation of people with disabilities in online learning experiences..." https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ Web Accessibility has Never Been More Affordable By Scott Hollier. "...Overall it's clear that web accessibility has never been more affordable, especially if we reflect back on the state of play when WCAG 2.0 was released in December 2008..." http://www.accessiq.org/news/w3c-column/2015/06/web-accessibility-has-never-been-more-affordable No One Speaks for Me!: Accessibility Must Include Communication Access By Glenda Watson. "I shared this story during last week's CBC Radio interview, in which Communication Disabilities Access Canada's Executive Director Barbara Collier and I, in my role as CDAC's Social Media Coordinator, briefly discussed communication access for individuals with speech and language disabilities..." http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2015/no-one-speaks-for-me-accessibility-must-include-communication-access/ The Viking and The Lumberjack: Accessibility in the Real World By Billy Gregory. "Think accessibility is just for people with disabilities? The Viking and The Lumberjack disagree! Join Karl 'The Viking' Groves and Billy 'The Lumberjack' Gregory as they take a humorous look at how we all use 'accessibility' features in our every day lives..." http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/06/the-viking-and-the-lumberjack-accessibility-in-the-real-world/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Inserting Content with CSS testing Assistive Technology and APIs By David MacDonald. "Below is an example of CSS being used to insert content and the result for assistive technology..." http://davidmacd.com/blog/inserting-content-with-css-accessibility.html Revisiting :Visited By Joel Califa. "...This is just one possible implementation of a valuable idea that has been neglected for years. One that can improve the experience of almost any site online today. While content sites with simple text links should definitely be taking advantage of :visited again, It would be great to see people come up with creative solutions for image and video links. More complex :visited states are currently greenfield, but with some experimentation we could end up with a new convention for all types of media. Wouldn't it be great to take one look at any kind of element and just know?" http://joelcalifa.com/blog/revisiting-visited/ Viewport vs Percentage Units By Ire Aderinokun. "In my article about CSS font sizes, I wrote about the (relatively) new viewport units. These units - vw, vh, vmin, and vmax - are based on the size of the browser viewport. Because their actual size changes depending on the viewport size, this makes them great units for responsive design. Although in my previous post I argued against using these units for font sizes, they can be very useful for defining layout elements..." http://www.bitsofco.de/2015/viewport-vs-percentage-units/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. Insight Led by Data Not Gut Instinct By Gerry McGovern. "Over the years I've developed a survey technique that looks absolutely crazy and unworkable..." http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/new-thinking/insight-led-data-not-gut-instinct 7 Ways to Handle Missing Data By Jeff Sauro. "...Missing data is like a medical concern: ignoring it doesn't make it go away. Ideally your data is missing at random and one of these seven approaches will help you make the most of the data you have." http://www.measuringu.com/blog/handle-missing-data.php Usability Testing of Fruit (Video) By Blink UX. "Have you ever wondered what would happen if you did a usability test on fruit? We did. Blink Interactive created this funny look at something near and dear to our hearts - usability testing..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qg80qTfzgU +04: EVENTS. UX Week August 25-28, 2015. San Francisco, California, U.S.A. http://uxweek.com/ UX Australia August 25-28, 2015. Brisbane, Australia http://uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2015/ BigDesign September 17-19, 2015. Addison, Texas, U.S.A. http://bigdesigndallas.com/ Midwest UX October 1-3, 2015. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. http://www.usertesting.com/blog/2015/01/20/top-ux-conferences-2015/ UCD 15 Conference October 23-25, 2015. London, England, United Kingdom http://2015.ucduk.org/ User Interface Conference 20 November 2-4, 2015. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. http://ui20.uie.com/ +05: HTML5. The dl Element By Mike Robinson. "The