+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 14, Issue 38, March 17, 2016. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 38 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: TYPOGRAPHY. 09: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. How Do You Handle a Web Accessibility Complaint from the Office for Civil Rights? By Emily Griffin. "What happens if your college or university is accused of disability discrimination by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights?..." http://www.3playmedia.com/2016/03/16/how-do-you-handle-a-web-accessibility-complaint-from-the-office-for-civil-rights/ Let's Try Harder With Web Accessibility By Chris Pearce. "The Web truly is an empowering platform that enhances and broadens the lives of people with disabilities..." https://medium.com/fed-or-dead/let-s-try-harder-with-web-accessibility-1d1a8db7afc0 Making Accessible Web Pages By Colorado State University. "...These guidelines are based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative. These guidelines are in keeping with the spirit of current legislation such as ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 255 of the Telecom Act..." http://www.acns.colostate.edu/Help/Web-Accessible Website Accessibility Lawsuits By the Numbers By Kristina M. Launey, Minh Vu, Christopher Im, and Melissa Aristizabal. "Website accessibility is an evolving and complicated topic, about which we've written many times..." http://www.adatitleiii.com/2016/03/tracking-the-trends-website-accessibility-lawsuits-by-the-numbers/ Useless Accessibility (Video) By Karl Groves and Billy Gregory. Here we go again!... Karl "The Viking" Groves and Billy "The Lumberjack" Gregory discuss real world accessibility "features" that are useless to people with disabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftMLdqOgKs +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. CSS Exclusions and Grid Layout By Rachel Andrew. "There is a tiny little specification that originally started life linked to the Shapes specification, the original Exclusions and Shapes draft defined both shape-inside and shape-outside along with properties wrap-flow and wrap-through. These properties were to create Exclusions..." https://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2016/03/16/css-exclusions-and-grid-layout/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. 10 Questions to Ask Before Any User Research By Neil Turner. "...here are are 10 questions that I always like to ask before undertaking any user research..." http://www.uxforthemasses.com/10-questions-before-user-research/ Don't Measure Trust. Measure Use By Gerry McGovern. "Trust is becoming increasingly scarce. People use what they don't trust because it is simple and convenient." http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/new-thinking/don%E2%80%99t-measure-trust-measure-use +04: EVENTS. The National Association of Government Webmasters Conference September 20-23, 2016. San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. https://nagw.org/conference/2016 Fronteers 2016 October 6-7, 2016. Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://fronteers.nl/congres/2016 CSS Dev Conf October 17-19, 2016. San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. http://2016.cssdevconf.com/ Interact London October 18-19, 2016. London, England, United Kingdom http://2016.interactconf.com/ Midwest UX October 20-22, 2016. Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. http://2016.midwestuxconference.com/ +04: HTML5. Accessible Solution for HTML5 Placeholders By Rakesh Paladugula. "In the earlier article Placeholder attribute and Why it is not accessible, I have discussed the accessibility problems in making placeholder as a label. Problems need to be solved, barriers need to be broke..." http://www.maxability.co.in/2016/03/accessible-solution-for-html5-placeholders/ Making Your HTML Accessible for the Visually Impaired By James Hopkins. "...When composing HTML structures, you must ensure that you describe its meaning using the correct HTML elements, and ARIA state and role flags where necessary. Then, and only then, should you pay attention to the presentation of those structures." https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/ +06: JAVASCRIPT. Accessible Progressive Disclosure By Jeremy Keith. "Over on The Session I have a few instances of a progressive disclosure pattern..." https://adactio.com/journal/10365 +07: NAVIGATION. The Same Link Twice on the Same Page. Do Duplicates Help or Hurt? By Hoa Loranger. "Eliminate redundancy on webpages whenever possible to reduce cognitive overload. Each extra link makes your site harder to use." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/duplicate-links/ 7 Ways to Improve Your Website's or Intranet's Built-In Search Engine By Page Laubheimer. "The accuracy of site search benefits when user queries are altered to allow for user errors or suboptimal word choice." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/internal-website-search/ +08: TYPOGRAPHY. Accessible Font Sizing By Ted Drake. "The biggest font size requirement is that the user is able to adjust their font size and the application inherits their preference. In Web, this means we use a relational font, such as em, rem, percentages, vm, and vh. Pixels are passable, but we don’t want to use points..." http://www.last-child.com/accessible-font-sizing/ +09: USABILITY. Writing Content for Everyone By Roz Strachan. "I work as a content designer on the Digital Marketplace and for over a year now, I've also been working as a volunteer in adult literacy classes. I've been using my experiences in the classroom to help me write simpler, more accessible content..." https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2016/02/23/writing-content-for-everyone/ Microcopy - Tiny Words With a Huge UX Impact By Nick Babich. "There are multiple factors that play a role in designing great microcopy. Here are a few tips to make a little bit of text pay off in a big way." https://uxplanet.org/microcopy-tiny-words-with-a-huge-ux-impact-90140acc6e42 [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? Accessibility Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/accessibility.html Association Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/associations.html Book Listings. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/books.html Cascading Style Sheets Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/css.html Color Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/color.html Drupal Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/drupal.html Evaluation & Testing Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/testing.html Event Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/events.html HTML Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/html.html Information Architecture Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/architecture.html JavaScript Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/javascript.html Miscellaneous Web Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/misc.html Navigation Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/navigation.html PHP Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/php.html Sites & Blogs Listing. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/sites.html Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/standards.html Tool Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/tools.html Typography Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/type.html Usability Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/usability.html XML Information. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/xml.html [Section two ends.] ++END NOTES. + SUBSCRIPTION INFO. 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