+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 14, Issue 49, June 2, 2016. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 49 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. 04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 05: EVENTS. 06: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 07: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Should All Content be Responsive? By Derek Featherstone. "In this screencast, Derek walks us through a couple of examples where traditional approaches to responsive content may actually hamper people from achieving their goals online. He proposes some alternative approaches that keep user experience top of mind..." http://simplyaccessible.com/article/responsive-content/ First-Hand Knowledge: What My Injury Revealed About Web Accessibility By Nicolas Steenhout. "Nic shares how the experience of injuring his hand brings up a lot that relates to our work in web accessibility..." http://simplyaccessible.com/article/first-hand-knowledge/ The Audience You Didn't Know You Had By Angela Colter. "...if your target audience includes the general public, you may want to consider that nearly half of them may have low literacy skills..." http://contentsmagazine.com/articles/the-audience-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know-you-had/ Accessibility and Me By Marian Foley. "This blog by Marian Foley is the first in a series of blog posts about people with access needs..." https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/05/26/accessibility-and-me-marian-foley/ The Writer's Guide to Making Accessible Web Content By Genevieve Conti. "...Here's how you can play a role in making the web a more accessible place, and optimize your content for everyone..." https://zapier.com/blog/accessible-web-content/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Semantic CSS By Jonathan Snook. "Why everybody who talks about the importance of semantics is both right and wrong at the same time..." http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/semantic-css CSS Grid Layout and Positioned Items By Manuel Rego Casasnovas. "Positioned grid items have some special features that will be explained on this blog post." https://blogs.igalia.com/mrego/2016/05/27/css-grid-layout-and-positioned-items/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. Team Members Behaving Badly During Usability Tests By Hoa Loranger. When observers make unethical requests or act in ways that violate proper usability practices, researchers should act to protect the participant. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/team-members-user-test/ +04: EVENTS. Implementing and Evaluating Web Application Accessibility July 7, 2016. Online. http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-07-07-2016.html +05: USABILITY. UX Reality Check: 14 Hard Truths About Users By Robert Hoekman, Jr. "It can be hard for designers to take a step back and look at an app or website through users' eyes. Here's where to start..." http://www.fastcodesign.com/3059921/ux-reality-check-14-hard-truths-about-users Mobile UX Design: The Right Ways to Ask Users for Permissions By Nick Babich. "... In this article will get you on the right track by helping you avoid common pitfalls in your permission request logic..." http://babich.biz/mobile-ux-design-the-right-ways-to-ask-users-for-permissions/ B2B vs. B2C Websites: Key UX Differences By Page Laubheimer. "Business-to-Business websites need to include content that is tailored to both end users and decision makers during long purchase cycles, clearly indicates integration details, has representative prices even for complex pricing scenarios, and speaks to all relevant verticals without alienating any of them." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/b2b-vs-b2c/ +06: XML. SVG Masking By Steven Bradley. "Today I want to shift focus and talk about masks. You'll find them to be similar in regards to the code you use to create them, but as you'll see masks do different things than clipping paths and you'll use each to create different effects..." http://vanseodesign.com/web-design/svg-masking/ [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +07: 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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