+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 15, Issue 29, January 12, 2017. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 29 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: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 07: JAVASCRIPT. 08: TOOLS. 09: TYPOGRAPHY. 10: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Access Board Updates Requirements for Information and Communication Technology By United States Access Board. "The Access Board today released a final rule that updates accessibility requirements for information and communication technology (ICT) in the federal sector covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The rule also refreshes guidelines for telecommunications equipment subject to Section 255 of the Communications Act..." https://www.access-board.gov/news/1889-access-board-updates-requirements-for-information-and-communication-technology WCAG 2.0 AA Is the New Accessibility Standard for Federal Agency Websites By Minh Vu. "The federal government has adopted the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Levels A and AA as its accessibility standard for federal agency websites, making it very likely that the Department of Justice will also adopt this standard for public accommodations websites in its forthcoming regulations..." http://www.adatitleiii.com/2017/01/wcag-2-0-aa-is-the-new-accessibility-standard-for-federal-agency-websites/ The Section 508 ICT Refresh Is Finally Here! By Lily Bond. "Today, the US Access Board released a final rule updating the requirements for information and communication technology (ICT) according to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Communication Act..." http://www.3playmedia.com/2017/01/09/the-section-508-ict-refresh-is-finally-here/ Inclusive By Design By Philip M Kragnes. "...This site is intended for anyone interested in inclusive Web design and covers the following topics: Web Accessibility...ARIA...Accessible Forms..." http://inclusive-design.umn.edu/ Grouping Related Form Elements By Rakesh Paladugula. "The related elements in a form need to be grouped together..." http://www.maxability.co.in/2017/01/grouping-related-form-elements/ Accessibility and Me: Molly Watt By Molly Watt. "...consider accessibility right at the beginning. It should never be an 'add-on' at the end..." https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2017/01/09/accessibility-and-me-molly-watt/ Sanctioned Austin ADA Attorney Now Targeting Websites By David Barer and Kevin Schwaller. "Attorney claims healthcare websites don't meet standards for the disability community, according to court filings..." http://kxan.com/2016/12/21/austin-ada-attorney-now-targeting-websites/ Web Accessibility - The Legal & Litigation Reasons for Breaking Down Barriers By Ken Nakata. "In this blog I'd like to review key laws, and anticipated changes, that are driving a lot of website accessibility litigation. Knowing about these laws, and which apply to your organization, can help guide your website accessibility practice..." http://insight.cryptzone.com/accessibility/web-accessibility-the-legal-litigation-reasons-for-breaking-down-barriers/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. CSS Selectors: Combinators By Tiffany Brown. "The following is an extract from our book, CSS Master, written by Tiffany B. Brown..." https://www.sitepoint.com/146220-2/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. Avoiding Hard-to-Answer Questions in User Interviews By Jim Ross. "It's so important to know what types of questions people can and cannot answer correctly." http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2017/01/avoiding-hard-to-answer-questions-in-user-interviews.php 10 Golden Rules of Facilitation By Jeff Sauro. "Good facilitation is more than following a script and rules; it's knowing when and how to apply the rules and when to go off script to get the right data while balancing the needs of the stakeholders and participants..." http://www.measuringu.com/blog/facilitation-rules.php +04: EVENTS. Section 508 Refresh February 2, 2017. Online https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ao/session/?id=110588 Front End Design Conference April 19-21, 2017. St.Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. http://frontenddesignconference.com/ Generate April 27-28 ,2017. New York, New York, U.S.A. https://2017.midwestphp.org/ HOW Design Live May 2-6, 2017. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. http://howdesignlive.com/ +05: HTML5. Introducing the HTML5 Herald Sample Site By Louis Lazaris. "...After we briefly cover what we'll be building, we'll discuss some HTML5 syntax basics, along with some suggestions for best-practice coding..." https://www.sitepoint.com/145702-2/ An HTML5 FAQ By Louis Lazaris. "After this quick introduction to HTML5 markup, you probably have a bunch of questions swirling in your head. Here are some answers to a few of the likely ones..." https://www.sitepoint.com/145710-2/ +06: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. Why Wireframes Are Important in the Design Process By Sara Nagy. "Wireframing is a quick and effective way to identify usability issues early on in your design process..." http://blog.proto.io/wireframes-design-process/ Prototyping Accessibility in Web and Mobile UI Design By Emily Grace Adiseshiah. "Adaptable, interactive and coherent prototypes for users with disabilities. Covering accessibility in the prototyping phase of web and app design..." https://www.justinmind.com/blog/prototyping-accessibility-in-web-and-mobile-ui-design/ +07: JAVASCRIPT. Differences Between ARIA 1.0 and 1.1: Deprecations and Additions By Bryan Garaventa. "...Today's post will include the deprecations and some additions in ARIA 1.1..." http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/differences-aria-1-0-1-1-deprecations-additions/ The ARIA Role Conformance Matrices By Bryan Garaventa. "...The purpose of The ARIA Role Conformance Matrices is not to list all possible attributes that can be used on all available roles, but rather, to specifically quantify how accessibility is tied into the usage of ARIA roles, and how associated roles are hierarchically mapped..." http://whatsock.com/training/matrices/ clean-code-javascript By Ryan McDermott. "Software engineering principles, from Robert C. Martin's book Clean Code, adapted for JavaScript. This is not a style guide. It's a guide to producing readable, reusable, and refactorable software in JavaScript..." https://github.com/ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript +08: TOOLS. Lorem Ipsum Generator By Alex Dixon. "Quickly generate custom placeholder text from the classic Lorem Ipsum passage." https://loremipsumgenerator.com +09: TYPOGRAPHY. What's the Best Font Size for the Web? Well, It Depends... By Robert Mohns. "I recently found a fun visualization tool, SizeCalc.com, that shows you the perceived size of an object based on your viewing distance..." https://www.imarc.com/blog/best-font-size-for-any-device The Futures of Typography By Robin Rendle. "...I think that we ought to make compromises in our designs because as typographers our job is not to make a beautiful interface with the most elegant typesetting imaginable; I think that before we can make typography beautiful we must first make it resilient..." https://robinrendle.com/essays/futures-of-typography/ +10: USABILITY. The 'Credit Card Number' Field Must Allow and Auto-Format Spaces (80% Don't) By Christian Holst. "Typing a 15-16 long string of numbers without a single error can be challenging for most users – yet, it’s what all users have to do during the checkout flow as they reach the ‘Credit Card Number’ form field..." http://baymard.com/blog/credit-card-field-auto-format-spaces Usability and Accessibility a Comparative Study By Rakesh Paladugula. "Before we compare, let us understand the definitions of usability and accessibility for web..." http://www.maxability.co.in/2017/01/usability-and-accessibility-a-comparative-study/ How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience By Nick Babich. "..Good UI animations have a purpose; they are meaningful, and functional. In this article, we’ll talk about the role of functional animation in UX design and see when to incorporate motion into a design..." https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/01/how-functional-animation-helps-improve-user-experience/ Designing User Interfaces for My Mother By Tony Gines. "Takeaways for keeping your interface friendly to the friendliest of people. My mother..." https://blog.marvelapp.com/designing-user-interfaces-mother/ [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +11: 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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