+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 15, Issue 41, April 6, 2017. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 41 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: JAVASCRIPT. 06: MISCELLANEOUS. 07: TOOLS. 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. Demystifying Accessible Name By Joe Watkins. "In this post, Joe Watkins talks about accessible name-what it is, how to apply it, and why it's such an integral tool in the accessibility toolkit..." http://simplyaccessible.com/article/accessible-name/ Form Errors Screen Readers Can Access By Greg Genovese. "Form submission errors are a common problem on the web..." https://cantina.co/form-errors-screen-readers-can-access/ Implementing Accessible Workplace Tech: PDF Accessibility (Video) By Gian Wild and Rob Haverty. "...Topics include how to handle issues such as an existing archive of untagged PDFs on a website..." http://www.peatworks.org/content/webinars/2017/03/PDFs Transcript: Ask the UXperts: Accessible Design: which everyone do you mean? - with Derek Featherstone By Sarah Hawk. "...If you're interested in seeing what we discussed, or you want to revisit your own questions, here is a full transcript of the chat..." http://uxmastery.com/transcript-ask-uxperts-accessible-design-everyone-mean-derek-featherstone/ Web Accessibility, Where To Start? (Video) By Rian Rietveld. "You want to learn how to build an accessible website or plugin and have no idea what is important or where to start? In this talk Rian will explain the most important issues and where to get help and documentation..." http://wordpress.tv/2016/12/12/rian-rietveld-web-accessibility-where-to-start/ Website Accessibility Under the ADA, A New Federal Court Ruling Helps Banks By Robert P. Beckham. "Since late last year, many banks in California, New York and Pennsylvania have received demand letters from two law firms that claim the websites of those banks violate Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)..." https://blogs.duanemorris.com/bankinglaw/2017/04/03/website-accessibility-under-the-ada-a-new-federal-court-ruling-helps-banks/ Judge Dismisses ADA Website Lawsuit By Marty Orlick. "Marty Orlick reports why a recent U.S. District Court decision may affect the future of ADA website litigation, and urges hoteliers to ensure their websites are accessible." https://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article93874.html +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Grid is All About the Container By Rachel Andrew. "I've been at Render Conference in Oxford with my first conference presentation on Grid, since it shipped into browsers this month. A short talk, I decided to deal with the most frequently asked of frequently asked questions..." https://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2017/03/31/grid-is-all-about-the-container/ Does CSS Grid Replace Flexbox? By Robin Rendle. "No. Well. Mostly No..." https://css-tricks.com/css-grid-replace-flexbox/ Questioning Container Queries By Brad Frost. "I think what Paul Robert Lloyd is saying here is interesting, but I'm not sure it adds up to 'we don't need container queries'..." http://bradfrost.com/blog/link/questioning-container-queries/ The Invisible Parts of CSS By Mike Riethmuller. "If you use CSS in your daily work, your primary goal is probably focused around making things 'look right'. How this is achieved is often far less important than the end result. This means we care less about how CSS works than the correct syntax and visual results..." https://madebymike.com.au/writing/the-invisible-parts-of-CSS/ CSS Viewport Units: A Quick Start By Asha Laxmi. "It has been a few years since viewport units were first introduced in CSS. They are truly responsive length units in the sense that their value changes every time the browser resizes. If you have heard about these units before but never learned about them in detail, this article can help you out..." https://www.sitepoint.com/css-viewport-units-quick-start/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. Using A/B Testing to Drive Constructive Conflict with Stakeholders By Luke Smith. "...Good ideas benefit from scrutiny, and quick A/B experiments help get people get in the habit of asking tough questions. The answers lead to better tactical decisions, and help drive a culture of healthy debate." http://uxmastery.com/using-ab-testing-to-drive-constructive-conflict-with-stakeholders/ 10 Measurement Resources For UX Designers By Jeff Sauro. "Here is a list of articles we've written that can serve as a starting point when you need to measure your designs..." https://measuringu.com/measure-design/ +04: EVENTS. DRES IT Accessibility Badging Program April-May 2017. Online http://disability.illinois.edu/academic-support/accessible-it-group/badging PHP Unicorn Conference May 4, 2017. Online http://www.phpunicorn.com/ Old versus New: Original Section 508 Standards (2000) compared to the Revised Section 508 Standards (2017) May 30, 2017. Webinar. https://www.accessibilityonline.org/cioc-508/session/?id=110613 Inclusive Design 24 (#ID24) June 9, 2017. Online. http://www.inclusivedesign24.org/ CSS-Day June 15-16, 2017. Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://cssday.nl/2017 eduWeb Digital Summit August 7-10, 2017. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. http://www.eduwebdigitalsummit.com/ +05: JAVASCRIPT. Back to Basics: JavaScript Operators, Conditionals and Functions By Tania Rascia. "...In this article, we will go over some of the most important basic concepts of JavaScript that will allow you to start writing your own programs: operators, conditional statements, and functions..." https://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-operators-conditionals-functions/ +06: MISCELLANEOUS. Web Inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee Slams UK and US Net Plans By Rory Cellan-Jones. "The web's creator has attacked any UK plans to weaken encryption and promised to battle any moves by the Trump administration to weaken net neutrality..." http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39490324 Debate Rages Over Controversial Copyright Standard for the Web By Matt Reynolds. "It's a fight for the future of the web..." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2126513-debate-rages-over-controversial-copyright-standard-for-the-web/ +07: TOOLS. Accessible Email Checker By Maarten Lierop and Jordie van Rijn. "It is the mission of Accessible-email.org to promote email marketing accessibility and usability. In that be the voice of users and the email marketing community..." http://www.accessible-email.org/ SweetAlert2 By Limon Monte. "A beautiful, customizable, accessible (WAI-ARIA) replacement for JavaScript's popup boxes..." https://limonte.github.io/sweetalert2/ +08: TYPOGRAPHY. Rems and Ems, and Why You Probably Don't Need Them By David Gilbertson. "You may have heard that when defining the size of things in your website, you should be using em or rem units, rather than good old fashioned pixels..." https://hackernoon.com/rems-and-ems-and-why-you-probably-dont-need-them-664b9ce1e09f +09: USABILITY. Is Usability a Science? By Philip Hodgson. "Recently, Todd Zazelenchuk, David Travis and I met up at our favourite watering hole in Staffordshire. As is often the case we stumbled into a discussion about usability, this time mulling over the question of whether usability is or is not a science..." http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/is-usability-a-science.html [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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