+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 18, Issue 07, August 14, 2019. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 07 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: HTML. 06: JAVASCRIPT. 07: MISCELLANEOUS. 08: NAVIGATION. 09: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Reducing Motion to Improve Accessibility By Lindsey Kopacz. " In this post, I am going to walk you through a newer media query (to me): prefers-reduced-motion…" https://www.a11ywithlindsey.com/blog/reducing-motion-improve-accessibility/ Understanding SC 3.3.1 Error Identification By Raghavendra Satish Peri. "…This success criterion states that errors must be presented in text. That doesn't mean we cannot use other methods of alerting the users that forms failed validation. We can use images, symbols, color in addition to text errors…" https://www.digitala11y.com/understanding-sc-3-3-1-error-identification/ Why Captioning and Audio Description are Critical Components of Web Accessibility By Elisa Edelberg. "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) web accessibility lawsuits hit record numbers in 2018, making it more crucial than ever to invest the time and resources to getting compliant with accessibility laws and standards. But, where do you begin?…" https://blog.usablenet.com/why-captioning-and-audio-description-are-critical-components-of-web-accessibility 6 Myths About Making Your Website Accessible to People with Disabilities By Amihai Miron. "Amihai Miron, founder and CEO of D.C.-based User1st, highlights several court decisions in the last year that have clarified legal obligations for ADA compliance of digital assets…As the issue of web accessibility continues to grow in prominence. dispelling with these common myths is an important first step toward better serving the large, potential target market of people with disabilities. https://technical.ly/philly/2019/08/06/6-myths-about-making-your-website-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities/ Accessibility Program Fundamentals: Choosing the Right Accessibility Metrics By Greg Williams. "…Defining the right accessibility metrics lay the foundation for an efficient culture of accessibility. The right metrics will provide the necessary insight to target and tackle a backlog of accessibility issues while prioritizing compliance and improving the accessibility skills of your development teams…" https://www.deque.com/blog/accessibility-program-fundamentals-choosing-the-right-accessibility-metrics/ Understanding Assistive Technology: How Do Deaf-Blind People Use Technology? By Level Access. "A person is considered deaf-blind if they have some combination of hearing loss and vision loss…" https://levelaccess.com/understanding-assistive-technology-how-do-deaf-blind-people-use-technology/ Using Progressive Enhancement to Design for Accessibility By Scott Jensen. "…what exactly does progressive enhancement look like in a UI? I'm so glad you asked. Let's look at a few examples…" https://www.sitepen.com/blog/using-progressive-enhancement-to-design-for-accessibility/ Domino's Pizza Sued By Blind Man Who Says He Can't Use Their Website (Audio) By Jeremy Hobson. "In a lawsuit that could go all the way to the Supreme Court, Domino's Pizza is being sued by a blind man who says he can't use their website. Host Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from Ben Brock Johnson (@TheBrockJohnson), who covers tech for Here & Now…" https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/08/13/dominos-lawsuit-blind-man Hey Domino's, You're Not Delivering By Catharine McNally. "…The Domino's petition and message perpetuates the myth that accessibility compliance is a distraction and unnecessary expense. This is wrong. And there's 30 years of evidence to prove it. And by the way, we shouldn't need (or wait for) a Supreme Court ruling to do what's right. It's evident that accessibility benefits everyone…" https://medium.com/@cmcnally/hey-dominos-you-re-not-delivering-cc11fb74b267 Assessing The Value Of Accessible Technologies For Organizations (PDF) By Microsoft & Forrester, 2016 Study. "… Key findings… Possessing a robust accessibility strategy enables and empowers workforces diversity, and the value extends to everyone in the organization… Taking a standard or programmatic approach to asccessbile technologies reduces costs… Private sector organizations are leading the way… Accessible technologies deliver tangible value for employers… Revenues associated with widening the pool of potential customers can be huge…" https://blogs.microsoft.com/uploads/prod/sites/73/2018/10/5bc08e8059d68-5bc08e8059d6bMicrosoft-TEI-Accessibility-Study_Edited_FINAL-v2.pdf.pdf +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. CSS From Scratch By Andy Bell. "I ran a survey on Twitter to half-validate an idea that's been swimming around in my head for a while. I love CSS and I love teaching, so I thought, 'I know, I'll make a book…" https://cssfromscratch.com/posts/day-zero/ CSS :empty Selector By Samantha Ming. "Often, we want to style elements that contain content. How about when an element has no children or text at all? Easy, you can use the :empty selector…" https://dev.to/samanthaming/css-empty-selector-b6f Learning CSS by Reading Specs By Chen Hui Jing. "…reading CSS specifications is immensely helpful to build a strong understanding of CSS, while also highlighting how developers who work on the web can contribute to shaping the web platform." https://www.chenhuijing.com/blog/learning-css-by-reading-specifications/ For The Love Of The Grid (Video) By Jules Forrest. "CSS is more powerful than ever but designs that match its growing potential are lagging behind. How do you retrain yourself to propose layouts that weren't feasible before? How do you wrap your mind around actually building them? In this session, she will code a CSS Grid demo from a beautifully complex, previously impractical work of print design." https://vimeo.com/showcase/6133041/video/350610635 +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. Is a Three-Point Scale Good Enough? By Jeff Sauro. "…A review of 12 studies conducted on the difference between three and more point scales revealed: More scale points increase reliability… Three-point scales are not reliable… There's a loss of intensity and validity with three-point scales… Two- and three-point scales are perceived as quicker and easier… Two and three points are insufficient to express feelings adequately… The three-point scale superiority is a myth…" https://measuringu.com/three-points/ Understanding Expert Reviews and Inspection Methods By Jeff Sauro. "In user research, there's more than one expert and there's also more than one expert review…" https://measuringu.com/inspection-methods/ Cognitive Mapping in User Research By Sarah Gibbons. "In cognitive mapping sessions, users are asked to produce a visual representation of their mental models. This type of user interview can provide stimulus for conversation, generate insights, and act as a facilitation aid." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/cognitive-mapping-user-research/ Usability Heuristic 2: Match Between the System and the Real World (Video) By Alita Joyce. "No. 2 of the top 10 UX design heuristics is to speak the users' language, use terms familiar to the user, follow real-world conventions, and make information appear in a natural and logical order; all in the interest of achieving a match between the system and the real world." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/match-system-real-world/ User Testing with Sensitive Data (Video) By Page Laubheimer. "How to conduct user research for systems with confidential or otherwise sensitive data, for example in domains like healthcare or financial services, where it can be problematic to record screens or otherwise share the user's information." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/user-testing-sensitive-data/ The Patterns Evident in Top Tasks Research By Gerry McGovern. "…That which people care most about, the organization is doing least about. That which people care least about, the organization is doing most about. The ego and vanity of organizations is one of the most universal and persistent patterns of all." http://gerrymcgovern.com/the-patterns-evident-in-top-tasks-research/ Untangling the Deeper Concept By Indi Young. "Author of Practical Empathy, Indi Young, breaks down why so many of us look for research patterns in the wrong places. " https://dscout.com/people-nerds/untangling-the-deeper-concept Here's What to do When User Research Doesn't Fit Into a Sprint By Josh Seiden. "When teams adopt Agile, the first attempts often involve doing the same things you've always done, just faster. This never works out well. You can't do eight weeks of research in two weeks. Don't even try. Instead, you need to behave in a new way." https://uxdesign.cc/heres-what-to-do-when-user-research-doesn-t-fit-in-a-sprint-2f8b5db7d48c +04: EVENTS. Universal Design with Accessibility in Mind August 23, 2019. Online https://uxpa.org/event/webinars#block-system-main An Evening with Marcy Sutton and Derek Featherstone: A Panel Discussion August 27, 2019. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. https://www.meetup.com/a11ychi/events/263977271/ Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP68YHA-nzI Live captions: http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CDA Evaluating Websites for Accessibility September 5, 2019. Online https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ao/session/?id=110746 Lainey Feingold: "Who Gets to Create, Who Gets to Consume: Digital Media, Disability, and US Law" September 9, 2019. Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. https://english.osu.edu/events/lainey-feingold-specialist-digital-accessibility-law The Real Cost of Accessibility Complaints and Lawsuits September 12, 2019. Online. https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=598 ACCESS 2019 October 3, 2019. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/access-2019-tickets-56415471193 Accessibility for Web Writers October 8, 2019. Online. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/accessibility-for-web-writers-tickets-51955385958 +05: HTML. Under-Engineered Toggles Too By Adrian Roselli. "…there are cases where it makes sense to use a