* WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
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* November 6, 2002.
* Volume 1, Issue 19.
* What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
New Links In These Categories:
1: ACCESSIBILITY.
2: ASSOCIATIONS.
3: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
4: DREAMWEAVER.
5: EVALUATION AND TESTING.
6: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
7: MISCELLANEOUS.
8: PHP.
9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS.
10: USABILITY.
11: XML.
SECTION ONE: New references.
* 1: ACCESSIBILITY.
Web Accessibility Overview
By Laura Carlson
Bobby Workshop
By Laura Carlson
Accountability of Accessibility and Usability
By Anitra Pavka
Display: Feeling Is BelievingÊ
By Kendra MayfieldÊÊ
Court: Disability law doesn't apply to Web
By Patrick Thibodeau
Do Disability Laws Apply to the Web?
By Patrick Thibodeau
Web Accessibility and the Law: Issues in Implementation
By Holly Yu
This is chapter 1 of the new book "Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching Tools" (Mary Hricko: Editor).
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* 2: ASSOCIATIONS.
The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA)
A non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture.
Society for Technical Information Twin Cities Chapter (STCTC)
STCTC is forming new Usability Special Interest Group.
* 3: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
Box of Tricks
By Joe Gillespie
CSS Bugs in IE5.x Mac
By Mac Edition
* 4: DREAMWEAVER.
Five Steps to More Professional Pages with Dreamweaver MX
By Drew McLellan
* 5: EVALUATION AND TESTING.
EyeTracking Online News study
By Stanford-Poynter Project
Users' eyes fixate on text not graphics.
How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility?
Results from a Large Study
By B.J. Fogg et al.
* 6: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE.
Community Infrastructure for Information Architects
By Louis Rosenfeld
The Joy of Analogy
By Louis Rosenfeld
Information Architecture: From Craft to Profession
By Earl Morrogh
Coming of Age
By Erin Malone
Tackling Maintenance Projects
By Dan Saffer
* 7: MISCELLANEOUS.
Smallest Circuits Don Eigler / Tim Berners-Lee Interview
By Talk of the Nation
* 8: PHP.
Links Page Tutorial
By Php Resources
"This tutorial will show you how to make a page on your web site containing links submitted by your visitors."
Yahoo Goes PHP in Open Source Embrace
By Ryan Naraine
* 9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS.
Using Lists for DHTML Menus
By Dave Lindquist
These DHTML menus are made with web standards and accessibility in mind. Both the dropdown and expandable tree versions are simple lists built with 100% valid XHTML Strict. CSS and DOM scripting provide the functionality, while ACCESSKEY attributes make parts of the menu accessible via keyboard shortcuts. The result is a more widely accessible menu that doesn't sacrifice the usefulness of DHTML.
AlltheWeb celebrates full XHTML/CSS compliance
By AlltheWeb
They are the first major search site to fully adopt XHTML and CSS.
Several new "skins" allow users to personalize the site's look and feel.
* 10: USABILITY.
The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook:
Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications
Julie A. Jacko and Andrew Sears, Editors
How we really use the Web
By Steve Krug
Chapter two of Steve Krug's book "Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability".
The Ten Reasons Ease Of Use Doesn't Happen On Engineering Projects
By Scott Berkun
* 11: XML.
Inline XML
By Lachlan Cannon
XML is Too Slow...Not!
By IT world
The Semantic Web: 1-2-3
By Kevin Hemenway
Practical XML for the Web (part 2)
By Alex Shiell et al.
"This weeks installment covers Specifying Stylesheets for Different Browsers, Creating a Table of Contents with XSLT, Separating Design from Content..."
XHTML 2.0 - What is It?
By Jennifer Kyrnin
[Section one ends.]
* SECTION TWO: What Can You Find at the
Web Design Reference Site?
Accessibility Information.
Association Information.
Book Listings.
Cascading Style Sheets Information.
Color Information.
Dreamweaver Information.
Evaluation & Testing Information.
Event Information.
Flash Information.
Information Architecture Information.
JavaScript Information.
Miscellaneous Web Information.
Navigation Information.
PHP Information.
Sites & Blogs Listing.
Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information.
Tool Information.
Typography Information.
Usability Information.
XML Information.
[Section two ends.]
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Laura L. Carlson
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University of Minnesota Duluth
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