* WEB DESIGN UPDATE. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. NOTE: As a navigation aid for screen readers, all headings begin with an asterisk and end with a full stop. All items are also numbered in the contents and throughout the issue, with numbers appearing immediately after the asterisks. Please let me know if there is anything else we can do to make navigation easier. [Issue starts.] * January 29, 2003. * Volume 1, Issue 31. * What's new at the Web Design Reference site? New Links In These Categories: 1: ACCESSIBILITY. 2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. 3: DREAMWEAVER. 4: EVALUATION & TESTING. 5: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 6: JAVASCRIPT. 7: MISCELLANEOUS. 8: PHP. 9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS. 10: USABILITY. 11: XML. SECTION ONE: New references. * 1: ACCESSIBILITY. Explaining abbreviations, acronyms and symbols on Web pages By Jukka Korpela * 2: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Build User-Controlled Style Sheets for Greater Accessibility By Chris Churchill Auto-numbered nested lists By Mark Pilgrim * 3: DREAMWEAVER. Customize Dreamweaver to Your Needs By Jason Siegel * 4: EVALUATION & TESTING. Face to Face With Your Users: Running a Nondirected Interview By Mike Kuniavsky "Interviewees are remarkably understanding, and your goal is not to become friends, but to exchange information." The Role of Online Surveys in the Usability Assessment Process By William MacElroy "I have attended several conferences at which I witnessed a growing debate over the role of survey work in the field of usability." Methods and Guidelines to Avoid Common Questionnaire Bloopers By Chauncey Wilson Industry Usability Reporting and the Common Industry Format (ANSI-NCITS 354-2001) By Avi Parush and Emile Morse * 5: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. Making Cents from Information Architecture By Alan K'necht What Is Findability By IAwiki "Findability: The effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which specified users can locate and relocate desired pieces of data or information in information dense environments." Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization By Luke Wroblewski Practical Applications: Visio or HTML for Wireframes By Jeff Gothelf * 6: JAVASCRIPT. Stringing Things Along By Harish Kamath * 7: MISCELLANEOUS. Interview with Eric Meyer By Antonio Volpon * 8: PHP. Effortless (or Better!) Bug Detection with PHP Assertions By Webb Stacey * 9: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS. More than Standards By Stephen Taylor * 10: USABILITY. User-Centered Design for Large Government Portals By Christopher Rusay Practical usability: what is usability? By Anitra Pavka What is Open Source Software and is it usable? By Robert Watkins * 11: XML. Doing More with XML Schemas (part 2) By Harish Kamath What XHTML means for wireless development By Puneet Gupta [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.] * SUBSCRIPTION INFO. WEB DESIGN UPDATE is available by subscription only. For information on how to subscribe and unsubscribe please visit: * SIGNATURE. Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 55812-3009 mailto:lcarlson@d.umn.edu [Issue ends.]