+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 9, Issue 36, March 4, 2011. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 36 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: COLOR. 04: DREAMWEAVER. 05: EVALUATION & TESTING. 06: EVENTS. 07: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 08: JAVASCRIPT. 09: MISCELLANEOUS. 10: NAVIGATION. 11: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS. 12: TYPOGRAPHY. 13: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 14: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Accessibility for Web Writers, Part 3 - Information and Relationships By Dey Alexander. "Web writers need to use HTML tags to identify certain types of information and relationships between information. For instance, headings need the appropriate heading tag because font size increases aren't visible to everyone. Some blind people use software that reads out the headings. This gives them a sense of the document contents and structure-but it only works if heading tags are used..." http://www.deyalexander.com.au/blog/2011/02/accessibility-for-web-writers-part-3/ WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey Number 3 Results By WebAIM. "WebAIM has released the results of our most recent screen reader user survey. These results provide informative and interesting data that should drive accessible web development and practices." http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey3/ Web Accessibility and Human Rights: Is the Internet the Great Equaliser? By Sandi Wassmer. "...Web accessibility is a fundamental human right and if democratic countries play their part in fulfilling their moral and legal obligations to the surety of an accessible web, then we will be well on our way. Even though there was no Internet back in 1948, the articles within the Declaration are implicit, and when considered in light of web accessibility, there is absolutely no ambiguity..." http://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/your-community/blogs/sandi-wassmer/web-accessibility-and-human-rights-is-the-internet-the-great-equaliser/ How Usability Testing Adds Value to Accessibility Evaluations By Mary Donnelly. "Whenever I am presented with steps on how to conduct an accessibility evaluation, user testing with real users is always listed as a step. What I rarely see is information on why testing is so important, what the benefits from testing real users are, and what you get by testing with real users that you can't get by using accessibility tools or testing with your own screen reader." http://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2011/03/how-usability-testing-adds-value-to-accessibility-evaluations/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. W3C Validator Needs type='text/css' in Order to Find CSS Files By Russ Weakley. "...However, the W3C CSS validator seems to have some issues with HTML5 documents that exclude type="text/css"..." http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2011/03/02/css-validator/ Show and Edit Style Element By Chris Coyier. "Kind of a classic little trick for ya'll today. You know the