+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 14, Issue 44, April 28, 2016. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 44 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: EVALUATION & TESTING. 03: EVENTS. 04: HTML5. 05: JAVASCRIPT. 06: TOOLS. 07: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 08: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Ramps Gone Wrong - The Problem of Putting Accessibility Guidelines Ahead of User Experience By Mark Palmer. "Mark shares a cringe-worthy but illuminating example of how compliance and guidelines can get in the way of good user experience..." http://simplyaccessible.com/article/guidelines-vs-ux/ Interactive WCAG 2.0 By Viget.com. "A filterable and sharable version of the WCAG 2.0 specification." http://code.viget.com/interactive-wcag/ On Github: https://github.com/vigetlabs/interactive-wcag Web Accessibility - Does Your Site Meet the Standards? By Julia Haas. "The name itself pretty much explains it - web accessibility means making the web accessible to anyone and everyone, including people with disabilities..." https://www.oho.com/blog/web-accessibility-does-your-site-meet-standards How to Make Accessible Websites By Ken Nakata. "One out of every five adults has a disability, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..." https://insight.cryptzone.com/accessibility/how-to-make-accessible-websites/ Accessible Technology By ADA.gov. A new accessible technology section has been added to the ADA.gov website. http://www.ada.gov/access-technology/index.html Translating Accessibility Issues Into Agile Solutions By Matt Isner. "...we learned how to augment the manner in which we identify and deliver accessibility issues to our customers' development teams, and the results have been tangible improvements in ease of understanding and accuracy of remediation..." http://www.deque.com/blog/translating-accessibility-issues-agile-solutions/ Blind Students Sue BarBri, Demand Equal Access to Bar Prep Services By Washington Lawyers' Committee. "The Washington Lawyers' Committee (WLC) and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) filed a lawsuit today on behalf of several blind law students and graduates against BarBri, the biggest bar exam preparation company in the nation..." http://www.washlaw.org/news-a-media/479-04-25-16-barbri-press-release The Complaint: http://www.washlaw.org/pdf/barbri_complaint.PDF +02: EVALUATION & TESTING. Create a UX Measurement Plan By Jeff Sauro. "Whether you're introducing how to measure user experience to an organization or trying to advance the maturity of your UX practice, you need a plan for measuring and improving the user experience." http://www.measuringu.com/blog/ux-measurement.php +03: EVENTS. Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy May 16-June 13, 2016. Online https://www.canvas.net/browse/ryersonu/courses/web-access-auditing-1 +04: HTML5. Screen Reader Support for New HTML5 Section Elements By Becky Gibson. "...The new HTML5 section elements are well supported on Windows 10 in Chrome and Firefox and fairly well supported in IE 11 with the JAWS and NVDA screen readers. VoiceOver and Safari also support these elements. Let's hope that Edge will provide the necessary underlying support soon." http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2016/04/22/screen-reader-support-for-new-html5-section-elements/ +05: JAVASCRIPT. Using the ARIA Application Role By Leonie Watson. "The ARIA application role changes the way screen readers interact with web content. Several good articles explain (rightly) why the application role should be used with caution, but this post looks at a use case where the application role is used to good effect." http://tink.uk/using-the-aria-application-role/ ARIA Thunder By Derek Featherstone. "Our post last week about the pitfalls of ARIA tabs pushed some buttons in the accessibility community. This week, Derek responds to the reactions and shares why we felt it was important to publish something that made our readers uncomfortable...." http://simplyaccessible.com/article/aria-thunder/ Avoiding a JavaScript Monoculture By Rasmus Schultz. "JavaScript, as a language, has some fundamental shortcomings - I think the majority of us agree on that much. But everyone has a different opinion on what precisely the shortcomings are..." http://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-monoculture/ +06: TOOLS. Modaal By A Humaan Project. "Modaal is a WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessible modal window plugin..." http://www.humaan.com/modaal/ +07: USABILITY. University Websites: Top 10 Design Guidelines By Katie Sherwin. "Effective university websites can increase conversions, strengthen institutional credibility and brand, improve user satisfaction, and save time and money." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/university-sites/ Fresh Start Effect - How to Motivate Users with New Beginnings By Katie Sherwin. Clean slates encourage people to pursue their goals. Designers can leverage this tendency by adjusting message timing and content. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/fresh-start-effect/ Customer Experience is All About Speed By Gerry McGovern. "...The minds that are truly focused on customer experience are thinking in milliseconds. Speed, simplicity and usefulness are the defining characteristics of great Web brands." http://gerrymcgovern.com/new-thinking/customer-experience-all-about-speed Add to Cart vs. Add to Bag - Which Button Label to Use By UX Movement. "There's one thing all ecommerce sites have in common. You have to click a button to select the items you want to purchase. But the text labels on the buttons aren't always the same. Some sites offer users an 'Add to Cart' button while other sites offer an 'Add to Bag' button. Does this difference in button label terminology affect user purchasing behavior?" http://uxmovement.com/buttons/add-to-cart-vs-add-to-bag-which-button-label-to-use [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +08: 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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