+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 15, Issue 30, January 19, 2017. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 30 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: HTML5. 06: JAVASCRIPT. 07: TYPOGRAPHY. 08: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 09: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. We're Going on a Bear Hunt: the Prologue By Elle Waters. "Fear and worry are often companions as we journey towards accessibility. Elle Waters reminds us that in order to build successful accessibility programs we need to face our fears, not ignore them." http://simplyaccessible.com/article/going-bear-hunt-prologue/ Testing Form Functionality With Different Assistive Technology By Rian Rietveld. "How do different types and implementations of form elements behave in HTML5 forms..." https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2017/01/16/testing-form-functionality-with-different-assistive-technology/ Accessible Solutions By Adina Halter. "This is a collection of accessible solutions. The links take you to a page demonstrating the fully functional widget..." http://haltersweb.github.io/Accessibility/ How I Do an Accessibility Audit (Video) By Rob Dodson. "Today on A11ycasts I want to give a brief look into the process I use when I'm auditing a site for accessibility..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOmehxAU_4s Accessibility is a Civil Right By Marcy Sutton. "On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year, amidst a giant shift in U.S. politics and societal norms, I want to take a moment to discuss accessibility as a civil right, something I learned from disability rights attorney Lainey Feingold..." https://marcysutton.com/accessibility-is-a-civil-right/ New IT Accessibility Rules Catch Up to 17 Years of Changes By Jason Miller. "...The Access Board harmonized the new requirements with other guidelines and standards both in the U.S. and abroad, including standards issued by the European Commission and with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), a globally recognized voluntary consensus standard for web content and ICT..." http://federalnewsradio.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/2017/01/new-accessibility-rules-catch-17-years-changes/ Key Features of the Section 508 Refresh By Jonathan Avila. "As announced earlier this month, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the US Access Board's final rules updating the standards for ICT covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as well as guidelines for Section 255 of the Communications Act..." https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/key-features-section-508-refresh/ Section 508 Refresh Update: ICT Final Rule Published By Deque Systems. "...the effective date for enforcement and compliance with this new Final Rule will begin January 18, 2018; 12 months from the day it is published in the U.S. Federal Register..." http://www.deque.com/blog/section-508-refresh-news-ict-final-rule-update/ The Motley Fool Accessible Information Agreement By Lainey Feingold. "...he agreement is designed to ensure that the company's award-winning website, mobile application and emails are available to people with and without disabilities..." http://www.lflegal.com/2017/01/motley-agreement/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. CSS Selectors: Attribute Selectors By Tiffany Brown. "Attribute selectors match elements based on their attributes..." https://www.sitepoint.com/css-selectors-attribute-selectors/ Master CSS Flexbox in 5 Simple Steps By Vail Joy. "CSS flexbox is an incredibly useful tool for layout without using floats or positioning..." http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/master-css-flexbox-5-simple-steps +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. How to Maximize User Research Insight (Video) By Jakob Nielsen. "The 2nd half of my keynote at the UX Conference in Las Vegas earlier in December, about diversifying user research to boost insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrpQYJUvpM The 3 Tenets of Applied Ethnography By Yona Gidalevitz. "...here's a UX designer's a definitive guide to applying ethnography..." http://blog.invisionapp.com/ux-applied-ethnography/ 7 Keys To A Successful User Acceptance Testing By Debug Me. "User acceptance testing is a necessity when it comes to meeting the needs of the user in a business or operational environment..." http://blog.debugme.eu/successful-user-acceptance-testing/ +04: EVENTS. Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society Starts February 6, 2017. Online course https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-accessibility London UX Conference March 25-31, 2017. London, https://www.nngroup.com/training/london/ UDL in Higher Education Conference May 8-10, 2017. Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. http://www.memphis.edu/udl-in-higher-education-conference/ Code Conference 2017 May 30-June 1, 2017 Rancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S.A. http://www.webdesignday.com/ ConvergeSE June 14-16, 2017. Columbia South Carolina, U.S.A. http://convergese.com/ +05: HTML5. HTML5 Page Structure Basics By Louis Lazaris. "Now that we've broken down the basics of our template, let's start adding some meat to the bones and give our page some structure..." https://www.sitepoint.com/defining-the-sample-sites-page-structure/ +06: JAVASCRIPT. Using the aria-current Attribute By Léonie Watson. "It is common on the web for the current thing in a collection to be highlighted visually, but providing an alternative for screen reader users has often involved something of a hack. The aria-current attribute is intended to solve this problem." http://tink.uk/using-the-aria-current-attribute/ JavaScript Array Iteration Methods Summarized By Tab Atkins. "Array iteration methods summarized..." https://gist.github.com/ljharb/58faf1cfcb4e6808f74aae4ef7944cff +07: TYPOGRAPHY. 20 Typography Rules Every Designer Should Know By Igor Ovsyannykov. "Typography is one of the most important and gratifying components of graphic design..." https://creativemarket.com/blog/typography-rules +08: USABILITY. Cards vs. lists, How They Impact UX By Marc Schenker. "Two of the most common ways to organize website content these days is by using cards and lists..." http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2017/01/cards-vs-lists-how-they-impact-ux/ How Does Price Affect the 'User' Experience? By Gerry McGovern. "It is silo-based thinking to think that there is a set of user experiences and a set of customer experiences. There is only one set of experiences, and every single interaction with the organization contributes to it." http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/new-thinking/how-does-price-affect-%E2%80%9Cuser%E2%80%9D-experience Ideation for Everyday Design Challenges By Aurora Harley. "Improve your UI design solutions by considering many ideas before settling on any one of them. A solid ideation methodology broadens your idea-generation capacity." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-ideation/ UX Stories Communicate Designs By Sarah Gibbons. "Help audiences empathize with users and buy into your design goals with well-crafted stories that build insight and focus on users and their needs." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-stories/ Stop Thinking of Your Site as a Marketing Tool By Paul Boag. "...Users are looking for answers to questions...Marketing happy talk obscures answers..." https://boagworld.com/marketing/stop-thinking-marketing/ [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +09: 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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