+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 16, Issue 29, January 10, 2018. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 29 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: JAVASCRIPT. 06: MISCELLANEOUS. 07: NAVIGATION. 08: TOOLS. 09: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Understanding WCAG 2.1 - Reviewing Cognitive Success Criteria By Glenda Sims. "Hello, everyone! We are back on our accessibility adventure through WCAG 2.1, the seventh public working draft…" https://www.deque.com/blog/understanding-wcag-2-1-reviewing-cognitive-success-criteria/ At a Glance-Screen Reader User Survey 7 Results By Rakesh Paladugula. "In this article I want to summarize the Web AIM screen reader user survey 7 results for my readers…" http://www.maxability.co.in/2018/01/glance-screen-reader-user-survey-7-results/ Screen Reader User Survey 7 Results from WebAIM By Dennis Lembree. "In December 2017, results of Screen Reader User Survey #7 by WebAIM were released…" http://www.webaxe.org/screen-reader-user-survey-7-results-from-webaim/ Digital Accessibility: How We Can Help By Atalan. (Hat tip to Nicolas Hoffmann) Information and simulations on color blindness, visual impairment, blindness, deafness, and motor disability. https://atalan.fr/agissons/en/index.html Attacks on the ADA Don't Remove the Need and Responsibility for Web Accessibility By Nicolas Steenhout. "Two bits of news about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the last couple weeks are of concern for people with disabilities. It is also concerning for those of us working in the field of accessibility…" https://knowbility.org/attacks-ada-dont-remove-need-for-accessibility/ Blind Woman Sues 30 Websites Over Handicap Accessibility By Priscilla DeGregory and Emily Saul. "…Maria Mendizabal, who is legally blind, claims that the Web sites for companies such as Nike, 24 Hour Fitness, De Beers, Barney's, Donna Karan, and Kleinfeld Bridal aren't compatible with screen-reading software that translates the written content into either audio or Braille…" https://nypost.com/2018/01/07/blind-woman-sues-30-websites-over-handicap-accessibility/ 2017 Website Accessibility Lawsuit Recap: A Tough Year for Businesses By Seyfarth Shaw LLP. "2017 saw an unprecedented number of website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal and state courts, and few courts willing to grant early motions to dismiss." https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/2017-website-accessibility-lawsuit-46166/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. CSS Versus Personalization By Tobib Spline. "…My thesis in this article is that CSS and the web as a whole put too much power in the hands of authors and too little power in the hands of users to allow effective personalization. Still, I will try to find some practical guidelines that may facilitate better personalization on the web…" http://tobib.spline.de/xi/posts/2017-12-18-personalization/ New Flexbox Guides on MDN By Rachel Andrew. "In preparation for CSS Grid shipping in browsers in March 2017, I worked on a number of guides and reference materials for the CSS Grid specification, which were published on MDN…" https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/01/new-flexbox-guides-on-mdn/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. The User Researcher's Field Guide to Psychology By David Travis. "When planning user research studies, there are four fundamental principles from psychology that user researchers must know. These are: your users do not think like you think; your users don't have good insight into the reasons for their behaviour; the best predictor of your users' future behaviour is their past behaviour; and your users' behaviour depends on context." https://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/field-guide-to-psychology.html +04: EVENTS. Beyond the Basics of PDF Accessibility - 2018 Update January 18, 2018. Online http://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=481 2018 Digital Accessibility Trends January 23, 2018. Online http://info.levelaccess.com/0123Webinar2018Trends_LP-Main.html Embracing Plain Language for Better Accessibility January 24, 2018. Online https://groups.drupal.org/node/518076 DrupalCon Nashville April 9-13, 2018. Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. https://events.drupal.org/nashville2018 Designing with Accessibility in Mind April 9-15, 2018. Online https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/olc-new-institute-schedule/institute-offerings/?id=374&cohort=368 +05: JAVASCRIPT. Why Mutation Can Be Scary By Zell Liew. "Unexpected changes in your JavaScript code can be a real headache. When working with objects, it can be even harder to prevent unintended mutation. Zell Liew shows us some tricks (and libraries) to prevent these unintended changes and ensure stability when working with objects." http://alistapart.com/article/why-mutation-can-be-scary +06: MISCELLANEOUS. Hypertext and Our Collective Destiny By Tim Berners-Lee, 12 October 1995. "A talk in which I felt I had ben asked only to say things I hadn't said before. It was part of symposium at MIT arranged by Andy Van Dam in honor of the 50th anniversary of Vannevar Bush's visionary article "As We May Think" in the Atlantic monthly in 1945. Various gurus from the history of hypertext were assembled, to talk and be taped." https://www.w3.org/Talks/9510_Bush/Talk.html Improving Your Tweet Accessibility By Adrian Roselli. "…This post gathers some tips you can and should use…" http://adrianroselli.com/2018/01/improving-your-tweet-accessibility.html Building a Better Magnifier With the Power of the Web By Shwetank Dixit. "This post is about how we used the web to build a better magnifier. Check it out (using Chrome or Opera on Android, due to it currently being the only browsers which supports the needed APIs properly) and please give us feedback to improve it further…" http://blog.barrierbreak.com/2018/01/09/building-better-magnifier-power-web/ Careful Now By Chris Coyier. "Tom Warren's "Chrome is turning into the new Internet Explorer 6" for The Verge has a title that, to us front-end web developers, suggests that Chrome is turning into a browser far behind in technology and replete with tricky bugs…" https://css-tricks.com/careful-now/ +07: NAVIGATION. Four Damnable Examples of Dark Patterns By Rebecca Sentance. "…Here's Rebecca Sentance with a follow-up to 2016's Dark Patterns post, where we highlight the worst examples of manipulative navigation and tricksy UX…" http://whatusersdo.com/blog/damnable-examples-of-dark-patterns/ Improving Text Readability for Dyslexic Users with Skip-ink Underlines By Damien Senger. "…As designers, we can help dyslexic users to read more easily our content and interfaces without too much technical requirements…" https://medium.com/@iamhiwelo/improving-text-readability-for-dyslexic-users-with-skip-ink-underlines-bf52a2f3426b +08: TOOLS. Ace By DAISY. "Ace, the Accessibility Checker for EPUB, is a tool developed by the DAISY Consortium to assist with the evaluation of accessibility features of EPUB publications." https://github.com/daisy/ace +09: USABILITY. What Makes a Design Seem 'Intuitive'? By Jared M. Spool. "…Once you understand how 'intuitive' works-what makes someone perceive a design to be intuitive-it becomes easier to make the decision as to whether an intuitive design is worth the extra effort. The knowledge your users have when they arrive at the design (current knowledge), what knowledge they'll need to complete their tasks (target knowledge), and what the design needs to do to help them complete the task (the gap) are the key ingredients for making an interface that seems 'intuitive' to your users." https://articles.uie.com/design_intuitive/ 10 Best Intranets of 2018 By Kara Pernice, Amy Schade, and Patty Caya. "The winners of our 17th Intranet Design Annual came from smaller organizations, had smaller intranet teams who relied on internal resources and external help to create the best intranets." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/intranet-design/ The Fold Manifesto: How to Encourage Scrolling (Video) By Amy Schade. "The page fold still matters and still applies. Even though the exact location of the fold differs between devices, it exists for every single user on every single screen." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPAqSGLgqQ1 User-Experience Quiz: 2017 UX Year in Review By Raluca Budiu. "Test your UX knowledge by taking our quiz. All questions and answers are based on articles that we published last year." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-quiz/ UX Research - A dedicated role, or a skill everyone develops? The answer : Yes By Peter Merholz. "Over the holiday break emerged a Twitter discussion about the role of design research. It started here…" https://orgdesignfordesignorgs.com/2018/01/04/ux-research-a-dedicated-role-or-a-skill-everyone-develops-the-answer-yes/ 10 Small Things You Can Do to Become More User-Centred By Mark Dalgarno. https://medium.com/@markdalgarno/10-small-things-you-can-do-to-become-more-user-centred-3f5279701270 [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +10: 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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