+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 17, Issue 28, January 3, 2019. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 28 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: EVENTS. 05: MISCELLANEOUS. 06: NAVIGATION. 07: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 08: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. When To Describe Images By Benetech. "Does an image need to be described? That depends... walk through our interactive 'decision tree' to learn about when and how best to make an image accessible…" https://poet.diagramcenter.org/when.html How To Describe Images By Benetech. "This section is broken into two distinct segments. The first section, 'General Guidelines'...The second segment of this page details best practice guidelines specific to particular image categories and classifications…" https://poet.diagramcenter.org/how.html Practice Describing Images By Benetech. "This section allows you to apply the best practice guidelines and resources to your own materials…" https://poet.diagramcenter.org/practice.html Responsible Web Animation: Giving Users More Control of Their Experience By Nat Tarnoff. "…Effects can range from seizures and migraines to dizziness and nausea to distraction from completing the task at hand. There is still much research to be done on how these animations affect users, what is 'good' versus 'bad' and how it affects users, but recent CSS and JavaScript updates have provided us ways to give the user the control they need for their best experience…" https://www.levelaccess.com/responsible-web-animation-giving-users-control-experience/ PDF Accessibility: Testing and Verification By Dave Herr. "In previous articles for our 2018 series on PDF accessibility, we covered all the major aspects of remediating PDF documents. Now we will focus on the best ways to ensure that your work is complete, so you can be confident that your documents meet the accessibility standards…" https://commonlook.com/pdf-accessibility-testing-and-verification/ Accessibility Scotland (Videos, Transcripts, Slides) By Hampus Sethfors, Vasilis van Gemert, Heather Burns, Phil Day, Paul Bepey, and Curt Holst. Presentations are now available from Accessibility Scotland 2018. https://accessibility.scot/ ATC Forum By Accessible Technology Coalition. "We have launched the ATC FORUM. Imagine having an online community that can answer your Assistive Technology questions in a timely fashion. Imagine having a user friendly database of current AT information at your fingertips. (I'm remembering the days of the encyclopedias in the living room) Imaging having the ability to express and see differing views and opinions on a diverse range of topics on assistive technology…" https://forum.atcoalition.org/ Scandinavian Airlines System Consent Order (PDF) By United States Department of Transportation. "This order concerns violations by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) of the requirements in 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382). SAS violated the Department's Web site accessibility requirements when it created a separate Web site for individuals with disabilities instead of ensuring that its primary Web site met the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA standard, as required by section 382.43(c)…" https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/resources/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/325416/sas-consent-order.pdf Compass Slapped with Lawsuit Over Website Access for the Blind By Teke Wiggin. "Discrimination lawsuit highlights legal risk for brokerages that don't comply with Americans with Disabilities Act…" https://www.inman.com/2018/12/28/compass-slapped-with-lawsuit-over-website-access-for-the-blind/ 2018 ADA Web Accessibility Lawsuit Recap By Jason Taylor. "The lawsuit culture that surrounds website accessibility has grown steadily over the past few years and shows no signs of slowing…" https://blog.usablenet.com/2018-ada-web-accessibility-lawsuit-recap-report +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. How To Learn CSS By Rachel Andrew. "You don't need to commit in memorizing every CSS Property and Value, as there are good places to look them up. There are some fundamental things, however, which will make CSS much easier for you to use. This article aims to guide you along your path of learning CSS." https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/01/how-to-learn-css/ Common CSS Issues For Front-End Projects By Ahmad Shadeed. "Rendering and interaction have become a lot more consistent across browsers in recent years. It's still not perfectly uniform, however, and a lot of small issues can trip you up. Add on top of these issues the variables of different screen sizes, language preferences and plain human error, and we find a lot of small things to trip up a developer." https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/12/common-css-issues-front-end-projects/ Gradient Borders in CSS By Chris Coyier. "Let's say you need a gradient border around an element. My mind goes like this…" https://css-tricks.com/gradient-borders-in-css/ +03: COLOR. Accessibile Color Contrast: Icons Now Included By Mary Gillen. "The official WCAG 2.1 - 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA) Guideline states…" https://accessiblewebsiteservices.com/accessible-color-contrast-icons-now-included/ +04: EVENTS. Tips for Management: How Accessibility Testing Actually Impacts Your Development Process January 17, 2019. https://accessibility.deque.com/tips-for-management-how-accessibility-testing-actually-impacts-your-development-process 6 Tips for Accessibility in Microsoft Word from OKable January 24, 2019. Online https://www.okabletech.org/education-services/at-services-for-pk-12/at-webinars-and-video-resources/ Open Question and Answer Session on the Revised 508 Standards from the US Access Board January 29, 2019. Online https://www.accessibilityonline.org/cioc-508/session/?id=110701 +05: MISCELLANEOUS. Using Google Maps Costs More than You Think By Jason T. Voiovich. "…But just because you are not exchanging money to use Google Maps does not mean you are not exchanging value. I intend to show you just how much. You might not like it…" https://medium.com/swlh/using-google-maps-costs-more-than-you-think-d62c7d857b2d How Microsoft Lost the Web By Gregg Keizer. "Through a series of missteps and outright neglect, Microsoft essentially handed over the fate of its web browser - and its ability to shape the online world - to rival Chrome. The white flag of surrender was raised this month…" https://www.computerworld.com/article/3330239/web-browsers/how-microsoft-lost-the-web.html What We Wished For By Mat 'Wilto' Marquis. "An old cliché says that 'may you get everything you wish for' makes for a particularly insidious curse. With Edge soon making the switch to Chrome's rendering engine - well, for better or worse, a bitter wish is coming true." https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/12/internet-explorer-what-we-wished-for/ Evaluating Technology (Video) By Jeremy Keith. "We work with technology every day. And every day it seems like there's more and more technology to understand: graphic design tools, build tools, frameworks and libraries, not to mention new HTML,CSS and JavaScript features landing in browsers. How should we best choose which technologies to invest our time in…" https://aneventapart.com/news/post/evaluating-technology-by-jeremy-keith-aea-video +06: NAVIGATION. Navigation Design - Almost Everything You Need to Know By Justinmind. "Navigation design is about creating a system that empowers your users to interact with and use your product…" https://uxplanet.org/navigation-design-almost-everything-you-need-to-know-6f107814e22b +07: USABILITY. 5 UX Principles You Must Adhere to for an Awesome UX Design By Will Grant. "Will Grant, a UI/UX expert and a digital product designer, explains the 5 principles you must follow to ensure a great user experience…" https://medium.com/quick-design/5-ux-principles-you-must-adhere-to-for-an-awesome-ux-design-25a9badb9d1d The Hidden Privilege in Design By Hareem Mannan. "Shouldn't human-centered design consider all humans…" https://medium.com/s/user-friendly/the-hidden-privilege-in-design-415072d8a66 Will People Be More Tech Savvy in 10 Years? (Video) By Jakob Nielsen. "People naturally avoid studying computers. Don't expect people's technical skills to improve in the future." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/more-tech-savvy-10-years-jakob-nielsen/ The Peak-End Rule: How Impressions Become Memories By Lexie Martin. "Cognitive biases change the way that we recall past events. The peak-end rule focuses our memories around the most intense moments of an experience and the way an experience ends." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/peak-end-rule/ [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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