+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 18, Issue 08, August 21, 2019. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 08 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: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 05: MISCELLANEOUS. 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. Tooltips in the Time of WCAG 2.1 By Sarah Higley. "…Tooltips must be discoverable and readable with a mouse, other pointer devices, keyboard, screen reader, zoom software, and any other assistive technology. They should provide relevant information that may be helpful to learn the UI, but is not required to operate it. Tooltips also should not block a user from performing any other task on the screen…" https://sarahmhigley.com/writing/tooltips-in-wcag-21/ Turning Sights into Sounds: The Art of Audio Descriptions By James Herndon. "Audio description is an optional narration track intended for blind and low-vision consumers of visual media…" https://equalentry.com/turning-sights-into-sounds-the-art-of-audio-descriptions/ When Is a Caption Close Enough? By Linda Besner. "YouTube's notoriously nonsensical auto-captions are improving. But there's a deeper problem." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/08/youtube-captions/595831/ Taking a Proactive Approach to Digital Accessibility By eWeek Editors. "…Here are some steps to get started on this…" https://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/taking-proactive-approach-to-digital-accessibility Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 - Draft Proposal By Zoltan Hawryluk. "…The intent of this success criterion is to get developers to stop complaining. Everyone has a right to use the web…" http://useragentman.com/wcag-wishlist/ Using a Screen Reader on the new Twitter.com By Anthony Vasquez. "One aspect of the user experience missing from reviews is that of accessibility for people with disabilities. The behavior of the new Twitter.com on modern Windows browsers has led to a regression in accessibility for screen reader users." https://knowbility.org/blog/2019/using-screen-readers-new-twitter/ Takeaways from Online WordPress Accessibility Workshop By Deborah Edwards-Onoro. "At this month's full-day Online WordPress Accessibility Workshop hosted by Knowbility, Robert Jolly shared his experience and knowledge as he discussed the current status of WordPress accessibility and explained the accessibility features built-in…" https://www.lireo.com/takeaways-from-online-wordpress-accessibility-workshop/ Accessibility and Web Performance are Not Features, They're the Baseline By Robin Rendle. "…I've been thinking a lot about this lately - about how accessibility work is often seen as an additional feature that can be tacked onto a project later - rather than accessibility work being a core principle or standard of working on the web…" https://css-tricks.com/accessibility-and-web-performance-are-not-features-theyre-the-baseline/ Senate Members Ask DOJ to Take Action as Number of Website Accessibility Lawsuits Continues to Rise By Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. "In the absence of DOJ regulations, courts continue to apply the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines ('WCAG') promulgated by a private industry group, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG 2.0 and 2.1, the compliance levels most frequently demanded in lawsuits and claim letters, are based on four principles: Websites should be (1) perceivable, (2) operable, (3) understandable, and (4) robust…" https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5c5b05c4-a7ea-42cc-9d50-3aebf58f6e28 Website Accessibility and the ADA (Podcast) By Eve Hill and Minh Vu. "On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by disability rights attorney Eve Hill from the law firm of Brown, Goldstein & Levy and attorney Minh Vu, partner and ADA Title III Team Leader at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, as they discuss website accessibility litigation, how the ADA impacts these cases, the role DOJ regulations may play in this matter, and whether or not Robles v. Domino's will reach the high court…" https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2019/08/website-accessibility-and-the-ada/ A Blind Man is Suing Wind Creek Bethlehem over its Website. Here's Why By Sara K. Satullo. "A blind Bucks County man is suing the new owners of Bethlehem's casino, claiming its website isn't accessible to the millions of Americans who are visually impaired." https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/2019/08/a-blind-man-is-suing-wind-creek-bethlehem-over-its-website-heres-why.html +02: EVALUATION & TESTING. What Could 'Simplified Monitoring' of the Implementation of the Web Accessibility Directive Mean? By Detlev Fischer. "The Web Directive 2016/2102 mandating the accessibilty of public web sites and apps in Europe has been around since December 2016. The monitoring methodology that describes how the implementation of the Directive should be checked was published in October 2018 as Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1524. So how should monitoring actually be done?…" https://team-usability.de/en/teamu-blog-post/simplified-monitoring.html The Definitive Guide to Asking Follow-up Questions By Dan Brown. "…Being great at interviews - whether talking to project stakeholders or product users - means being able to ask good follow-up questions. Follow-up questions bring deeper insights and buried connections to the light of day…" https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/the-definitive-guide-to-asking-follow-up-questions-5bfcddfa8a2e Setup of an Eyetracking Study By Kate Moran. "If you're planning on running your own eyetracking study, pay attention to equipment, supplies, and placement to ensure high quality data." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/eyetracking-setup/ +03: EVENTS. Evaluation Methods for Designing Accessible User Experiences Online. August 28, 2019. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8515657209718/WN_RLO0WRStRmCsWkGiLMH9JA Mobile Accessibility Common problems and the Way Ahead Online. September 17, 2019. https://www.maxability.co.in/2019/08/14/webinar-september-2019-mobile-accessibility-common-problems-and-the-way-ahead/ Evaluating & Managing Accessibility in 3rd Party Web Content Online. September 19, 2019. https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ada-tech/session/?id=110714 Advanced Social Media Accessibility November 7, 2019. Online https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=604 Develop, Test, Deploy: Accessible Email and Document Templates for an Entire State December 3, 2019. Online https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=605 +04: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. Prototypes vs Wireframes in UX Projects (Video) By Alita Joyce. "An overview of the similarities and differences between user-interface wireframes and prototypes, as well as the audiences that are best suited for each." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/prototypes-vs-wireframes-ux-projects/ On Tending the Garden (and Fighting Kudzu IA) By Dylan Wilbanks. "I was presenting to a client, talking through my discovery work. They were a good organization, with good people and a good ethos, but they suffered from what I've come to call "kudzu IA'…" https://www.uxbooth.com/articles/on-tending-the-garden-and-fighting-kudzu-ia/ +05: MISCELLANEOUS. evolt.org Browser Archive 20 Years Old By Adrian Roselli. "On August 18, 1999, we at evolt.org launched the Browser Archive…" http://adrianroselli.com/2019/08/evolt-org-browser-archive-20-years-old.html +06: TOOLS. 1.4.12 Text Spacing Bookmarklet By Dylan Barrell. A bookmarklet for testing WCAG 2.1 S.C. https://dylanb.github.io/bookmarklets.html +07: USABILITY. 'Contact Us' Page Guidelines By Anna Kaley. "Users still expect to see company addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses on 'Contact Us' pages. Don't hide or replace these elements with automated tools such as 'Contact Us' forms or chat." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/contact-us-pages/ Usability Heuristic 7: Flexibility and Efficiency of Use (Video) By Lexie Kane. "No 7 of the top 10 #UX design #heuristics is to speed up the interaction for expert users while still catering to inexperienced users." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/flexibility-efficiency-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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