+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 18, Issue 12, September 18, 2019. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 12 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: DRUPAL. 03: EVALUATION & TESTING. 04: EVENTS. 05: JAVASCRIPT. 06: MISCELLANEOUS. 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. Six Questions About Accessibility for Web Developers By John Willoughby. "Web accessibility can be a complex topic for new and experienced web developers. Here are six questions (and answers) to some of the most important web accessibility questions…" https://www.telerik.com/blogs/six-questions-about-accessibility-for-web-developers Accessibility and Motion By Sheri Byrne-Haber. "How to design the delightful user experience you want for your sighted / non-motion sensitive users, without triggering distraction, nausea and migraines in the rest of us…" https://medium.com/@sheribyrnehaber/accessibility-and-motion-484bd322e77d Comparison Caption Videos By Meryl K. Evans. Meryl has been busy creating videos showing the difference good captions make. The following are the first 5: * Readability (Video) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6575057712604864512/ * Accuracy and Autocraptions (Video) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meryl_video-captioned-merylvid-activity-6575467538027724801-Px_q * Synchronized (Video) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meryl_valuein30-captioned-video-activity-6576872302607159296-JNhg * Position (Video) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meryl_video-captions-captioned-activity-6572525543097421824-aWGv * Sound (Video) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meryl_video-captions-captioned-activity-6577597572603539456-dq9e How To Get Development on Board With Accessibility Testing By Dylan Barrell. "Developers are constantly learning new tools, tech stacks, and development practices…" https://www.deque.com/blog/how-to-get-development-on-board-with-accessibility-testing/ ADA Compliance Knocks Sheriff's Website Offline By Danielle Ivanov. "Sheriff Sadie Darnell's staff have been working for at least nine months to ensure the agency's website is ADA compliant…" https://www.gainesville.com/news/20190905/ada-compliance-knocks-sheriffs-website-offline Blind Man Alleges Hershey Entertainment & Resorts' Website Isn't Compatible with Screen-Reading Software By Carrie Bradon. "John Mahoney, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on Aug. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Co. alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act…" https://pennrecord.com/stories/513476401-blind-man-alleges-hershey-entertainment-resorts-website-isn-t-compatible-with-screen-reading-software No Longer a Whisper - California Appellate Court Joins List of Courts to Weigh in on Website Accessibility By Bryan Cave, et al. "In the first decision by a California appellate court addressing the application of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ('ADA') to websites, the court in Thurston v. Midvale Corp. (Sept. 3, 2019) 2019 WL 4166620, affirmed summary judgment for the plaintiff and held that the ADA, as incorporated by California's Unruh Act, applies to websites connected to a brick and mortar business…" https://retaillawbclp.com/no-longer-a-whisper-california-appellate-court-joins-list-of-courts-to-weigh-in-on-website-accessibility/ OSD Student Leverages ADA Lawsuit Win To Demand Change By Joshua Letona. "Roy Payan, a visually impaired student, said he is using his lawsuit win against Los Angeles City College (LACC) as leverage to better the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance at Cal State LA…" https://csulauniversitytimes.com/osd-student-leverages-ada-lawsuit-win-to-demand-change/ +02: DRUPAL. The Psychology of Cheap By Gerry McGovern. "…Content management has always been an oxymoron. It was never really about management. It has always been about cheap publishing and storage… Cheap makes us lazy. Cheap makes us short-term thinkers. Cheap makes us mindless producers and consumers. We can do better if we spend just a little more time thinking about what we're about to do. If we spend just that much more time thinking about the future impact rather than present convenience, we can do a lot better…" http://gerrymcgovern.com/the-psychology-of-cheap/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. The 3 Types of User Interviews: Structured, Semi-Structured, and Unstructured (Video) By Maria Rosala. "We explain the difference between the 3 main types of user interviews, and at what stages of a UX design process it makes the most sense to use each." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/3-types-user-interviews/ Incentives for Participants in UX Research (Video) By Alita Joyce. "Tips for deciding between monetary and non-monetary incentives for people recruited as test users in usability studies and other UX research." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/incentives-ux-research/ How to Look at Evidence and Not Translate It Into Your Own Agenda By Jasmine Friedl. "True empathy is hearing and understanding in order to implement solutions to meet the actual user needs, not just our interpretation of those needs…" https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-look-at-evidence-and-not-translate-it-into-your-own-agenda-9860171b7ba9 Five Dysfunctions of 'Democratised' Research, Part 1 - Speed Trumps Validity By Leisa Reichelt. "…Organisations need to ensure they have someone sufficiently senior asking questions (and understanding how to critique the answers) about not just the existence of data from user research but also looking under the hood to evaluate the trade offs being made, and as a result the level of confidence and trust we should place in the insights and claims made." http://www.disambiguity.com/five-dysfunctions-of-democratised-research-part-1-speed-trumps-validity/ A Guide To User Personas By Ayesha Ambreen. "…when you're designing for thousands (or millions) of individuals, it's hard to meet everyone's needs. So, instead of just looking at ages, browsers, or income levels, you need to build personas that help you identify the needs of your audience condensed into humanized categories…" https://vanseodesign.com/web-design/a-guide-to-user-personas/ Unexpected Accessibility Tips By Chris Cid. "8+1 unexpected but practical tips for testing accessibility and inclusive design…" https://www.cjcid.com/articles/unexpected-a11y-tips/ +04: EVENTS. Designing for Online Accessibility: Who, What, Why, and How September 26, 2019. Online https://go.3playmedia.com/wbn-09-26-2019-zovio Agile for UX + Product Teams September 27, 2019. Online https://uxpa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__JyILFDcRWu1CpS6LyhO6g Minnesota Developers Conference October 1, 2019. Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. https://mdc.ilmservice.com Web Accessibility Guidelines: WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 October 1, 2019. Online. https://www.ahead.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=f1053bd3-9270-4a1d-b587-a7d1f7a31513 About Web Accessibility from 2,285 ADA Lawsuits October 1, 2019. Online https://go.3playmedia.com/wbn-10-01-2019-usablenet Best Accessibility Practices for Moving from Paper Forms to Online Forms October 3, 2019. Austin, Texas, U.S.A. https://dir.texas.gov/View-About-DIR/Calendar-Detail.aspx?id=695 Mobile Accessibility Toolkit October 10, 2019. Online https://go.3playmedia.com/wbn-10-10-2019-mobile +05: JAVASCRIPT. Make Webpages with Partial Dynamic Content Update Accessible By Lance. "In this tutorial, we want to notify users when parts of the web page are dynamically updating. It is a great tool for making your web pages accessible. We achieve our goal by using HTML5 aria-live attribute…" https://coding-bootcamps.com/blog/partial-webpage-content-update-accessibility-via-html5-aria-live.html The Most Outstanding New Feature in Javascript You Need to Know About: Optional Chaining By Michael Lazarsk. "Optional chaining is a game-changer for everybody how is working with Javascript. It is as essential as Fat Arrow Functions or 'let' and 'const'. Let's discuss what problems it solves, how it works, and how it will make your life easier…" https://dev.to/lampewebdev/the-most-outstanding-new-feature-in-javascript-you-need-to-know-about-optional-chaining-2pg2 +06: MISCELLANEOUS. Patience: A Negotiation (And Accessibility) Strategy By Lainey Feingold. "This is a post about the value of being patient. Patience helps when you try to negotiate something. And patience has been a tool when trying to make the digital world usable by everyone including disabled people. Lainey Feingold calls this tool 'active patience.' In her talks she calls patience a dolphin skill because dolphins are collaborative. They also communicate well. One way to remember to be patient is to think about a blind surfer waiting for a wave. Another way is to think of an octopus who has to sit on her eggs for many years." https://www.lflegal.com/2019/09/patience/ Q&A With Makoto Ueki, Director, Infoaxia, Inc. By Equal Entry. "Makoto Ueki is a web accessibility expert based in Tokyo, Japan…" https://equalentry.com/qa-with-makotoueki-director-infoaxia/ +07: TYPOGRAPHY. Typography Basics: Terminology, Examples, and Infographics By Vowels. "One of the core elements of effective design is typography. Our today's post shares insights into typography for beginners…" https://icons8.com/articles/typography-basics/ +08: USABILITY. Usability Heuristic 5: Error Prevention (Video) By Katie Sherwin. "No. 5 of the top 10 UX design heuristics is to prevent interaction problems from occurring in the first place: either eliminate error-prone conditions or check for them and present users with a confirmation dialog." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/usability-heuristic-error-prevention/ UX Win: LinkedIn Account Password Change By Deborah Edwards-Onoro. "I don't know about you, but I get a feeling of dread when I need to change an account password…" https://www.lireo.com/ux-win-linkedin-account-password-change/ What Google Search Shows Us About the Future of Product Design By Matt Ström. "From the day it launched 21 years ago, Google Search has been a case study in remarkable product design…" https://www.uxbooth.com/articles/what-google-search-shows-us-about-future-of-product-design/ [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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