+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 18, Issue 37, March 12, 2020. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 37 CONTENTS. SECTION ONE: New references. What's new at the Web Design Reference site? https://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: HTML. 06: JAVASCRIPT. 07: MISCELLANEOUS. 08: NAVIGATION. 09: TOOLS. 10: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Web Accessibility Checklist By Bruce Lawson. "15 things to improve your website accessibility…" https://websitesetup.org/web-accessibility-checklist/ Create Your Own AHA Moment By Becky Gibson. "…You don't need special equipment to do a mini check of your site. By learning a few basic techniques you can provide an 'aha' moment to others. I will provide a few simple tests to help you uncover accessibility issues. It is not a complete review but will find some of the potential problems. Next, go show others so they understand the barriers encountered on your site. You can create their 'aha' moment…" https://knowbility.org/blog/2020/create-your-own-aha-moment/ 7 Reasons Why Accessibility Overlays Aren't a Magical Solution By Amy Carney. "Recently I had a conversation with an accessibility colleague at work about accessibility overlays for webpages…" https://carneydevelopit.wordpress.com/2020/03/03/7-reasons-why-accessibility-overlays-arent-a-magical-solution/ 5 Steps to More Inclusive Website Design By Lisa Morgan. "Some key strategies to help you offer a more inclusive website design experience for people with dyslexia, vision, hearing and motor impairments…" https://www.business2community.com/web-design/5-steps-to-more-inclusive-website-design-02289507 Don't Make Abbreviations and Acronyms a Puzzle for Readers to Solve By Deborah Edwards-Onoro. "Have you ever visited a website page only to discover the first three paragraphs are filled with abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms that have no meaning for you?…" https://www.lireo.com/dont-make-abbreviations-puzzle-for-readers-to-solve/ Accessible Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 By Aimi Hamraie. "As universities declare class cancellations and mandate a shift to online teaching, instructors have the opportunity to design online course materials to be as accessible as possible from the beginning. This will also ensure that your course materials are accessible moving forward. All of the below suggestions come from disability culture and community…" https://www.mapping-access.com/blog-1/2020/3/10/accessible-teaching-in-the-time-of-covid-19 Web Accessibility Standards: An Overview for Designers By Yichen He. "…I jump straight into attempting to summarize the basic structure of Web Accessibility Standards to provide beginners with a high-level starting point to dive into the topic…" https://uxdesign.cc/web-accessibility-standards-an-overview-for-designers-1a4d39f2fe5e The First U.S. Web Accessibility Agreement was Signed Twenty Years Ago this Week By Lainey Feingold. "…This post celebrates the 20th anniversary of the very first web accessibility agreement in the United States. The agreement was signed by Bank of America, the California Council of the Blind and six blind bank customers…" https://www.lflegal.com/2020/03/bank-of-america-at-20/ GW (George Washington University) Continues to Address Website Accessibility as ED Deadline Nears By Shannon Mallard. "Officials have until April 1 to ensure their websites meet the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights' requirements…" https://www.gwhatchet.com/2020/03/02/gw-continues-to-address-website-accessibility-as-ed-deadline-nears/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Fluid Width Video By Chris Coyier "IN A WORLD of responsive and fluid layouts on the web, one media typw stands in the way of perfect harmony: video…" https://css-tricks.com/fluid-width-video/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. A Guide to Asking the Right User Research Questions By Jeremiah Lam. "User feedback is a vital input for product development. But to maximize the effectiveness of your user research, it's necessary to ask the right questions…" https://blog.maze.design/research-questions/ Does the Von Restorff Effect Influence User Preference? By Jeff Sauro and Jim Lewis. "…Across two studies that investigated the Von Restorff effect, we found 1.) Isolation alone doesn't predict selection well… 2.) Preference isn't always about isolation… 2.) Design elements confound the issue… 3.) It was important to include multiple scenarios… 4.) If the Von Restorff effect exists for this type of selection, it's elusive… 5. Situations were simulated but similar to UX testing… ) 6.) It's hard to draw conclusions about design elements…" https://measuringu.com/von-restorff/ +04: EVENTS. A11yAMA (Accessibility Ask-Me-Anything) March 18, 2020. Online https://blog.tenon.io/a11yama-wink-harner Accessibility 102 - What about Multimedia? March 19, 2020. Online https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ada-tech/session/?id=110801 PDF Accessibility Getting Started March 31, 2020. Online https://www.maxability.co.in/2020/02/28/maxability-webinar-pdf-accessibility-getting-started/ TechAccessOK 2020 June 4-5, 2020. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A. https://techaccessok.org/ JavaScript and Friends Conference August 13-14, 2020. Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. https://www.javascriptandfriends.com/ 17th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs September 9-11, 2020. Lecco, Italy https://www.icchp.org/ dConstruct September 11, 2020. Brighton, England, United Kingdom https://2020.dconstruct.org/ The Human Insight Summit (THiS) October 12-14, 2020. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. https://info.usertesting.com/this-2020-get-in-the-know.html +05: HTML. Using the HTML title Attribute - Updated March 2020 By Steve Faulkner. "If you want to hide content from mobile and tablet users as well as assistive tech users and keyboard only users, use the title attribute. The HTML title attribute is problematic. It is problematic because it is not well supported in some crucial respects, even though it has been with us for over 23 years…" https://developer.paciellogroup.com/blog/2010/11/using-the-html-title-attribute/ Short Note: ARIA is in HTML By Steve Faulkner. "Of late I have been working, again, with Mike™Smith AKA Sideshowbarker AKA Deputy Director @W3C who in his spare spare time maintains and develops the W3C Nu HTML Checker, to get the rules defined in ARIA in HTML implemented in the W3C Nu HTML Checker…" https://codepen.io/stevef/post/short-note-aria-is-in-html What to Use Instead of Number Inputs By Chris Coyier. "You might reach for