+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 19, Issue 43, April 20, 2021. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 43 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: Books. 03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. 04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 05: EVENTS. 06: HTML. 07: JAVASCRIPT. 08: MISCELLANEOUS. 09: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Accessibility Maze (Game) By G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University. "For people who do not experience barriers, it can be difficult to empathize with the challenges that people with disabilities often face when navigating the Web. The Accessibility Maze was created to help those new to web accessibility experience firsthand what it is like to encounter those barriers…" https://de.ryerson.ca/wa/maze.html What You Can Do to Remove Barriers on the Web (PDF) By G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University. When you have managed to get through the levels in the Accessibility Maze there is a useful ebook telling you all about the issues that you will have explored during the Accessibility Maze Game. https://de.ryerson.ca/games/accessibility/_/accessibility_guidelines.pdf Accessibility Maze (Slide Deck) By Greg Gay. Greg's W4A Challenge Presentation. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iOhzVCAMzHIQuZ7mPLAuMH3TZ48A4-c-DWcXWZ7ayAg Tori Clark Talks About Visible Labels and Dragon (Podcast) By Nic Steenhout. "Tori points out that using speech input like Dragon Naturally Speaking is hard when there's no visual label, or the visual label doesn't match the programmatic label…" https://a11yrules.com/podcast/tori-clark-talks-about-visible-labels-and-dragon/ The Hottest News in the World of Captioning is That Chrome Now Has an Option to Turn on Live Captions By Meryl K. Evans. "…It wasn't the game changer I thought it'd be. That's because there's rarely any punctuation…" https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meryl_accessibility-merylmots-activity-6778353619960942593-xXdc How to Handle Live Closed Captioning - and the Challenges By Kelly Mahoney. "…we've compiled a list of tips (and backup plans) to help you navigate any challenges you might face when captioning your live event…" https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/how-to-handle-live-closed-captioning-and-the-challenges/ How to Add Alternative Text to Facebook Photos By Deborah Edwards-Onoro. "When I was chatting with a friend about alternative text (alt text) for images, I asked them if they knew they could add alt text to images on Facebook…" https://www.lireo.com/how-to-add-alternative-text-to-facebook-photos/ HE/Public Sector Update: How to Promote Digital Accessibility at your Institution, with University of Derby By Ability Net. "…we learned from Claire Gardener, Senior Learning Technologist and lead contact for Digital Accessibility at University of Derby, about her university's accessibility programme. Claire discussed her experiences as a participant in AbilityNet's Accessibility Maturity Evaluation pilot badging project and about how the university worked with AbilityNet to create an accessibility focused elearning module for all staff…" https://abilitynet.org.uk/webinars/hepublic-sector-update-how-promote-digital-accessibility-your-institution-university-derby Assistive Technology Devices: How Disabled People Use The Web By Holly Tuke. "A brief guide to the devices, software and equipment that disabled people use to navigate the web…" https://bighack.org/assistive-technology-devices-definitions-how-disabled-people-use-the-web/ Allied Podcast By 3Play Media. "Allied is a podcast about accessibility. Whether you're an expert in all things a11y, new to the scene, or just here for fun, you'll stay up-to-date on the latest trends and news on accessibility." https://www.3playmedia.com/alliedpodcast/ ADA Lawsuit Targets Wine.com By Kerana Todorov. "The online retail wine store wine.com allegedly does not comply with federal law for the disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to a class action lawsuit…" https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=243937 +02: Books. Digital Education Strategies, The Chang School. What You Can Do to Remove Barriers on the Web. The Chang School, 2020. https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/a11ygame/ +03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Overflow Issues in CSS By Ahmad Shadeed. "In this article, we will explore the causes of overflow issues and how to solve them. We will also explore how modern features in the developer tools (DevTools) can make the process of fixing and debugging easier…" https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/04/css-overflow-issues/ CSS Container Queries By Rachel Andrew. "This document is an explanation of an early stage specification that is attracting a lot of interest from web developers…" https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Container_Queries Float an Element to the Bottom Corner By Temani Afif. "Need to lay out an element to the right or the left, such that text wraps around it? That's an easy task for the float property. But what about if you also want to push that element (let's call it an image) to one of the bottom corners while we're at it? Sounds a bit tricky, right?…" https://css-tricks.com/float-an-element-to-the-bottom-corner/ +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. Quant or Qual Research? 27 Words to Help You Decide By Jeff Sauro and Jim Lewis. "When approaching a UX research project, one of the first things to consider is the method. And UX research has many methods…" https://measuringu.com/qual-quant-words/ The Role of The Scientific Method & Intuition in UX By Sujay Kotwal. "Can the seemingly opposing forces of intuition and scientific thinking be leveraged to fuel novel and creative user experience explorations?…" https://www.uxbooth.com/articles/the-art-of-scientific-intuition-in-ux/ International Usability Testing: Why You Need It By Feifei Liu. "User testing in different countries helps identify culturally specific usability issues. Testing correctly and at the right time will help you thrive in a new market." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-international-usability-testing/ +05: EVENTS. Smart Interface Design Patterns UX with Vitaly Friedman April 22-May 6, 2021. Online https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/vitaly-friedman-april Accessing Innovation April 27, 2021. Online https://www.meetup.com/A11yNYC/events/277323825/ Devopsdays Seattle 2021 May 4, 2021. Online https://devopsdays.org/events/2021-seattle/welcome/ Whole-to-Part versus Part-to-Whole: How Sighted and Blind Web Navigation Differs May 11, 2021. Online https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Accessibility-and-User-Experience-Meetup/events/274867948/ A Future Date May 12, 2021. Online https://twitter.com/futuredateconf/status/1381692109632073729 and https://afuturedate.herokuapp.com/ UX Fest 2021 June 1-3, 2021. Online https://2021.uxlondon.com/ Audio & Video: Alternative Content for Accessibility with Eric Eggert June 21, 2021. Online https://knowbility.org/services/online-training/audio-video-alternative-content-for-accessibility Accessibility Inclusion and Understanding Cognitive Disabilities July 26, 2021. Online https://www.meetup.com/Accessibility-Twin-Cities/events/275607561/ THAT Conference 2021 July 26-29, 2021. Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, U.S.A. https://www.thatconference.com/wi/2021 +06: HTML. My Current HTML Boilerplate By Manuel Matuzović. "Every element I use for the basic structure of a HTML document, with explanations…" https://www.matuzo.at/blog/html-boilerplate/ 30 Days of HTML Day 18:
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