+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 19, Issue 44, April 28, 2021. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 44 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: TOOLS. 09: TYPOGRAPHY. 10: USABILITY. 11: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. SECTION TWO: 12: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. How to Bake Layers of Accessibility Testing into Your Process By Kate Kalcevich and Mike Gifford. "Accessibility experts Kate Kalcevich and Mike Gifford introduce readers to 'layered accessibility testing', a practice of using a variety of tools and approaches at different stages in the digital product lifecycle to catch accessibility issues early - when it's easier and cheaper to fix them…" https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/04/bake-layers-accessibility-testing-process/ Accessibility is More than a Technical Problem By Devon Persing. "Debunking these 3 myths will help you rethink your accessibility work…" https://ux.shopify.com/accessibility-is-more-than-a-technical-problem-ca6bb9dee8ce Hidden Gem of Chromium Accessibility By Alexander Surkov. "There's a hidden gem in Chromium accessibility. It is the command line accessibility tools…" https://alexsurkov.medium.com/hidden-gem-of-chromium-accessibility-d0c38e0210b0 What's Normative in WCAG? By Hidde de Vries. "I’m currently involved in a project to make some of the WCAG guidance more clear. One of the distinctions we're hoping to clarify is: what’s normative in WCAG?…" https://hiddedevries.nl/en/blog/2021-04-27-whats-normative-in-wcag Six Actions that will Destroy Disability/Diversity Ally Credibility By Sheri Byrne-Haber. "Believe me when I say that for all underrepresented communities, including disability, actions speak WAY louder than words…" https://sheribyrnehaber.medium.com/six-actions-that-will-destroy-disability-diversity-ally-credibility-46457bc5ce1c Engaging and Accessible Social Media By Jennie Delisi. "You can create engaging and accessible social media. The basic principles will sound familiar. Ensure your content is: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust…" https://mn.gov/mnit/media/blog/?id=38-477167 Free Digital Accessibility Resources from the State of Minnesota By Minnesota IT Services. "Resources to Use for Your GAAD Celebrations…" https://mn.gov/mnit/media/blog/?id=38-477167 Intopia Launches Australia and New Zealand's First Assistive Technology Survey By Chris Pycroft. "This week, Intopia launched the first ever Assistive Technology Survey, aimed at highlighting the trends and use of assistive technology by Australians and New Zealanders that have a disability…" https://intopia.digital/articles/intopia-launches-australia-and-new-zealands-first-assistive-technology-survey/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Exploring color-contrast() for the First Time By Chris Coyier. "…Any native tool to get us to ship more accessible interfaces (of which color contrast is a part) is cool by me. So let's attempt to get it to work…" https://css-tricks.com/exploring-color-contrast-for-the-first-time/ A Guide To Newly Supported, Modern CSS Pseudo-Class Selectors By Stephanie Eckles. "The CSS Working Group Editor's Draft for Selectors Level 4 includes several pseudo-class selectors that already have proposal candidates in most modern browsers. This guide will cover ones that currently have the best support along with examples to demonstrate how you can start using them today…" https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/04/guide-supported-modern-css-pseudo-class-selectors/ DevTools for CSS Layouts 2021 Edition By Chen Hui Jing. "As someone who loves and works with CSS on an almost daily basis, DevTools are something near and dear to my heart. Recently, I've been seeing updates from both the Webkit and Chrome team about updates to layout-related DevTools features and thought it'd be nice to do a write-up about them…" https://chenhuijing.com/blog/devtools-for-css-layouts-2021-edition/ CSS Hell By Stefánia Péter. "Collection of common CSS mistakes, and how to fix them…" https://csshell.dev/ +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. How Does Statistical Hypothesis Testing Work? By Jim Lewis and Jeff Sauro. "…Hypothesis testing can be a confusing concept, so we've broken it into steps with examples…" https://measuringu.com/how-does-hypothesis-testing-work/ +04: EVENTS. How Cognitive Biases Influence User Decisions April 30, 2021. Online https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-cognitive-biases-influence-user-decisions-tickets-151221967977 Accessibility Insights with GAAD Co-Founders Jennison Asuncion and Joe Devon May 4, 2021. Online https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2116184963607/WN_wE9WoHfbT1izTQuOJGh43A Dementia-Friendly Design: Expert Tips for Inclusive Websites May 18, 2021. Online https://abilitynet.org.uk/webinars/dementia-friendly-design-expert-tips-inclusive-websites Translating Design Wireframes into Accessible HTML/CSS May 18-19, 2021. Online https://accessibility.deque.com/gaad-2021-translating-design-wireframes-workshop Basic Accessibility Fundamentals Bootcamp with Denis Boudreau May 20, 2021. Online https://accessibility.deque.com/basic-accessibility-fundamentals-bootcamp-0 Virtua11y Web Accessibility Conference (Kicks off with WCAG 2.2: What's new and what to do with it with Alastair Campbell) May 24-26, 2021. Online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtua11y-web-accessibility-conference-tickets-145728869973 Dynamic CSS Dev with Lea Verou May 25-June 8, 2021. Online https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/lea-verou Successful Design Systems Dev Workflow with Brad Frost June 29-July 13, 2021. https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/brad-frost-june/ Level Up With Modern CSS Dev with Stephanie Eckles July 8-22, 2021. Online https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/stephanie-eckles Qualitative Research Series July 12-16, 2021. Online https://www.nngroup.com/qualitative-series/ Multilingual Website Accessibility September 8, 2021. Online https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?contentid=357 +05: HTML. Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Demystifying Markup in 2021 By Ian Lloyd. "…for those of us trying to make sense of the mess that we find ourselves surrounded with now, there is at least a way to don our web X-ray specs and cut out the crap, before cracking our knuckles and drafting our remediation notes." https://www.tpgi.com/seeing-the-wood-for-the-trees-demystifying-markup-in-2021/ 30 Days of HTML Day 23: