+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 20, Issue 09, August 26, 2021. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 09 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: DRUPAL. 04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 05: EVENTS. 06: HTML. 07: JAVASCRIPT. 08: MISCELLANEOUS. 09: NAVIGATION. 10: TOOLS. 11: USABILITY. 12: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. SECTION TWO: 13: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Accessibility Basics Part 2: WCAG By AccessibilityOz. "In this 2-part article series, we take our popular webinar and presentation 'Accessibility Basics' and present it in an easy-to-understand article format…" https://www.accessibilityoz.com/2021/08/accessibility-basics-part-2-wcag/ Reviewing a Design for Accessibility By Steve Barnett. "…Reviewing designs for accessibility is a great way to help designers think more accessibly and to help developers implement more accessibly…" https://www.a11yproject.com/posts/2021-08-14-reviewing-a-design-for-accessibility/ Google Announces Seismic Change to Docs By George Joeckel. "Google announces a new method for rendering Docs that appears to abandon the current model of support for assistive technologies." https://webaim.org/blog/seismic-change-to-docs/ Text is Better By Chris Ferdinandi. "One of the conversations I regularly have folks is to avoid creating a video for something if you haven't written an article about it. Video content can be great! Being able to see how someone does something and follow along is a useful learning approach for some people. But text is more accessible, easier to update later, better for SEO, and can be skimmed for quick reference later. In an ideal world, you want both, but if you have to pick one, text should win every time…" https://gomakethings.com/text-is-better/ Just What is a Good Alternative Description? By John Eric Brandt. "I've told this story many times over the year during the many presentations I have given on this topic…" https://jebswebs.net/blog/2021/08/just-what-is-a-good-alternative-description/ Resources For Building Accessible Tables By Raghavendra Satish Peri. "If you want to build accessible tables then this is the resource, you might want to bookmark…" https://www.digitala11y.com/resources-for-building-accessible-tables/ Accessibility Strategy for Procurement By David Sloan. "…Procuring digital products and services can address organizational needs, and they can even help you with your accessibility strategy. But procurement also brings accessibility risks. You can reduce these risks by making sure that you…" https://www.tpgi.com/accessibility-strategy-for-procurement/ Eric Bailey and Ben Myers for a11y August #3 on Dev Roulette LIVE (Video) By Stephanie Eckles. "Eric Bailey and Ben Myers were revealed as the mystery accessibility experts for episode 3 for a11y August on Dev Roulette LIVE…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_hr_ghINU Captions vs. Transcripts By Meryl K. Evans. "It should not be an either-or situation. You want to offer both…" https://www.linkedin.com/posts/meryl_accessibility-video-userexperience-activity-6835979221282680832-xb86 Lawsuit Alleges SU's Website Fails to Meet Federal Accessibility Standards By Michael Sessa. "A prospective Syracuse University student has filed a class-action lawsuit against the university alleging its website fails to meet federal accessibility standards…" https://dailyorange.com/2021/08/lawsuit-syracuse-university-website-federal-accessibility-standards/ The Current State of ADA Digital Enforcement By Timothy Stephen Springer. "Over the past few years, a new risk and compliance concern has arisen: digital accessibility. Digital accessibility refers to the usability of digital systems-typically websites and mobile apps-for people with disabilities…" https://www.levelaccess.com/the-current-state-of-ada-digital-enforcement/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. The Big Gotcha With Custom Properties By Chris Coyier. "I've seen this confuse more than a handful of people recently, including myself, so I'm making sure it's written down…" https://css-tricks.com/the-big-gotcha-with-custom-properties/ Shadow Roots and Inheritance By Kitty Giraudel. "I encountered a bit of a HTML/CSS oddity the other day, and was a little stumped as to what was happening so I thought I'd share what I learnt in case that helps other people stumbling across the same thing…" https://kittygiraudel.com/2021/08/23/shadow-roots-and-inheritance/ Scope & Encapsulation / Proposal & Explainer By Miriam Suzanne. "There are many overlapping and sometimes contradictory features that can live under the concept of 'scope' in CSS…This document is proposing a native CSS approach for what many authors are already doing with those third-party tools & conventions." https://css.oddbird.net/scope/explainer/ +03: DRUPAL. How to Build More Accessible Websites with Drupal (Video) By Suzanne Dergacheva. In Suzanne's Drupal Camp Colorado a session, she discusses "which features and qualities Drupal provides out-of-the-box to improve a website's accessibility, as well as the responsibility we take on as site builders to maintain that accessibility as we extend and customize what Drupal provides…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1N4qUUSpUM +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. How to Test for Accessibility With Users at Every Design Stage By Katie Del Angel. "A research template to test solutions for people with disabilities…" https://ux.shopify.com/how-to-test-for-accessibility-with-users-at-every-design-stage-ec655fed7878 Problem Statements in UX Discovery By Maria Rosala. "In the discovery phase of a UX project, a problem statement is used to identify and frame the problem to be explored and solved, as well as to communicate the discovery's scope and focus…" https://www.nngroup.com/articles/problem-statements/ Identify and Document Your UX Methods (Video) By Garrett Goldfield. "For each research or design method you employ, create a document that defines this method and can be used to educate other team members on UX activities." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/document-ux-methods/ Replicating Assessments of Two UMUX-Lite Usefulness Alternates By Jim Lewis and Jeff Sauro. "The original wording of the UMUX-Lite Perceived Usefulness item is “{Product}’s capabilities meet my requirements.” Since we started using the UMUX-Lite in our practice, we’ve had numerous clients ask whether it would be possible to simplify the wording of this item to more closely match the simplicity of the UMUX-Lite Perceived Ease item, “{Product} is easy to use.” In response to these requests, we’ve investigated the measurement properties of a variety of alternate wordings for this item over the past year…" https://measuringu.com/umux-lite-alternative-replications/ +05: EVENTS. Access Granted: Launching (and Re-Launching) Websites that are Accessible to Everyone August 26, 2021. Online https://levelaccess.zoom.us/webinar/register/5016287225651/WN_c3JxU7uDTiefjHnOMCF0FA Open UI:​ Solving a Multi-Decade Problem with Melanie Richards & Greg Whitworth August 31, 2021. Online https://www.meetup.com/CSS-Cafe/events/280195983/ 2021 State of Content Accessibility September 9, 2021. Online https://go.3playmedia.com/wbnr-09-09-2021-soc Assessing Your Library Website Workshop #1: Making Your Website More Accessible (Without Rebuilding from the Ground Up) September 9, 2021. Online https://www.infobase.com/event/website-accessibility-and-design-session-1-making-your-website-more-accessible-without-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/ A Better Way To Find, Fix, And Prevent Accessibility Issues September 14-15, 2021. Online. https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/deque UX Measurement Bootcamp 2021 September 20-24, 2021. Online https://measuringu.com/events/ux-measurement-bootcamp-2021/ Frustrating Design Patterns in 2021, and How to Fix Them September 27, 2021. Online. https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/vitaly-friedman-frustrating-patterns performance.now() November 11-12, 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands https://perfnow.nl +06: HTML. Tips for Making HTML Lists Accessible By Bureau of Internet Accessibility. "Lists can significantly improve web content when used properly. Readers want short, succinct content, and lists provide streamlined information. However, lists must use appropriate HTML in order to be accessible. When lists use simple text formatting, some visitors may not realize that they're reading a list…" https://www.boia.org/blog/tips-for-making-html-lists-accessible Open UI By Open UI. @openuicg "The purpose of Open UI to the web platform is to allow web developers to style and extend built-in web UI controls, such as