+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 21, Issue 11, September 7, 2022. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 11 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. 15: USABILITY. 16: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. SECTION TWO: 17: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Call for Implementations: WCAG 2.2 Candidate Recommendation By Shawn Lawton Henry. "WCAG 2.2 is now updated to a 'Candidate Recommendation': Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 …" https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-announce/2022JulSep/0004.html Closer to Ready: WCAG 2.2 is at the Candidate Recommendation Stage By Glenda Sims. "A new version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is coming! WCAG 2.2 will very likely be ready before the end of 2022. This will be considered a minor version update. If you are already familiar with WCAG 2.0 and/or 2.1, you probably have a number of questions. And we've got answers…" https://www.deque.com/blog/wcag-2-2-is-at-the-candidate-recommendation-stage/ Accessible Lists and Tables By Whitney Lewis. "Lists and tables are both used to organize web content, and when they are accessible, it is easier for screen reader users to understand and navigate your content… " https://blog.pope.tech/2022/09/01/accessible-lists-and-tables/ Visit For a Surprise By Eric Bailey. "Could spoiling a joke be an accessibility issue? You better believe it…" https://ericwbailey.website/published/visit-for-a-surprise/ Minimum Focus Appearance Explained By Martin Underhill. "There's some great stuff coming up in version 2.2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), but there's one rule that's particularly difficult to understand: 2.4.11 Focus Appearance (Minimum)…" https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/minimum-focus-appearance-explained A Demonstration of Math Accessibility (Video) By Richard Orme. "Although many people now understand the importance of making documents accessible, most people haven't seen what math accessibility is like. This video demonstrates math accessibility and also shows some configuration options that can tailor the experience to a user's needs.…" https://www.w3.org/2022/09/TPAC/demos/mathml-a11y-demo.html Making Events Accessible: Checklist for meetings, conferences, training, and presentations that are remote/virtual, in-person, or hybrid By Shawn Lawton Henry. "The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Accessibility Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) just published an updated resource…" https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-announce/2022JulSep/0003.html Small Steps: Celebrating Four Accessibility Wins By Deborah Edwards-Oñoro. "When it comes to improving web accessibility, it's often about education…" https://www.lireo.com/small-steps-celebrating-four-accessibility-wins/ Bringing PDF Forms Up-to-Date By John Brinkman. "Forms functionality in PDF has not received much attention in quite some time. The definition of PDF-based forms has not changed in over 20 years. Meanwhile, web-based forms have evolved considerably…" https://www.pdfa.org/bringing-pdf-forms-up-to-date/ Largest U.S. Blind Advocacy Group Bans Web Accessibility Overlay Giant AccessiBe From Its National Convention By Gus Alexiou. "The National Federation of the Blind, America's most powerful civil rights and advocacy group for the visually impaired has launched a scathing attack on web accessibility overlay market leader accessiBe, accusing the company of engaging in 'harmful' practices…" https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2021/06/26/largest-us-blind-advocacy-group-bans-web-accessibility-overlay-giant-accessibe/ Neutrality Isn't an Option When It Comes to Accessibility By Karl Groves. "…While I have an array of thoughts on the above request - not the least of which is the traffic boost they'd get from me publishing an article on their site - I'd rather focus on this idea of 'neutrality'. Neutrality isn't an option when it comes to accessibility…" https://karlgroves.com/neutrality-isnt-an-option-when-it-comes-to-accessibility/ 'Accessibility at the Edge' W3C CG Is an Overlay Smoke Screen By Adrian Roselli. "Another post where I lay it all out in the title. What follows is why I am making this assertion (with a handy table of contents)…" https://adrianroselli.com/2022/09/accessibility-at-the-edge-w3c-cg-is-an-overlay-smoke-screen.html Hy-Vee class action claims website inaccessible to blind, visually impaired users By Jessy Edwards. "…Retailer Hy-Vee's website is not accessible to legally blind people who use a screen reader in violation of the law, a new class action lawsuit alleges…" https://topclassactions.com/disability-class-action-lawsuit/hy-vee-class-action-claims-website-inaccessible-to-blind-visually-impaired-users/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. An Argument Against CSS Opacity By Doug Abrams. "The CSS opacity property controls the degree that you can see through an element…" https://www.tpgi.com/an-argument-against-css-opacity/ CSS Container Queries Are Finally Here By Ahmed Shadeed. "I can't contain my excitement while writing the first few words for this article. Ladies and gentlemen, CSS container queries are finally here…" https://ishadeed.com/article/container-queries-are-finally-here/ How to Inspect and Debug CSS Flexbox By Sofia Emelianova. "Watch the video to learn how to: Use the Flexbox Editor to change flexbox properties with a click of a button instead of typing them…" https://developer.chrome.com/blog/devtools-tips-6/ Creative List Styling By Michelle Barker. "A look at some useful and creative ways to style a list…" https://web.dev/creative-list-styling/ +03: DRUPAL. The Accessibility And Usability Journey Of Drupal's Primary Navigation By Mike Herchel. "In this article, Mike Herchel covers Drupal's new default theme, Olivero, which is usable, accessible, robust, and beautiful and will help you improve websites' navigation systems." https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/09/accessibility-usability-drupal-primary-navigation/ +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. A/B Testing in 7 Steps to Quickly Improve Your Conversions By Yash Chawlani. "A/B testing, also known as split testing, is a process of comparing two versions of a Web page, application, or campaign to see which one performs better…" https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2022/09/ab-testing-in-7-steps-to-quickly-improve-your-conversions.php A/B Testing Roadmap (Video) By Page Laubheimer. "6 steps to consider when planning a systematic set of A/B tests to optimize a design for the long haul." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/ab-testing-roadmap/ Maintaining the Privacy and Security of Research Participants' Data By Samhita Tankala. "Maintaining participants' data privacy and security before, during, and after data collection is critical to the user-research process. It protects participants from data breaches and cyber threats…" https://www.nngroup.com/articles/privacy-and-security/ +05: EVENTS. Making a Strong Case for Accessibility with Todd Libby September 7, 2022. Online https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2022-SEP Intersectionality, Accessibility and Inclusion September 8, 2022 (1 p.m. AEST). Online https://intopia.digital/articles/intopia-webinar-intersectionality-accessibility-and-inclusion-8-september-2022/ Accessible Education Materials AEM Café September 8, 2022. Online https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-2qrjooHNPMrnpxX8ygErTXx8RYKmuk W3C Developer Meetup September 13, 2022. Vancouver, Canada https://www.w3.org/blog/2022/08/w3c-developer-meetup-in-vancouver-canada-13-september/ Training For Success: Accessibility Education For Employees with Karl Groves September 8, 2022. Online https://www.levelaccess.com/resources/training-for-success-accessibility-education-for-employees/ 38th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference March 13-17, 2023. Anaheim, California, U.S.A. https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/ +06: HTML. TIL: You Can Access A User's Camera with Just HTML By Austin Gil. "The other day I came across a cool HTML attribute I had never heard of before; capture. So I decided to make a video and blog post about it…" https://austingil.com/html-capture-attribute/ Idiosyncrasies of the HTML Parser By Simon Pieters. "…This is not an HTML beginner's book. The intended audience is web developers who want to gain a deeper understanding of how the HTML parser works, or the history and rationale behind certain behaviors…" https://htmlparser.info/ +07: JAVASCRIPT. The JavaScript fetch() method By Chris Ferdinandi. "…Today, we're going to look at a practical use of Promises: the fetch() method…" https://gomakethings.com/the-javascript-fetch-method/ +08: MISCELLANEOUS. The Sum of All Knowledge By Chris Heilmann. "…The global library is burning. The web we have these days is in a sorry state…" https://christianheilmann.com/2022/08/29/the-sum-of-all-knowledge/ Farmbound, or How I Built an App in 2022 By Stuart Langridge. "…It's a web app. Works for everyone. And I thought it would be useful to explain why it is, why I think that's the way to do things, and some of the interesting parts of building an app for everyone to play which is delivered over the web rather than via app stores and downloads…" https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2022/08/31/farmbound-or-how-i-built-an-app-in-2022/ +15: USABILITY. Infinite Scrolling: When to Use It, When to Avoid It By Tim Neusesser. "Infinite scrolling minimizes interaction costs and increases user engagement, but it isn't a good fit for every website. For some, pagination or a Load More button will be a better solution." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/infinite-scrolling-tips/ +16: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. U.S. Senate Votes to Pass Historic Clean Energy and Climate Investments By The Nature Conservancy. "On August 12, 2022, the U.S. House passed the Inflation Reduction act, clearing the way for this landmark legislation. The Nature Conservancy thanks members of Congress and our supporters who recognize the momentous opportunities that this legislation provides for tackling climate change…" https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/senate-passes-inflation-reduction-act/ Éliane Ubalijoro and David Jensen(Podcast) By Team Human. "Two co-champions of the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) Éliane Ubalijoro (Future Earth) and David Jensen (UN Environment Programme) help us see how to marry big, top-down efforts with bottom-up reality in addressing digital sustainability…" https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/david-jensen-eliane-ubalijoro Creatives for Climate By Creatives for Climate. "We arm creatives with the connections, skills, and opportunities for action they need to tackle the climate emergency…" https://www.creativesforclimate.co/ [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +17: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? Accessibility Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/accessibility.html Association Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/associations.html Book Listings. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/books.html Cascading Style Sheets Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/css.html Color Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/color.html Drupal Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/drupal.html Evaluation & Testing Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/testing.html Event Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/events.html HTML Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/html.html Information Architecture Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/architecture.html JavaScript Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/javascript.html Miscellaneous Web Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/misc.html Navigation Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/navigation.html PHP Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/php.html Sites & Blogs Listing. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/sites.html Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/standards.html Tool Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/tools.html Typography Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/type.html Usability Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/usability.html WebWaste & Sustainability Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webwaste.html XML Information. https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/xml.html [Section two ends.] ++END NOTES. + SUBSCRIPTION INFO. WEB DESIGN UPDATE is available by subscription. For information on how to subscribe and unsubscribe please visit: https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webdev_listserv.html The Web Design Reference Site also has a RSS 2.0 feed for site updates. + TEXT EMAIL NEWSLETTER (TEN). As a navigation aid for screen readers we do our best to conform to the accessible Text Email Newsletter (TEN) guidelines. Please let me know if there is anything else we can do to make navigation easier. For TEN guideline information please visit: http://www.headstar.com/ten + SIGN OFF. Until next time, Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 mailto:lcarlson@d.umn.edu [Issue ends.]