+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 21, Issue 20, November 9, 2022. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 20 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: NAVIGATION. 08: USABILITY. 09: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. SECTION TWO: 10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Accessibility 'Gaps' in MVPs By Adrian Roselli. "…Simply, if your MVP (Minimum Viable Product) does not have accessibility factored in, it is not viable. If you claim accessibility is a core principle but your version 0 does not include it, then it is not a core principle…" https://adrianroselli.com/2022/11/accessibility-gaps-in-mvps.html Progress Over Perfection: A Better Way to Accessibility By Meryl K. Evans. "What does progress over perfection mean when it comes to accessibility?" https://meryl.net/accessibility-progress-over-perfection/ Open Source and Accessibility - Do it with us, not for us (Video) By Nicolas Steenhout. Nicolas' WordPress Accessibility Day 2022 keynote presentation. https://youtu.be/Fgxv96JYz74?t=2540 Slides: https://slides.nicolas-steenhout.com/wp-a11y-day-2022.html Designing an Accessible Future By Geri Reid. "I spoke at this year's WDC in Bristol, applying the principles of WCAG 3.0 to some current visions of the future…" https://www.gerireid.com/designing-an-accessible-future.html Lē Silveus McNamara Talks About Neurodivergence, Color Choices, and Overstimulation By Nicolas Steenhout. "Lē Silveus McNamara says consuming Tech has a stimulant effect on the nervous system and the overconsumption of a stimulant, like technology [is] bad for your health." https://a11yrules.com/podcast/le-silveus-mcnamara-talks-about-neurodivergence-color-choices-and-overstimulation/ A Simpler Approach to Document and Web Accessibility By Jeff Singleton. "This year I had the opportunity to present at the Educause Annual Conference 2022 on behalf of AbleDocs. The topic of discussion was a simpler approach to document and web accessibility…" https://convergeaccessibility.com/2022/11/07/a-simpler-approach-to-document-and-web-accessibility/ 7 Tactics That Benefit Both Accessibility and SEO By Matthew Luken. "So far in this series, we've demonstrated that when we address accessibility as part of the user's experience, it can have definite SEO benefit.…" https://www.deque.com/blog/7-tactics-that-benefit-both-accessibility-and-seo/ What Do I Need to Know About WCAG 2.2? By Geoff Freed. "The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (WCAG 2.2) reflects several years of work by accessibility experts to update the current version of the guidelines (2.1)…" https://perkinsaccess.org/wcag2-2/# Lamenting Twitter's and WCAG's Potential By Eric Eggert. "Twitter was and is (for now) an integral part of my web presence…" https://yatil.net/blog/lamenting-twitter-wcag I am officially no longer the Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter. By Gerard K. Cohen. "I have words. (Thread)…" https://twitter.com/gerardkcohen/status/1588584459779321857 Overlays Underwhelm at WordPress A11y Day By Adrian Roselli. "I presented this talk for the 2022 installment of WordPress Accessibility Day, a model very much influenced by the ID24 event - 24 hours solid of online talks…" https://adrianroselli.com/2022/11/overlays-underwhelm-at-wordpress-a11y-day.html Legal Update: October 2022 By Ken Nakata. "Now that the dust has settled, what is the impact of the winn-dixie decision?…" https://convergeaccessibility.com/2022/10/31/legal-update-october-2022/ Colleges Face ADA Accessibility Lawsuits Over Websites By Abraham Jewett. "Joseph Ortiz filed separate class action lawsuits against The Corporation of Mercer University, Lafayette College and Loyola University of Chicago…" https://topclassactions.com/disability-class-action-lawsuit/colleges-face-ada-accessibility-lawsuits-over-websites/ New Federal IT Requirements Coming to Higher Ed, Educause Says By EdScoop. "…The civil rights office announced this year it plans to update requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and a public rulemaking process is expected to begin next spring. The DOJ is expected next year to pursue updates to accessibility requirements for state and local government websites under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which also applies to public colleges and universities…" https://edscoop.com/new-federal-it-requirements-coming-to-higher-ed-educause-says/ Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments By Department of Justice. "The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states that: no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity 42 U.S.C. 12132. However, many websites from public entities (i.e., State and local governments) fail to incorporate or activate features that enable users with disabilities to access the public entity's programs, activities, services, or information online. The Department intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its Title II ADA regulation to provide technical standards to assist public entities in complying with their existing obligations to make their websites accessible to individuals with disabilities." https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?RIN=1190-AA79&pubId=202204 +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Responsive Accessibility Using Visibility Hidden By Scott O'Hara. "Like it or not, even though content can be made to adapt to different viewport sizes and zoom levels by use of CSS media queries, sometimes the end result can be a bit awkward without further adjustments that go beyond visual presentation…" https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2022/11/07/responsive-accessibility.html An Introduction to CSS Cascade Layers By Chris DeLuca. "…Cascade Layers is a new mechanism to help control when styles override others…" https://www.lullabot.com/articles/introduction-css-cascade-layers Inside the Mind of a Frontend Developer: Hero Section By Ahmed Shadeed. "Building the design of a component in HTML&CSS can be considered something easy or hard, depending on how you like them…" https://ishadeed.com/article/inside-frontend-developer-mind-hero-section/ Keeping Your CSS Small: Scopes, Containers, and Other New Stuff (Video) By Tab Atkins-Bittner. "I'll go over a number of new pieces of CSS and DOM technology, both mature and upcoming, that helps authors manage their CSS and keep things understandable without having to adopt some complex new tooling…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz0sMsCiU1c +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. The Value of Qualitative, Comparative UX Research By Owen Fay. "…Testing multiple designs early during the design process can provide much more useful information than testing just a single design or choosing a solution based on personal preferences or gut instinct…" https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2022/11/the-value-of-qualitative-comparative-ux-research.php Using And Abusing Surveys In Customer Onboarding - Ebook Chapter By Caroline Jarrett. "Badly thought-out forms and surveys can damage your organisation's relationship with its customers at any stage. But a bad question in the onboading process can stop your customers from having any relationship with you at all…" https://www.effortmark.co.uk/surveys-during-customer-onboarding/ How To Start a Content Audit By Content Science. "Conducting a content audit is an essential part of any successful content analysis…" https://review.content-science.com/how-to-start-a-content-audit/ Consumer Software UX and NPS Benchmarks (2022) By Jeff Sauro and Jim Lewis. "From email to web browsing to learning a second language, consumer software affects many aspects of modern life…" https://measuringu.com/consumer-software-ux2022/ +04: EVENTS. An Update on WCAG 3.0 November 10, 2022. Online https://www.meetup.com/sfdug-san-francisco-drupal-users-group/events/287576628/ Deep Dive on Accessibility Testing with Manuel Matuzović November 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 2022. Online https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2022/sm-a11y-testing/ CSS Inline Layout Design Review Workshop November 15, 2022. Online https://fantasai.inkedblade.net/style/events/inline-workshop Marketing in Accessibility November 15, 2022. Online https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/events/289472533/ Accessibility with Dark Light Theme with Sibu Stephen December 14, 2022. Online https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2022-DEC Web Accessibility Virtual Training January 11-12, 2022. Online https://webaim.org/training/virtual/ +05: HTML. 6 Steps to Improve HTML Images For Users & Developers By Austin Gil. "Learn how to make HTML images better for users with responsive sizes and modern formats without making your life as a developer much harder…" https://austingil.com/better-html-images/ +06: JAVASCRIPT. Why Would Anyone Need JavaScript Generator Functions? By James Sinclair. "Generators are an odd part of the JavaScript language. And some people find them a bit of a puzzle…" https://jrsinclair.com/articles/2022/why-would-anyone-need-javascript-generator-functions/ A Vanilla JavaScript range() Method By Chris Ferdinandi. "Lots of languages have some sort of range function, a method for creating an array with a range of numbers. JavaScript does not…" https://gomakethings.com/a-vanilla-javascript-range-method/ +07: NAVIGATION. Designing The Perfect Mobile Navigation UX By Vitaly Friedman. "When designing navigation on mobile, we don't have to rely on slide-in-menus or nested accordions. We can also use the curtain and billboard design patterns, and show multiple levels of navigation at once…" https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/11/navigation-design-mobile-ux/ +08: USABILITY. How You Can Participate in World Usability Day 2022 By Deborah Edwards-Oñoro. "This Thursday, November 10, 2022 marks the 18th year of World Usability Day (WUD)…" https://www.lireo.com/how-you-can-participate-in-world-usability-day-2022/ Prune and Tune Your Forms - Webinar By Caroline Jarrett. "'Who wants a longer, more horrible form?' That's the question that I asked at the start of a Lunch and Learn webinar I joined recently.…" https://www.effortmark.co.uk/prune-and-tune-your-forms-webinar/ Similarity: Gestalt Principle 1 for UI Design (Video) By Kate Moran. "User interface elements that share one or more traits (such as shape, color, size, etc.) will be seen by users as being similar and belonging together." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/similarity-gestalt-principle/ Transactional Notifications: Their Characteristics and When to Use Them By Feifei Liu. "Though they share similarities, notifications differ from emails because users expect them to be more concise, timelier, and only for urgent content. Choose to send SMS or push notifications strategically, depending on the context." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/transactional-notifications/ +09: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. Disentangling the Worldwide Web of E-Waste and Climate Change Co-Benefits By Narendra Singha and Oladele A.Ogunseitanbc. "…alarm over the rapid accumulation of e-waste has been sounding for more than two decades, but there is no end in sight for the trend…" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773167722000115 If I am a Techie, How Can I Help Solve Climate Change? By Kamal Kapadia. "This question was first posed to me not by a student at our online climate change school Terra.do, but by my tech entrepreneur co-founder, Anshuman Bapna, in our first meeting…" https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-1/if-i-am-a-techie-how-can-i-help-solve-climate-change/ [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +10: 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. 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