+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 21, Issue 32, February 1, 2023. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 32 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: USABILITY. 11: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. SECTION TWO: 17: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 is at the Candidate Recommendation Stage Again. By Glenda Sims. "…are we officially at WCAG 2.2 now? No, we aren't there quite yet. A new version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is getting closer to ready. Optimistically, WCAG 2.2 could be ready before the end of April 2023…" https://www.deque.com/blog/wcag-2-2-is-at-the-candidate-recommendation-stage/ New WCAG 2.2 Features Rated By Eric Eggert. "…most of the updates feel OK as test criteria but don't really push accessibility forward. Perhaps that is the strategy here. I think with good leadership, WCAG 2 has good guts to go for another decade. But the Working Group needs to be willing and able to simplify, clarify and modernize the standard…" https://yatil.net/blog/new-wcag-22-features-rated Automatic Speech Recognition Captioning and Transcription User Needs Analysis By E.A. Draffan. "This is just the start of a user needs analysis related to the way we think about Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) challenges and our requirements for captions and transcripts to help those watching and listening to streaming videos and audio…" https://www.lexdis.org.uk/2023/01/starting-an-automatic-speech-recognition-captioning-and-transcription-needs-analysis/ Please Take Part In The Web Accessibility Global Usage Survey By /r/blind. "r/Blind has created a survey that will hopefully have a big impact not only for this community but for many others. Your participation in this survey can change the perspective of different industries and communities on accessibility and its impact on real-world issues. This survey builds on prior knowledge from different agencies and specialists in the community. We would like to thank the progress and efforts from these organizations like WebAIM. We received feedback from online communities that they would like to expand the potential audience with a broader survey…" Explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/accessibility/comments/10k9jzj/please_take_part_in_the_web_accessibility_global/ Survey: https://72pcs53kctq.typeform.com/a11ysurvey Plaintiffs Set a New Record for Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings in 2022 By Kristina M. Launey & Minh N. Vu. "Plaintiffs filed 3,225 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2022 - a 12% increase over 2021." https://www.adatitleiii.com/2023/01/plaintiffs-set-a-new-record-for-website-accessibility-lawsuit-filings-in-2022/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Musing Upon an [alt] Text Badge on Images By Chris Coyier. "The Mastodon instance I'm on has a little custom CSS applied to it which shows a visual [alt] badge on images that have an alt attribute…" https://chriscoyier.net/2023/01/25/musing-upon-an-alt-text-badge-on-images/ +03: DRUPAL. Accessibility Coding Standards By The Drupal Community. "The Drupal community strives to be inclusive to everyone, including people with disabilities. To that end, the Drupal community has developed the following accessibility coding standards to help make websites and other digital assets accessible to the widest possible audience.…" https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/standards/accessibility-coding-standards +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 6 Tips for Better Participant Engagement in Diary Studies By Maria Rosala. "Keeping participants engaged and providing good-quality entries in diary studies can be challenging; recruit the right people, incentivize them appropriately, and keep recording entries simple." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/better-diary-studies/ Using the Funnel Technique in Usability Testing (Video) By Kate Moran. Even when you want to test a specific feature, start with broader tasks to capture natural user behavior and observe what participants would do on their own. If they fail, follow up with directed tasks. https://www.nngroup.com/videos/funnel-usability-testing/ +05: EVENTS. Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Accessibility February 7, 2023. Online and New York, New York, U.S.A. https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/events/290699424/ Higher Education PSBAR Accessibility Requirements Webinar with UCISA and The University of Sheffield February 7, 2023. Online https://abilitynet-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/1216740503053/WN_3EdWIjq9RgObax-C5O0SPw Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability 2023 March 20-21, 2023. Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. https://ada.osu.edu/ada-conference DrupalCon Pittsburgh June 5-8, 2023. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. https://events.drupal.org/pittsburgh2023 CSS Day June 8-9, 2023. Amsterdam, the Netherlands https://cssday.nl/2023 UXPA 2022 Conference June 20-22, 2023. Austin Texas, U.S.A. https://uxpa2023.org/ UX London June 22-23, 2023. London, England, United Kingdom https://2023.uxlondon.com/ +06: HTML. Screen Readers Support for Text Level HTML Semantics By Steve Faulkner. "…encourage the appropriate use of em and strong elements, but don't require it." https://www.tpgi.com/screen-readers-support-for-text-level-html-semantics/ Use the Dialog Element (Reasonably) By Scott O'Hara. "Today, the HTML specification landed a very important change to the dialog element. One that resolves a multi-year discussion on how the dialog element should handle initial focus…" https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2023/01/26/use-the-dialog-element.html If You Need a Link, Don't Use a Button By Martin Underhill. "…Links are not only one of the most common HTML elements, but one of the most complex; if a button needs to be presented as a link, we should use the element rather than fighting a losing battle using ARIA and JavaScript…" https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/if-you-need-a-link-dont-use-a-button +07: JAVASCRIPT. The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Error Handling By Craig Buckler. "This tutorial dives into JavaScript error handling so you’ll be able to throw, detect, and handle your own errors…" https://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-error-handling/ Object Property Shorthand Values With Vanilla JavaScript By Chris Ferdinandi. "Object property shorthand values are a newer, simpler way to define properties and functions in an object. Today, we're going to learn how they work…" https://gomakethings.com/object-property-shorthand-values-with-vanilla-javascript/ +08: MISCELLANEOUS. AXSChat with Michael Cooper - Web Accessibility Specialist at W3C (Video) By #AXSChat: Neil Milliken, Debra Ruh, and Antonio Santos. "Michael joined the W3C in June 2006 as a Web Accessibility Specialist…" https://vimeo.com/792257901 Léonie Watson on Accessibility (Podcast) By Jorge Arango. "…Disability is not just about people like me who have a recognized disability. It's actually about all of us…" "https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-informed-life/léonie-watson-on-accessibility-8Mx4El3w6VG/ Accessibility: Can a Blind Person Use Meetup? By Rhea Althea Guntalilib. "Before COVID, virtual events tended to be a Plan B or used in companies with remote workers…" https://equalentry.com/accessibility-can-a-blind-person-use-meetup/ Creating a Community that Values Accessibility By WebAIM. "One of the more effective ways to help an organization make digital accessibility a closely held value is to approach the effort as a community-building experience…" https://webaim.org/articles/communities/creating Mosaic in the Rear View By Jay Hoffmann. "The Mosaic browser was released thirty years ago. It's credited with a lot of firsts…" https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/mosaic-in-the-rear-view/ +09: NAVIGATION. External Links: In or Out By Raghavendra Satish Peri. "…Opening external links in new window is not a good usability and accessibility practice, but I often come across SEO and marketing professionals believing that opening links in new tab will help with bounce rate and user retention on the website. This is not true mostly…" https://www.digitala11y.com/external-links-in-or-out/ Browser Built-in Search and ATAG A.3.5.1 By Hidde de Vries. "The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) are guidelines for tools that create web content. While reviewing this week, I wondered if the Text Search criterion (A.3.5.1) is met as soon as users can use browser built-in search. You know, Ctrl/⌘ + F…" https://hidde.blog/atag-a351-browser-built-in-search/ +10: USABILITY. 40 Years in UX (Video) By Jakob Nielsen. Jakob Nielsen on what has changed and what has remained the same since he started in UX in 1983. https://www.nngroup.com/videos/40-years/ +11: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. Data Growth Is Scary and Unsustainable By Gerry McGovern. "'It's quite scary,' physicist and information theorist, Melvin Vopson, replied to me when I asked him what he thought about the current growth of data…" https://gerrymcgovern.com/data-growth-is-scary-and-unsustainable/ [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +12: 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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