+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 22, Issue 16, October 11, 2023. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 16 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: MISCELLANEOUS. 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. WCAG 2.2 Is Now a Published Web Standard By Alastair Campbell, Rachael Bradley Montgomery, Chuck Adams, Kevin White, and Shawn Layton Henry. "We are pleased to announce that WCAG 2.2 is now a 'W3C Recommendation' Web Standard…" https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-announce/2023OctDec/0000.html What's New in WCAG 2.2 By Patrick H. Lauke. "This post gives a high-level overview of what's new and what has changed in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, which have been promoted to stable W3C Recommendation today…" https://tetralogical.com/blog/2023/10/05/whats-new-wcag-2.2/ What's New in WCAG 2.2? By Hidde de Vries. "WCAG 2.2 is the next version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, published 5 October 2023. It includes all of WCAG 2.1, minus 4.1.1 Parsing, plus nine new criteria. Of those, six are in Level A + AA, the most commonly tested combination of levels…" https://hidde.blog/new-in-wcag22/ WCAG 2.2 and What It Means for You By Craig Abbott. "It's here. It's finally here…" https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/wcag-22-and-what-it-means-for-you/ They Finally Hit Refresh: After More Than a Year of Delays, It Is Time to Officially Welcome WCAG 2.2 By Epstein Becker & Green. "After more than five years in the making (and nearly a full year of delays), on Thursday, October 5, 2023, the World Wide Web Consortium (the 'W3C'), the private organization focused on enhancing online user experiences, published the long-awaited update to its Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 ('WCAG 2.1'), known as the WCAG 2.2…" https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/they-finally-hit-refresh-after-more-2009509/ WCAG 2.2 is Here! By Chris Pycroft. "The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has finalised the next version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, known as WCAG 2.2…" https://intopia.digital/articles/wcag-2-2-is-here/ Intopia Launches WCAG 2.2 Map By Chris Pycroft. "You've been asking for it, and now it's here! To coincide with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 being finalised, Intopia is excited to release the WCAG 2.2 Map…" https://intopia.digital/articles/intopia-launches-wcag-2-2-map/ Deque Systems Welcomes and Announces Support for WCAG 2.2 By Deque Systems. "Deque Systems congratulates the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG) members on the official release of the new Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2, which were released October 5 at 8:39 am EST…" https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-systems-welcomes-and-announces-support-for-wcag-2-2/ WCAG 2.2 is Now a W3C Recommendation By Dennis E. Lembrée. "Announcing: WCAG 2.2 is now published as a web standard-a W3C Recommendation…" http://www.webaxe.org/wcag22-now-w3c-recommendation/ Obligatory WCAG 2.2 Launch Post By Adrian Roselli. "It seems everybody who dabbles in digital accessibility is blogging about WCAG 2.2 now that it finally went live…" https://adrianroselli.com/2023/10/obligatory-wcag-2-2-launch-post.html WCAG 2.2 is Finally Here! By Sathish Kumar. "After 5 years of research, much deliberations, constant feedback, several drafts and edits, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 has arrived as a W3C recommendation…" https://www.digitala11y.com/wcag-2-2-is-finally-here/ WCAG 2.2 At A Glance - 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A) (Video) By Intopia. "As a part of our WCAG 2.2 At A Glance series, we delve into success criteria 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A), 1 of 9 new success criteria included as part of WCAG 2.2…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuWM3iFPVM Accessibility vs. Inclusive Design (Video) By Therese Fessenden. "'Accessible design' and 'inclusive design' are often used interchangeably. While they are related, their focuses are different." https://www.nngroup.com/videos/accessibility-vs-inclusive-design/ Writing Accessible Form Messages By Ricky Onsman. "When it comes to the web, we all have to deal with forms…" https://onsman.com/writing-accessible-form-messages/ Accessibility Update (Video) By Shawn Layton Henry. Shawn provided a Web Accessibility Initiative update during the Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee (TPAC) held September 11-15 in Seville, Spain. https://www.w3.org/2023/09/TPAC/ac-activities-wai.html New College of Florida Settles Disability Complaint With Education Department By Laura Spitalniak. "The public institution said noncompliant aspects of its web presence stemmed from 'years of inattentiveness.'…" https://www.highereddive.com/news/new-college-settles-ocr-disability-investigation/695242/ 'X' Axed Headlines. That Sucks For Accessibility. By Julia Métraux. "Sen. Ed Markey has called out Elon Musk's 'disregard for the needs of disabled people.'…" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/x-axed-headlines-that-sucks-for-accessibility/ WebAIM's Response to ADA NPRM By Rob Carr. "In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking soliciting feedback on its plans to define requirements and technical standards for making the web and mobile services, programs, and activities offered by State and local Government entities accessible to individuals with disabilities…" https://webaim.org/blog/response-to-ada-nprm/ Read Our DOJ Web Accessibility Comments! By Ken Nakata. "…the Department of Justice's comment period for it's draft Title II web accessibility rule closed. At Converge, we were asked to help write comments…" https://convergeaccessibility.com/2023/10/09/read-our-doj-web-accessibility-comments/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Don't Use Fixed CSS height or width on Buttons, Links, or Any Other Text Containers By Ashlee M Boyer. "Despite some web design tools specifying CSS height values for elements like buttons, setting height or max-height can actually put you at risk for failing https://ashleemboyer.com/blog/don-t-use-fixed-css-height-or-width-on-text-containers Styling External Links with Attribute Selectors By Michelle Barker. "You might notice on some websites you visit that external links display a little icon next to them…" https://css-irl.info/styling-external-links-with-attribute-selectors/ An Anchored Navbar Solution By Eric A. Meyer. "Not quite a year ago, I published an exploration of how I used layered backgrounds to create the appearance of a single bent line that connected one edge of the design to whichever navbar link corresponded to the current page…" https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2023/10/05/an-anchored-navbar-solution +03: EVALUATION & TESTING. What is Usability Testing, and Why is it Important? By The Paceilleo Group interactive (TPGi). "…In this post, we'll explore how usability testing for accessibility is conducted and how the information gathered can be implemented into your website and digital products…" https://www.tpgi.com/what-is-usability-testing-and-why-is-it-important/ Nine Things Automated Accessibility Tests Can't Test By Dave Rupert. "…here's a list of jobs I know automated tests can't do well…" https://daverupert.com/2023/10/nine-a11y-jobs-where-robots-suck/ How Hard Is It to Rank Items in Surveys? By Jeff Sauro, Dylan Atkins, David Du, and Jim Lewis. "…Knowing how long and how difficult ranking questions are can help researchers better plan surveys, potentially reducing fatigue, which leads to study dropout. We needed data…" https://measuringu.com/how-hard-is-it-to-rank-items-in-surveys/ +04: EVENTS. WCAG 2.2 - Ask Us Anything! with Julie Grundy and Sam Hobson October 18, 2023 1pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT+11) Online https://intopia.digital/articles/intopia-webinar-wcag-2-2-ask-us-anything/ Aria Winning, Son? How to Achieve Accessibility Wins on Your Next Project October 25, 2023. Online https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2023-OCT/ ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium November 1-2, 2023. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. https://www.ictaccessibilitytesting.org/ BarCamp London XII November 15, 2023. London, England, United Kingdom https://twelve.barcamplondon.org/ devopsdays Chattanooga November 15, 2023. Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A. https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-chattanooga Accessible Video and Slide Decks November 16, 2023. Online https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accessible-video-and-slide-decks-tickets-523856507917 +05: HTML. WCAG 2.2 and Validation By Rohan Kumar. "Validation is but one part of the process of achieving the necessary outcomes. Let's not interpret the removal of SC 4.1.1 as permission to ship known errors…" https://seirdy.one/notes/2023/10/06/wcag-2.2-and-validation/ +06: MISCELLANEOUS. We Deserve Better from Apple: Why I Can No Longer Recommend a Mac to Fellow Blind Computer Users By David Goodwin. "As many of you will know from personal experience, there is a longstanding issue with VoiceOver on Mac where Safari will frequently become unresponsive with VoiceOver repeatedly announcing the message 'Safari not responding'…" https://applevis.com/blog/we-deserve-better-apple-why-i-can-no-longer-recommend-mac-fellow-blind-computer-users Actual Things Said to Disabled People Who Asked for Accommodations By Anne Gibson. "Actual things said to friends and family (and me) who asked for accommodations for their disabilities at work…" https://accessibility.perpendicularangel.com/2023/10/06/actual-things-said-to-disabled-people-who-asked-for-accommodations/ What Happened to Separation of Concerns in Frontend Development By Jens Oliver Meiert. "Nicole Sullivan recently asked the community whether separation of concerns (SOC) was still serving us…" https://meiert.com/en/blog/what-happened-to-separation-of-concerns/ Websites in the Dock Jeremy Keith. "I updated my Mac to the newest operating system, Sonoma. I did this to try out the new 'add to Dock' feature in Safari. It's like the 'add to Homescreen' action on iOS…" https://adactio.com/journal/20520 +07: NAVIGATION. Skip Links on Ikea By Manuel Matuzović. "I am always pleasantly surprised when I find useful skip links. That's why I decided to collect examples here on my blog…" https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2023/ikea-skip-links +08: USABILITY. Table of Contents: The Ultimate Design Guide By Huei-Hsin Wang and Matt Brown. "Tables of contents provide a page overview and direct access to specific sections. When designing a table of contents, carefully compare different placement and styling options to maximize usability." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/table-of-contents/ 10 Reasons Why UX Maturity Matters By Nate Schloesser. "…let's embark on a journey to uncover the undeniable value and imperative of UX maturity in today's organizations…" https://uxmag.com/articles/10-reasons-why-ux-maturity-matters +09: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. Introduction to Web Sustainability By Michelle Barker. "Learn how you can contribute to building a greener and sustainable web…" https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/introduction-to-web-sustainability/ Introducing the Web Sustainability Guidelines By Michelle Barker. "The Sustainable Web Design Community Group has just launched a draft set of guidelines for designing and developing sustainable web applications…" https://css-irl.info/introducing-the-web-sustainability-guidelines/ Greenwashing and the COP28 Website By Michelle Barker. "…When a website is visited by hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of users, the carbon savings that could be made by optimising the site, or making it genuinely low-carbon from the outset could be significant. Failing to prioritise this on the global stage, while not the most problematic aspect of the summit, feels like a missed opportunity." https://css-irl.info/greenwashing-and-the-cop28-website/ 5G: A Dymptom of the Growth Death Cult By Gerry McGovern. "5G is a symptom of our scientific and technological obsession with efficiency, progress, growth, innovation. It's a great technology. It improves on 4G. It's faster. It's more efficient at transferring data. It is also one more tool we designed in order to destroy our environment…" https://gerrymcgovern.com/5g-a-symptom-of-the-growth-death-cult/ [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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