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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 06:22:43 -0600
From: Laura Carlson <lcarlson@d.umn.edu>
To: webdev <webdev@d.umn.edu>
Subject: [webdev] Web Design Update: January 19, 2017
+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
– Volume 15, Issue 30, January 19, 2017.
An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web
design and development.
++ISSUE 30 CONTENTS.
SECTION ONE: New references.
What’s new at the Web Design Reference site?
http://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: HTML5.
06: JAVASCRIPT.
07: TYPOGRAPHY.
08: USABILITY.
09: XML.
SECTION TWO:
10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?
[Contents ends.]
++ SECTION ONE: New references.
+01: ACCESSIBILITY.
Avoid Messages Under Fields
By Adrian Roselli.
“Sometimes we fail to consider how browser features can jack up our
interfaces. This is neither good nor bad, but we do need to account
for it…”
http://adrianroselli.com/2017/01/avoid-messages-under-fields.html
Testing Form Functionality With Different Assistive Technology
By Rian Rietveld.
“How do different types and implementations of form elements behave in
HTML5 forms…”
https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2017/01/16/ testing-form-functionality-with-different-assistive-technology/
Accessible Solutions
By Adina Halter.
“This is a collection of accessible solutions. The links take you to a
page demonstrating the fully functional widget…”
http://haltersweb.github.io/Accessibility/
How I Do an Accessibility Audit (Video)
By Rob Dodson.
“Today on A11ycasts I want to give a brief look into the process I use
when I’m auditing a site for accessibility…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOmehxAU_4s
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt: the Prologue
By Elle Waters.
“Fear and worry are often companions as we journey towards
accessibility. Elle Waters reminds us that in order to build
successful accessibility programs we need to face our fears, not
ignore them.”
http://simplyaccessible.com/article/going-bear-hunt-prologue/
Accessibility is a Civil Right
By Marcy Sutton.
“On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year, amidst a giant shift in
U.S. politics and societal norms, I want to take a moment to discuss
accessibility as a civil right, something I learned from disability
rights attorney Lainey Feingold…”
https://marcysutton.com/accessibility-is-a-civil-right/
New IT Accessibility Rules Catch Up to 17 Years of Changes
By Jason Miller.
“…The Access Board harmonized the new requirements with other
guidelines and standards both in the U.S. and abroad, including
standards issued by the European Commission and with the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), a globally recognized voluntary
consensus standard for web content and ICT…”
http://federalnewsradio.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/ 2017/01/new-accessibility-rules-catch-17-years-changes/
Key Features of the Section 508 Refresh
By Jonathan Avila.
“As announced earlier this month, the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approved the US Access Board’s final rules updating the
standards for ICT covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as
well as guidelines for Section 255 of the Communications Act…”
https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/key-features-section-508-refresh/
Section 508 Refresh Published in U.S. Federal Register
By Deborah Edwards-Onoro.
“…With today’s final publication of the Section 508 Refresh rule,
their guidelines are brought in line with current standards for
accessible websites: the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
2.0….”
https://www.lireo.com/section-508-refresh-published-in-u-s-federal-register/
Section 508 Refresh Update: ICT Final Rule Published
By Deque Systems.
“…the effective date for enforcement and compliance with this new
Final Rule will begin January 18, 2018; 12 months from the day it is
published in the U.S. Federal Register…”
http://www.deque.com/blog/section-508-refresh-news-ict-final-rule-update/
The Motley Fool Accessible Information Agreement
By Lainey Feingold.
“…he agreement is designed to ensure that the company’s
award-winning website, mobile application and emails are available to
people with and without disabilities…”
http://www.lflegal.com/2017/01/motley-agreement/
+02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
CSS Selectors: Attribute Selectors
By Tiffany Brown.
“Attribute selectors match elements based on their attributes…”
https://www.sitepoint.com/css-selectors-attribute-selectors/
Master CSS Flexbox in 5 Simple Steps
By Vail Joy.
“CSS flexbox is an incredibly useful tool for layout without using
floats or positioning…”
http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/master-css-flexbox-5-simple-steps
+03: EVALUATION & TESTING.
How to Maximize User Research Insight (Video)
By Jakob Nielsen.
“The 2nd half of my keynote at the UX Conference in Las Vegas earlier
in December, about diversifying user research to boost insights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrpQYJUvpM
The 3 Tenets of Applied Ethnography
By Yona Gidalevitz.
“…here’s a UX designer’s a definitive guide to applying ethnography…”
http://blog.invisionapp.com/ux-applied-ethnography/
7 Keys To A Successful User Acceptance Testing
By Debug Me.
“User acceptance testing is a necessity when it comes to meeting the
needs of the user in a business or operational environment…”
http://blog.debugme.eu/successful-user-acceptance-testing/
How Accurate Are Estimates From Online Panels
By Jeff Sauro.
“…To understand how to assess the accuracy, it’s important to
understand the differences in the types of panels and how it affects
the accuracy of your estimates…”
http://www.measuringu.com/blog/online-panels.php
+04: EVENTS.
Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society
Starts February 6, 2017.
Online course
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-accessibility
London UX Conference
March 25-31, 2017.
London,
https://www.nngroup.com/training/london/
UDL in Higher Education Conference
May 8-10, 2017.
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
http://www.memphis.edu/udl-in-higher-education-conference/
Code Conference 2017
May 30-June 1, 2017
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S.A.
http://www.webdesignday.com/
ConvergeSE
June 14-16, 2017.
Columbia South Carolina, U.S.A.
http://convergese.com/
+05: HTML5.
HTML5 Page Structure Basics
By Louis Lazaris.
“Now that we’ve broken down the basics of our template, let’s start
adding some meat to the bones and give our page some structure…”
https://www.sitepoint.com/defining-the-sample-sites-page-structure/
+06: JAVASCRIPT.
Using the aria-current Attribute
By Léonie Watson.
“It is common on the web for the current thing in a collection to be
highlighted visually, but providing an alternative for screen reader
users has often involved something of a hack. The aria-current
attribute is intended to solve this problem.”
http://tink.uk/using-the-aria-current-attribute/
JavaScript Array Iteration Methods Summarized
By Tab Atkins.
“Array iteration methods summarized…”
https://gist.github.com/ljharb/58faf1cfcb4e6808f74aae4ef7944cff
Ethical Web Development
By Adam Scott.
“As web developers, we are responsible for shaping the experiences of
user’s online lives. By making choices that are ethical and
user-centered, we create a better web for everyone.”
+07: TYPOGRAPHY.
20 Typography Rules Every Designer Should Know
By Igor Ovsyannykov.
“Typography is one of the most important and gratifying components of
graphic design…”
https://creativemarket.com/blog/typography-rules
+08: USABILITY.
Cards vs. lists, How They Impact UX
By Marc Schenker.
“Two of the most common ways to organize website content these days is
by using cards and lists…”
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2017/01/ cards-vs-lists-how-they-impact-ux/
How Does Price Affect the ‘User’ Experience?
By Gerry McGovern.
“It is silo-based thinking to think that there is a set of user
experiences and a set of customer experiences. There is only one set
of experiences, and every single interaction with the organization
contributes to it.”
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/new-thinking/ how-does-price-affect-%E2%80%9Cuser%E2%80%9D-experience
Ideation for Everyday Design Challenges
By Aurora Harley.
“Improve your UI design solutions by considering many ideas before
settling on any one of them. A solid ideation methodology broadens
your idea-generation capacity.”
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-ideation/
UX Stories Communicate Designs
By Sarah Gibbons.
“Help audiences empathize with users and buy into your design goals
with well-crafted stories that build insight and focus on users and
their needs.”
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-stories/
Stop Thinking of Your Site as a Marketing Tool
By Paul Boag.
“…Users are looking for answers to questions…Marketing happy talk
obscures answers…”
https://boagworld.com/marketing/stop-thinking-marketing/
+09: XML.
ally.js
By Rodney Rehm.
“This document explains how managing focus in SVG works and how it
differs from HTML.”
https://allyjs.io/tutorials/focusing-in-svg.html
[Section one ends.]
++ SECTION TWO:
+10: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?
Accessibility Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/accessibility.html
Association Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/associations.html
Book Listings.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/books.html
Cascading Style Sheets Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/css.html
Color Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/color.html
Drupal Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/drupal.html
Evaluation & Testing Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/testing.html
Event Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/events.html
HTML Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/html.html
Information Architecture Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/architecture.html
JavaScript Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/javascript.html
Miscellaneous Web Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/misc.html
Navigation Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/navigation.html
PHP Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/php.html
Sites & Blogs Listing.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/sites.html
Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/standards.html
Tool Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/tools.html
Typography Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/type.html
Usability Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/usability.html
XML Information.
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/xml.html
[Section two ends.]
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
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