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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 06:35:38 -0500
From: Laura Carlson <lcarlson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: webdev <webdev@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [webdev] Web Design Update: July 03, 2017
+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
- Volume 16, Issue 01, July 03, 2017.
An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web
design and development.
++ISSUE 01 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: MISCELLANEOUS.
06: NAVIGATION.
07: TOOLS.
08: USABILITY.
SECTION TWO:
09: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?
[Contents ends.]
++ SECTION ONE: New references.
+01: ACCESSIBILITY.
When and When Not to Add Audio Description
By Elisa Edelberg.
"Audio description is defined as 'the verbal depiction of key visual
elements in media and live productions,' and is meant to provide
information on visual content that is considered essential to the
comprehension of the program..."
http://www.3playmedia.com/2017/06/28/
when-and-when-not-to-add-audio-description-to-content/
New App Makes Maps More Accessible (Video)
By Karyna Rodriguez. (Hat tip to Jennifer Sutton)
"For most of us getting directions is as easy as opening an app. But
if you have a disability, it might not be that simple. A few U of I
students are trying to change that by improving campus maps..."
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/
new-app-makes-maps-more-accessible/725117377
Despite Reputation, University of Illinois Struggles with Web Accessibility
By Steffie Drucker.
"If Tim Offenstein had to grade the University of Illinois in terms of
web accessibility, he said he would give a B or C+..."
http://cu-citizenaccess.org/2017/06/27/despite-reputation-
university-of-illinois-struggles-with-web-accessibility/
The Accessibility Gold Mine
By Robin Newman.
"Why it's smart business to design for accessibility..."
https://magenta.as/the-accessibility-gold-mine-50010281f684
Plaintiffs Score Another Victory in a Website Accessibility Lawsuit
By Minh Vu.
"A federal judge in the Central District of California has allowed a
blind plaintiff to continue his lawsuit about the accessibility of a
public accommodation's website under Title III of the ADA, despite the
diametrically opposite views of his Central District colleague..."
http://www.adatitleiii.com/2017/06/
plaintiffs-score-another-victory-in-a-website-accessibility-lawsuit/
Hobby Lobby Court Order (PDF)
By United States District Court Central District of California.
"...The lack of specific regulations does not eliminate Hobby Lobby's
obligation to comply with the ADA or excuse its failure to comply with
the mandates of the ADA...The DOJ has repeatedly affirmed that Title
III applies to websites that meet the definition of a public
accommodation...Since 1996, the DOJ has not wavered from its view that
the ADA applies to websites that meet the definition of a public
accommodation...For the foregoing reasons, Hobby Lobby's Motion to
Dismiss Plaintiff's FAC is DENIED..."
http://www.adatitleiii.com/wp-content/uploads/
sites/121/2017/06/Hobby-Lobby-Order.pdf
+02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
How To Define And Use CSS Custom Properties
By Steven Bradley.
"...I thought it would be a good time to revisit the topic and I've
written a short series to show you how to work with custom properties
in general and then to show you more practical examples..."
http://vanseodesign.com/css/custom-properties/
Using CSS Variables Correctly
By Mike Riethmuller.
"CSS Variables (also known as Custom Properties) are now supported in
all modern browsers and people are starting to use them production..."
https://madebymike.com.au/writing/using-css-variables/
CSS vs. JavaScript: Trust vs. Control
By Christian Heilmann.
"I wrote a talk about what using CSS means and how we don't use it to
its strengths."
https://christianheilmann.com/
2017/06/21/css-vs-javascript-trust-vs-control/
Five Huge CSS Milestones
By Chris Coyier.
"... 1.) Firebug... 2.) Chrome... 3.) CSS3... 4.) Preprocessing... 5.)
Flexbox & Grid..."
http://mediatemple.net/blog/tips/five-huge-css-milestones/
+03: EVALUATION & TESTING.
Why Usability Testing is so Crucial
By Philip Jenkinson.
"...Making digital communications accessible to people with disability
is about following a series of processes so that no-one is excluded,
and one of the most important components in ensuring accessibility for
people of all abilities is usability testing..."
http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/
digitalaccessibilityservices/why-usability-testing-is-so-crucial/
Why the SUPR-Q is Better than SUS for Websites
By Jeff Sauro.
"...Here are four major reasons we use and recommend the Standardized
User Experience Percentile Rank-Questionnaire (SUPR-Q) to measure the
website user experience..."
https://measuringu.com/suprq-sus/
+04: EVENTS.
Planning & Producing Accessible Videos for Web, Social Media & eLearning
July 20, 2017.
Online
https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ada-tech/session/?id=110604
Confab Intensive
September 11-13, 2017.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
http://confabevents.com/events/intensive-2017
Web Accessibility Training
September 26-27, 2017.
Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
http://webaim.org/training
Fronteers Conference
October 6-7, 2017.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
https://fronteers.nl/congres/2017
+05: MISCELLANEOUS.
Quick! What's The Most Neglected Word In Web Development? (Podcast)
By Jonathan Freed, Ivan Stegic.
"It's with great appreciation we welcome Mike Gifford, founder and
president of Open Concept, a web development firm specializing in open
source development with Drupal located in Ottawa, CA. A recognized
authority on accessibility, Mike shares great insight to a very
important issue..."
https://ten7.com/blog/post/
audiocast-006-quick-whats-most-neglected-word-web-development
Evidence, Not Ego, Must Drive Digital Transformation
By Gerry McGovern.
"...Gut instinct, experience and opinion are only useful when what is
in front of us is going to be very similar to what is behind us. In a
complex world full of surprises and randomness, gut instinct is very
often dangerous..."
http://gerrymcgovern.com/
evidence-not-ego-must-drive-digital-transformation/
Team Conflict: Four Ways to Deflate the Discord that's Killing Your Team
By Jessica Hall.
"Interpersonal relationships and team dynamics can be tricky. We often
eschew the values of team work and working together, but balancing
relationships when everyone has a good idea is tough. Jessica Hall
shares some thoughts on how to navigate those tricky spots so your
team can start communicating and get back to what they do best."
https://alistapart.com/article/
team-conflict-four-ways-to-deflate-the-discord-thats-killing-your-team
Back to Basics: Writing Design Guidelines
By Anne Gibson.
"Many of us work in places where design guidelines for components,
patterns, and heuristics are already developed for the products we're
working on. Many of us do not..."
http://www.theinterconnected.net/kirabug/
back-to-basics-writing-design-guidelines
+06: NAVIGATION.
Don't Use Split Buttons for Navigation Menus
By Raluca Budiu.
"Menu on hover, category landing page on click: we discuss challenges
and solutions for replicating this pattern on touchscreens."
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/split-buttons-navigation/
10 Ways to Design Menus That Don't Suck
By Carrie Cousins.
"There are definite right and wrong ways to design navigation menus..."
https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2017/06/
10-ways-to-design-menus-that-dont-suck/
+07: TOOLS.
Upgrade Your Accessibility Testing with the New aXe Extension 3.0
By Marcy Sutton.
"...a brand-new version of our free aXe extension for Chrome is now
available for download..."
https://www.deque.com/blog/
upgrade-accessibility-testing-axe-extension-3-0/
Dangers of Website Accessibility Testing Tools
By Criterion.
"Many Section 508 and WCAG accessibility vendors, who make most of
their revenues licensing automated website accessibility testing
tools, have recently begun posting articles that claim their HTML
validation tools are the answer to Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 compliance
testing. Although the sales pitch may sound promising, the results are
not..."
http://www.criterion508.com/blog
Color Theory
By Tiffany B. Brown.
"Ever want to pick a start color and then click a button to create a
color scheme? Me too. So I built it."
https://colors.webinista.com/
+08: USABILITY.
Inline Validation is Problematic (Hat tip to Jennifer Sutton)
By Adam Silver.
"Inline validation informs users whether what they type is valid as
they type. The theory is that it's easier to fix errors as soon as
they occur instead of waiting until submission. The thing is, inline
validation causes several problems..."
https://medium.com/simple-human/
inline-validation-is-problematic-399dd01d436f
Wizards: Definition and Design Recommendations
By Raluca Budiu.
"A common application-design pattern for inputting information,
wizards work well for processes that are performed only occasionally."
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/wizards/
How to Prioritize Ideas from UX Brainstorming Sessions (Video)
By Kate Kaplan.
"UX workshop facilitation techniques for helping teams rank feature
ideas and create action plans."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWIJosey8nI
What You Should Know About User Experience
By Nick Babich.
"UX stands for 'user experience.' When we say 'user experience,' we're
referring to how humans interact with a product-online or in the
physical world..."
https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/what-is-ux-and-why-should-you-care/
[Section one ends.]
++ SECTION TWO:
+09: 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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Until next time,
Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
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