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. Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 06:14:59 -0600 From: Laura Carlson <[log in to unmask]> To: webdev <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [webdev] Web Design Update: November 5, 2015 +++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 14, Issue 19, November 5, 2015. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 19 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: COLOR. 04: DRUPAL. 05: EVALUATION & TESTING. 06: EVENTS. 07: JAVASCRIPT. 08: MISCELLANEOUS. 09: SITES. 10: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. WCAG 2.0 AA - Top 5 Criteria to Consider as a Web Developer By Klara Schmitt. "...In this short series of posts, I will try to tackle the top five criteria that each of these roles should be considering. In this first post, I am approaching WCAG 2.0 AA from the mindset of a developer and offering the top criteria that will make the most difference to incorporate into your work now..." http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/10/30/ wcag-top-5-criteria-to-consider-as-a-web-developer/ WCAG 2.0 Level AAA Revisited - Is It Worth It Now? By Scott Hollier. "...there have been some important changes that should be considered when determining the correct WCAG 2.0 implementation level for an organisation..." http://www.accessiq.org/news/w3c-column/2015/10/ wcag-20-level-aaa-revisited-is-it-worth-it-now The Electronic Curb Cut By Minnesota.gov. A video from the State of Minnesota. http://www.state.mn.us/mn/forms/oetweb/accessibility/ curb-cut-video/Accessibility_Video_Large.html Section 508 Accessibility Forum Notes - Accessibility at Google By Tim Springer. "Last week's 2015 Section 508 Interagency Accessibility Forum hosted by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) featured a plenary session sharing Google's challenges and strategies for Section 508 compliance and accessibility of its products and services. The following are my notes from the session..." http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/ section-508-accessibility-forum-notes-accessibility-at-google/ Waiting for Section 508 A Tragicomedy in 10 Acts By Heather Burns. "Welcome to a series of articles on accessibility laws, standards, and statistics around the globe..." http://www.powermapper.com/blog/waiting-for-section-508/ IAAP Access 2015 Education Session Handouts By International Association of Accessibility Professionals. "Download session handouts using the links below..." http://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=337 New Global Partnership to Focus on Accessibility Procurement By Chris Pycroft. "Two leading organisations have announced a collaboration that will focus on ensuring governments incorporate accessibility within ICT procurement policies..." http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2015/11/ new-global-partnership-to-focus-on-accessibility-procurement Accesskey Replacement Proposal Chaals McCathie Nevile, editor. "This document proposes a replacement specification of the HTML accesskey attribute, to enable important use cases and solve important bugs..." http://chaals.github.io/accesskey/index.src.html +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Things to Avoid When Writing CSS, Part 1 By Heydon Pickering. "You may disagree with some of the things I've written in the ensuing article. That is okay..." https://medium.com/@Heydon/things-to-avoid- when-writing-css-1a222c43c28f#.i3wg26oa9 Things to Avoid When Writing CSS, Part 2 By Heydon Pickering. "...I'm going to talk about all the lovely things you should want to embrace and nurture in CSS..." https://medium.com/@Heydon/things-to-avoid- when-writing-css-part-2-7639f0f6880d#.h8hunr76l Tomato Versus #FF6347 - The Tragicomic History of CSS Color Names By Julianne Tveten. "Inspiration runs the gamut for colors like 'lemon chiffon" and "rebecca purple..." http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/ tomato-versus-ff6347-the-tragicomic-history-of-css-color-names/ Three Years with CSS Grid Layout By Rachel Andrew. "...this post is a little look back at my three years with the Grid..." https://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2015/11/03/ three-years-with-css-grid-layout/ +03: COLOR. Use of Color in Mobile Applications By Chris McMeeking, Alistair Barrell, and Jennifer Dailey. "How applications use color can cause issues for users with disabilities..." http://www.deque.com/blog/use-of-color/ Designing a Landing Page for Color-Blind People By Jean-Christophe Lavocat. Whenever you are designing your logo or your landing page, keep in mind that some people will see it differently than you do. http://blog.elokenz.com/startup-life/ designing-landingpages-for-color-blind-people +04: DRUPAL. Drupal 8.0.0 will be Released on November 19, 2015 By Drupal Groups. "Based on our experience with our successful release candidates, we are confident to announce that Drupal 8.0.0 will be released on November 19, 2015..." https://www.drupal.org/node/2605142 Drupal 8's Accessibility Advantage: ATAG Compliance By Mike Gifford. "The W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative has recently (24 September 2015) released it's recommendations for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0..." https://openconcept.ca/blog/mike/ drupal-8%E2%80%99s-accessibility-advantage-atag-compliance +05: EVALUATION & TESTING. Don't Jump: My Tips for Interpreting User Research By Keith Emmerson. "...Research findings can be incredibly powerful in helping a team make good decisions. But without careful thought and analysis, it can be used to jump to poor decisions..." https://userresearch.blog.gov.uk/2015/10/29/ dont-jump-my-tips-for-interpreting-user-research/ The Importance of Evaluating UX By Jeff Sauro. "...Every product, website, or design has a user interface. If it's used, it has a user experience. What differentiates a good user experience from a bad one is not based on how many awards and accolades it gets (that's nice of course); instead, it's based on superior measurable outcomes. Using the framework of defining metrics, users, and tasks, and measuring before and after changes helps ensure the user experience is quantifiably better..." http://www.measuringu.com/blog/evaluating-ux.php +06: EVENTS. Web Accessibility Training February 2-3, 2016, 2015. Logan, Utah, U.S.A. http://webaim.org/training/ +07: JAVASCRIPT. Synchronous and Asynchronous Sequential Execution of Functions By Axel Rauschmayer. "This blog post examines three ways of executing function sequentially..." http://www.2ality.com/2015/11/sequential-execution.html +08: MISCELLANEOUS. Not Good Enough By Jonathan Snook. "...There's no such thing as a perfect web site. There's no such thing as the perfect person. And that's okay. Tomorrow will be a little bit better." http://snook.ca/archives/other/not-good-enough Many Questions About Google's AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) By Karl Dubost. "During the last TPAC meetings (October 2015, Sapporo), Google convened during the unconference about AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), their new project..." Many questions about Google's AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) http://www.otsukare.info/2015/11/03/amp-google +09: SITES. W3C Developers By W3C. "The one-stop place to find the information and tools you need to help you learn, build, and move the web forward." https://www.w3.org/developers/ +10: USABILITY. Page Parking: Millennials' Multi-Tab Mania By Kate Meyer and Jakob Nielsen. "Browser tabs separate the stages of collection and comparing and serve as memory aids to keep many alternate pages available for consideration as users are shopping or researching. Follow 7 UX guidelines to better support this user behavior, which is particularly common among younger users." http://www.nngroup.com/articles/multi-tab-page-parking/ 3D Touch on iPhone 6S - Embrace the Force By Raluca Budiu. "The new iOS gesture poses some physical challenges for users. Designers should take advantage of it to enhance the user experience by making pages previewable and supporting quick access to frequently used features." http://www.nngroup.com/articles/3d-touch/ Usability Maturity, 13 Years On By David Travis. "13 years ago this month I sent my book, E-Commerce Usability, to the publishers. I found myself flicking through a copy this week and re-discovered a 'Usability Maturity' quiz that I created for the book. These questions are just as relevant today as they were 13 years ago..." http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/usability-maturity.html [Section one ends.] ++ SECTION TWO: +11: 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.] ++END NOTES. + SUBSCRIPTION INFO. 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