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. . Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 06:28:24 -0500 From: Laura Carlson <[log in to unmask]> To: webdev <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [webdev] Web Design Update: August 4, 2016 +++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 15, Issue 06, August 4, 2016. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 06 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: BOOKS. 03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. 04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 05: EVENTS. 06: HTML5. 07: MISCELLANEOUS. 08: NAVIGATION. 09: TOOLS. 10: USABILITY. SECTION TWO: 11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. 5 Rules for Publishing Accessible Content By Joseph C. Dolson. "Creating a website that's fully accessible to disabled users is typically a collaborative effort..." http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/ 125498-5-Rules-for-Publishing-Accessible-Content Microsoft Word - Creating Accessible Documents By WebAIM. "The following best practices are provided to help you maximize the accessibility of your Word documents..." http://webaim.org/techniques/word/ How to Make Android ImageViews Accessible with Content Descriptions By Chris McMeeking and Melinda Kothbauer. "When using Android Accessibility APIs, there are multiple ways to provide alternate text for an object, and the content description attribute is the most basic..." http://www.deque.com/blog/ android-imageviews-accessible-content-descriptions/ Cloud Accessibility and the Changing Dream By Scott Hollier. "...while today the conclusions are similar, the Cloud is changing and its applicability to people with disabilities is rapidly changing with it..." http://www.accessiq.org/news/w3c-column/2016/08/ cloud-accessibility-and-the-changing-dream Advocate Moves Needle on Website Accessibility By Christina A. Samuels. "Every year, thousands of complaints flow into the office tasked with investigating disability discrimination for the U.S. Department of Education. This year, Marcie Lipsitt, a special education advocate from Michigan, has been responsible for about 500 of those complaints-and counting..." http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/08/03/ advocate-moves-needle-on-website-accessibility.html Get Started with Narrator By Microsoft. "Narrator is a screen-reading app built into Windows 10. This guide describes how to use Narrator with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on desktop PCs, providing you with enough info to start exploring Windows, using apps, and browsing the web. It's written for those who use a screen reader regularly..." https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/ help/22798/windows-10-narrator-get-started DOJ Extends Comment Period for ADA Title II SANPRM, Cites Impact on Title III Rule By Minh Vu and Kristina M. Launey. "DOJ announced today an extension to October 7, 2016 for the public to submit comments on the SANPRM for state and local government websites." http://www.adatitleiii.com/2016/07/doj-extends-comment-period- for-ada-title-ii-sanprm-cites-impact-on-title-iii-rule/ Section 508 Refresh - Information and Communications Technology (ICT) By Jonathan Avila. "Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended 1998) (29 USC ยง 794d) requires that when U.S. Federal government agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology (called EIT in the current law), federal employees with disabilities must have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by federal employees who do not have disabilities, unless such a change would impose an undue burden on the agency..." http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/ section-508-refresh-information-communications-technology-ict/ Blanks v. San Francisco Federal Credit Union By Disability Rights Advocates. "In September of 2015, the Credit Union overhauled its website. Suddenly, Credit Union member Marco Salsiccia, who is blind, discovered he was unable to use the Credit Union's online banking services independently..." http://dralegal.org/case/blanks-v-san-francisco-federal-credit-union/ San Francisco Federal Credit Union Settlement Agreement (PDF) "Credit Union commits that it will ensure that the Website and the online banking services which render through the Website and related mobile applications will conform to the WCAG 2.0 AA..." http://dralegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ Blanks-v-SFFCU-et-al-Settlement-Agreement.pdf +02: BOOKS. Coyier, Chris. Practical SVG, A Book Apart, 2016. +03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Manipulating Sass Colors With HSL And Opacity Functions By Steven Bradley. "One of my favorite aspects of Sass is how easy the functions make it to work with colors..." http://vanseodesign.com/css/sass-colors-part-2/ Precedence in CSS (When Order of CSS Matters) By Chris Coyier. "...Assuming specificity is exactly the same, order does matter. Styles declared later win..." https://css-tricks.com/precedence-css-order-css-matters/ +04: EVALUATION & TESTING. 7 User Experience Tests to Do When Redesigning Your Website By Amber Callan. "...In order to be sure that you get the most out of your new website, here are seven user experience tests to do during the process of a website redesign..." https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/7-user-experience-tests-for-website-redesign 13 Things To Consider When Offering Survey Incentives By Jeff Sauro. "...Here are 13 things to consider when deciding whether an incentive is the way to go..." http://www.measuringu.com/blog/offering-incentives.php +05: EVENTS. Better by Design Conference August 18-19, 2016. Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. http://betterbydesignconference.com/ Mobility and Modern Web Conference September 14-16, 2016. Los Angeles, Califorina, U.S.A. https://mmwcon.org/ NationJS Conference September 16, 2016. Washington, DC, U.S.A. http://nationjs.com/ Digital Gaggle Conference October 5, 2016. Bristol, England, United Kingdom. http://www.digitalgaggle.co.uk/conference/ HTML5 Days October 10-12, 2016. Berlin, Germany http://html5-days.de/ OZeWAI Conference November 28-30, 2016. Canberra, Australia http://www.ozewai.org/index.php/en/ +06: HTML5. HTML5 Accessibility By Steve Faulkner. "Get the current accessibility support status of HTML5 features across major browsers." http://www.html5accessibility.com/ +07: MISCELLANEOUS. Brainstorming is Dumb By Annie Sneed. "Studies show it produces fewer good ideas than when people think on their own. Thankfully, there's a better way to work in groups." http://www.fastcodesign.com/3062292/evidence/brainstorming-is-dumb +08: NAVIGATION. When and How to Create Customer Journey Maps By Kate Williamson. "Journey maps combine two powerful instruments-storytelling and visualization-in order to help teams understand and address customer needs. While maps take a wide variety of forms depending on context and business goals, certain elements are generally included, and there are underlying guidelines to follow that help them be the most successful." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/customer-journey-mapping/ +09: TOOLS. ARIA Bookmarklet for Accessibility Testing By Paul J. Adam. Paul created a new bookmarklet. http://pauljadam.com/bookmarklets/aria.html +10: USABILITY. Hover is Dead. Long Live Hover. By Jordan Staniscia. "...Don't use hover as the primary action to trigger anything essential. Ever. For the rest of your life..." https://medium.com/instacart-design/ hover-is-dead-long-live-hover-37a89d3795df Going Beyond the Obvious By Philip Hodgson. "In which we go on safari, stop at a red light, meet a zoologist, and discover four classic questions that can help us design better user research." http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/going-beyond-the-obvious.html Buttons in UI Design: The Evolution of Style and Best Practices By Nick Babich. "...Every button (classic or modern one like ghost button or floating action button) is meant to direct users into taking the action you want them to take..." https://uxplanet.org/buttons-in-ui- design-the-evolution-of-style-and-best-practices-56536dc5386e How to Establish a Content-First Design Process: Content Strategy Tools for Everyone By Carrie Hane Dennison. "...This article is part 1 of a 3-part series on introducing content strategy within a team or organization..." http://www.uxbooth.com/articles/ how-to-establish-a-content-first-design-process/ Design Thinking 101 By Sarah Gibbons. "What is design thinking and why should companies care? History and background plus a quick overview and visualization of 6 phases of the design thinking process. Approaching problem solving with a hands-on, user-centric mindset leads to innovation, and innovation can lead to differentiation and a competitive advantage." https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-thinking/ [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. + TEXT EMAIL NEWSLETTER (TEN). 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