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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 06:20:59 -0500
From: Laura Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
To: webdev <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [webdev] Web Design Update: June 8, 2017
+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
- Volume 15, Issue 50, June 8, 2017.
An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web
design and development.
++ISSUE 50 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: COLOR.
05: EVALUATION & TESTING.
06: EVENTS.
07: JAVASCRIPT.
08: MISCELLANEOUS.
09: USABILITY.
SECTION TWO:
11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?
[Contents ends.]
++ SECTION ONE: New references.
+01: ACCESSIBILITY.
Accessibility According to Actual People with Disabilities
By Hampus Sethfors.
"'If you have a disability, what's the hardest thing about browsing
the web?' The answers to Safia Abdalla's tweet are truly eye-opening
and shows us what web accessibility should really be about..."
https://axesslab.com/accessibility-according-to-pwd
Tips for Making Accessibility a Core Design Principle
By Léonie Watson.
"Accessibility pioneer Léonie Watson quizzes some of the web
industry's most knowledgeable experts for their thoughts on making
websites and apps more accessible.."
https://pixelpioneers.co/blog/2017/13-expert-tips-accessibility
How Mental Illness Can Impact Digital Access
By Lynn Wehrman.
"It's not uncommon for developers and content managers, who train and
test with our Accessibility Team, to be surprised to learn that..."
http://theweco.com/digitalaccess_mi/
Putting Web Accessbility First
By Jay Hoffmann.
"The story of web accessibility, from the early days to today, is one
of hard work, shared empathy and, as is too often the case, a struggle
to keep up. Its success is thanks to the dedication of lawmakers from
governments around the world, members of standards bodies, and those
in the trenches making the web more accessible each and every day..."
http://thehistoryoftheweb.com/putting-web-accessbility-first/
For Review: Personalization Semantics 1.0 First Public Working Draft
By Michael Cooper.
"The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group has published
a First Public Working Draft of Personalization Semantics 1.0..."
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2017AprJun/0194.html
Web Accessibility Laws and Policies Listing Updated
By Shawn Henry.
"The Education and Outreach Working (EOWG) has updated the Web
Accessibility Laws and Policies list..."
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2017AprJun/0195.html
+02: BOOKS.
McCall, Karen.
"Styles in Word: A Primer for Accessible Document
Design", pubcom.com, 2017.
(Hat tip to Jennifer Sutton)
McCall, Karen. "Accessible and Usable PDF Documents: Techniques for
Document Authors, Fourth Edition", pubcom.com, 2017. (Hat tip to
Jennifer Sutton)
+03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
Breaking Out with CSS Grid Explained
By Rachel Andrew.
"This really nice technique for creating a full width image inside a
constrained column was being shared around recently. However, what it
didn't do was explain why this technique works. As part of my attempt
to remove all the 'it just works magic' from these techniques I
thought I would explain...."
https://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2017/06/01/breaking-out-with-css-grid-explained/
+04: COLOR.
Color Accessibility Workflows
By Geri Coady.
"Color is a powerful tool that allows for an almost infinite array of
design options. Yet when applying color to our work, we can have a
'myopic' viewpoint that puts us, rather than our audience, front and
center. Author Geri Coady discusses some solid color considerations we
can make for our audiences in this excerpt from her new book, Color
Accessibility Workflows, available from A Book Apart."
https://alistapart.com/article/color-accessibility-workflows
+05: EVALUATION & TESTING.
Why We Do Moderated, Remote, Usability Testing
By Joanna Briggs.
"Guidelines and specs are helpful in the accessibility world, but they
don't always help us get to the heart of the matter: Is your site,
product, service truly usable? Joanna Briggs shares why moderated,
remote usability testing is so effective."
http://simplyaccessible.com/article/usability-testing/
10 Findings From Psychology that Every User Researcher Should Know
By David Travis.
"A knowledge of psychology can help user researchers be more effective
when they plan research, make observations, analyse data and present
the results..."
http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/psychology-findings-for-user-researchers.html
Usability Testing - What Will It Result In?
By Skjoldbroder.
"Testing is all about learning. But what will we learn? This is a
reflection on 9 general patterns encountered across usability
tests..."
https://blog.prototypr.io/usability-testing-what-will-it-result-in-d985ad703fca
The Mindfulness of a Manual Performance Audit
By Chip Cullen.
"Sometimes we need to go through the clothes in our closet item by
item to separate the chaff, cruft, and impulse buys from what we truly
need. An occasional performance audit done by hand, argues Chip
Cullen, gives us a detailed picture of our work, increases our
awareness of what we ask of our users, and allows us to shape our
findings in ways that make sense to stakeholders."
https://alistapart.com/article/mindfulness-of-a-manual-performance-audit
4 Ways to Visualize Website Behavior
By Jeff Sauro.
"MUIQ generates four visualizations that aggregate clicks and
navigation paths users take while completing tasks: heat maps, click
maps, tree paths, and linear tree paths. The visualizations complement
each other. They are like using different wavelengths of light to view
far off stars and galaxies, and each visualization helps researchers
understand potential problems with website interactions."
https://measuringu.com/visualize-behaviors/
+06: EVENTS.
Inclusive Design 24
9 June 2017. (Actually starts June 8th in U.S.)
24 hours of free, online accessibility webinars
http://www.inclusivedesign24.org/
Web Accessibility Training
August 29-30, 2017.
Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
https://webaim.org/training
The 2017 ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium:
Automated & Manual Testing, WCAG 2.1, and Beyond
October 25-27, 2017.
Washington DC, U.S.A.
http://ictaccessibilitytesting.org/
CanUX
November 3-5, 2017.
Ottawa, Canada
http://canux.io/
+07: JAVASCRIPT.
The Modern JavaScript Tutorial
By Ilya Kantor.
"How it's done now. From the basics to advanced topics with simple,
but detailed explanations..."
http://javascript.info/
+08: MISCELLANEOUS.
AccessU 2017 Keynote - Rich Schwerdtfeger (Video)
By Knowbility.
"A very timely keynote speech from AccessU 2017 Rich Schwerdtfeger
(former thought leader at IBM) concerning "Empathy In the Workplace",
and how care for those with problems other than your own actually
promotes innovation. I strongly recommend everyone who thinks the "dog
eat dog" philosophy of business is actually productive to watch
this...It might change the way you think."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3h5Nh74Qxw
+09: USABILITY.
Designing Efficient Web Forms: On Structure, Inputs, Labels And Actions
By Nick Babich.
"...In this article, you'll see practical techniques that have been
gleaned from usability testing, field testing, eye-tracking studies
and actual complaints from disgruntled users..."
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/06/designing-efficient-web-forms/
The Future of UX - What's Coming Next?
By Hannes Robie.
"...First of all we have to say, that UX design is still a growing
area, and in fact, it needs much more years that UX will be seen as a
common social skill...These are the six new focus areas for UX
designers..."
http://www.worldusabilitycongress.com/the-future-of-ux-whats-coming-next/
The Most Hated Online Advertising Techniques
By Therese Fessenden.
"Modal ads, ads that reorganize content, and autoplaying video ads
were among the most disliked. Ads that are annoying on desktop become
intolerable on mobile."
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/most-hated-advertising-techniques/
A Checklist for Registration and Login Forms on Mobile
By Raluca Budiu.
"Typing a password takes twice as long on mobile than on desktop.
Follow these 12 guidelines to make registration and login less painful
on mobile devices."
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/checklist-registration-login/
Truncating Additional Images in the Gallery Causes 50-80% of Users to
Overlook Them (30% Get it Wrong)
By Christian Holst.
"...display all product thumbnails directly on the product page (i.e.,
no truncation), or reveal all product thumbnails when users click any
thumbnail..."
https://baymard.com/blog/truncating-product-gallery-thumbnails
[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
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