Web Design Update: November 24, 2021

[Laura Carlson]

+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
- Volume 20, Issue 22, November 24, 2021.

An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development.

++ISSUE 22 CONTENTS.

SECTION ONE: New references.
What's new at the Web Design Reference site?
https://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: HTML.
06: JAVASCRIPT.
07: MISCELLANEOUS.
08: PHP.
09: USABILITY.
10: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY.

SECTION TWO:
11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?

[Contents ends.]


++ SECTION ONE: New references.

+01: ACCESSIBILITY.

WCAG 3.0: What You Need to Know About the Future of Accessibility Standards
By Daniel Berryhill.
"WCAG 3.0 will be here soon and it will represent a significant shift in how accessibility is measured. Let's take a closer look at what's coming…"
https://uxdesign.cc/wcag-3-0-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-future-of-accessibility-standards-2e1f6374f2c7

We Need to Talk About Accessibility. Again, and Again, and Then Some More
By Francesca Marano.
"…Don't miss an opportunity to start conversations about accessibility. From learning to use a screen reader to asking people to consider accessible solutions, there are hundreds of small and big things we can do to improve the quality of life of everyone."
https://grumpyoldwoman.codes/we-need-to-talk-about-accessibility-again-and-again-and-then-some-more/

Guide to Accessible UX Design
By Elisa Behler.
"Accessible UX (user-experience) design refers to design that is built to be as useful for one group as any other…"
https://www.saggezza.com/a-guide-to-accessible-digital-ux-design/

Testing Screen Reader Announcement of Ellipsis vs. Three Dots
By James Edwards.
"This sentence has an ellipsis… This sentence has three dots... Working conclusion: Three dots is more accessible than ellipsis."
https://brothercake.com/reference/ellipses.html

My absolute joy about Google Translate's new Transcribe feature for iOS withered and died
By Chancey Fleet.
"…as I failed to escape a bias-driven abuse of screen reader detection that enforces a special rule just for Blind users. Here's what occurred…
https://twitter.com/ChanceyFleet/status/1460023280983842821

Is COVID-19 Still Impacting Digital Accessibility? (PDF)
By Deque.
"…The results of this survey provide insight into the level of awareness surrounding the digital channel and digital accessibility…"
https://accessibility.deque.com/hubfs/Accessibility-COVID-Report-2021.pdf

How Do I Test My App or Mobile Website for Accessibility?
By Bureau of Internet Accessibility.
"Accessibility testing is an important component of the development process for mobile websites and apps…"
https://www.boia.org/blog/how-do-i-test-my-app-or-mobile-website-for-accessibility

Let's Not Send Developers to the Accessibility Tree Tool
By Chris Heilmann.
"…For people who know what to look for, it is exactly what they need, but it feels like a wasted opportunity to get people into accessibility testing.…"
https://christianheilmann.com/2021/11/18/lets-not-send-developers-to-the-accessibility-tree-tool/

Couldn't Make it to Accessing Higher Ground? Watch Our Legal Presentation!
By Ken Nakata.
"…I recorded this video on Tuesday (the day before the actual presentation) to get comfortable with the contents and check my cadence. So it's not exactly what I said at Accessing Higher Ground but I'd say it's about 98% accurate…"
https://convergeaccessibility.com/2021/11/22/accessing_higher_ground_2021/


+02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.

Your CSS is an Interface
Eric Bailey.
"…Being able to fix something you're forced to endure creates an immediate and appreciable improvement on your quality of life. And that's important."
https://ericwbailey.design/writing/your-css-is-an-interface/

Responsive Layouts, Fewer Media Queries
By Temani Afif.
"We cannot talk about web development without talking about Responsive Design…"
https://css-tricks.com/responsive-layouts-fewer-media-queries/

A Guide To Modern CSS Colors
By Michelle Barker.
"Did you know that your chosen color palette can have an impact on how much energy your website uses? Even a more environmentally friendly choice of colors can reduce the impact on the battery life of mobile devices. In this article, Michelle Barker shares advice on the not-so-obvious things you have to keep in mind when handling colors in CSS today…"
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/11/guide-modern-css-colors/


+03: EVALUATION & TESTING.

Censuses, Polls, Surveys, and Questionnaires: How Are They Different?
By Jeff Sauro and Jim Lewis.
"When conducting survey-based research, you'll often encounter the terms census, poll, and questionnaire used in conjunction with-and often interchangeably with-the term survey. But are they really the same? In this article, we describe their differences."
https://measuringu.com/census-poll-survey-questionnaire/

Ethnography in UX (Video)
By Mayya Azarova.
"Good UX design requires understanding the context and patterns of human behavior, especially to invent new products or features that solve real needs. The 5 steps to rapid corporate ethnography lead you to these discoveries."
https://www.nngroup.com/videos/ethnography-ux/


+04: EVENTS.

Online Workshop on Cognitive Accessibility
November 25, 2021.
Online
https://www.funka.com/en/workshop-on-cognitive-accessibility-25-november/

Knowbility's A11y Office Hours Episode 3: 'Ask Me Anything' (AMA) with Eric Eggert.
November 30, 2021.
Online
https://events.humanitix.com/a11y-office-hours-episode-3

Intopia to Mark International Day of People with Disability 
December 3, 2021, 1pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Online
https://intopia.digital/articles/intopia-to-mark-international-day-of-people-with-disability-2021/

State of Accessibility Report Findings
December 8, 2021.
Online
https://pages.diamond.la/en/webinars/diamond-webinars-registration

2021 Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold
December 9, 2021.
Online
https://go.3playmedia.com/wbnr-1209-2021-legalupdate

From User Experience to Earth Experience with Gerry McGovern
December 15, 2021.
Online
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4998685943237363723

UX Conference February
February 12-18, 2022.
Online
https://www.nngroup.com/training/february/


+05: HTML.

Debugging HTML: Linting
By Manuel Matuzović.
"Edge highlights potential issues in your document directly in the elements panel of DevTools and it lists details and further issues in the issues panel…"
https://www.htmhell.dev/tips/debugging-html-linting/


+06: JAVASCRIPT.

Creating a Time and Date Utility Library with JavaScript
By Chris Ferdinandi.
"Last week, we learned how to add and manipulate time with the vanilla JS Date() object. Today, we"re going to build a simple time and date utility library…"
https://gomakethings.com/creating-a-time-and-date-utility-library-with-javascript/


+07: MISCELLANEOUS.

Ableism Is Embedded In Our Language. We Can Dismantle It.
By Emerson Malone.
"From slurs to euphemisms to callous idioms, ableist language is ubiquitous - but we can still avoid it."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emersonmalone/ableism-language-disability

Q&A With Sheri Byrne-Haber, Senior Staff Architect, Accessibility at VMWare
By Equal Entry.
"…I would like to see captions required for every single conferencing tool and turned on automatically without having to request it from the meeting owner. Associated with that, I would also like to see an open-source pronunciation dictionary where technical terms and non-English pronunciations can be added…"
https://equalentry.com/accessibility-activist-sheri-byrne-haber/


+08: PHP.

PHP Date and Time Recipes
By Arjuna Sky Kok.
"Dealing with dates and times is one of those things that can frustrate programmers a lot…"
https://css-tricks.com/php-date-and-time-recipes/

PHP 8.1 in 8 Code Blocks
By Brent Roose.
Overview of the additions that will land in PHP 8.1.
https://stitcher.io/blog/php-81-in-8-code-blocks


+09: USABILITY.

Why Plain Language and Plain English are Different
By Caroline Jarrett.
"…What I'm going to discuss here is the difference between 'Plain English' and 'plain language' as the terms are used in the UK - and sometimes elsewhere…"
https://www.effortmark.co.uk/why-plain-language-and-plain-english-are-different/

The Answers to Your Questions About Passive Voice (And How it Impacts Your Plain Language)
By Evelyn Wolf.
"The concept of passive voice will be discussed in this article. Your understanding of what passive voice is will be increased, and your ability to recognize it in your writing will be improved…"
https://www.visiblethread.com/2020/11/the-answers-to-your-questions-about-passive-voice-and-how-it-impacts-your-plain-language/

Letting Users Tick a 'None' Checkbox
By Frankie Roberto.
"We've recently updated the GOV.UK Design System to add a new feature to the existing checkboxes component…"
https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2021/11/15/letting-users-tick-a-none-checkbox/

Reciprocation: Why Login Walls Aren"t Always "Better" (Video)
By Therese Fessenden.
"The reciprocity principle states that people, when given something upfront, tend to feel a sense of obligation to repay what has been provided. Login walls reverse this sequence and require users to disclose personal info before allowing access to content. People often resent this, and may not be as forthcoming or cooperative as a result."
https://www.nngroup.com/videos/reciprocation-vs-reward/

In the Details: Cancel Timeout
By Jack Moffet.
"Here's yet another example of poor choice in button labels…"
https://designaday.tumblr.com/post/668074859997396992/in-the-details-cancel-timeout

Priority of Design Inputs
By Jeremy Keith.
"…Is a priority of design inputs something that should change from project to project? If so, maybe it would be good to hammer it out in the discovery phase so everyone's on the same page…"
https://adactio.com/journal/18628

How Designers Can Prevent User Errors
By Jordan Bowman.
"The term 'user error' implies that it's the user's fault when they do something wrong…"
https://uxtools.co/blog/how-designers-can-prevent-user-errors/

UX-Maturity Stage 4: Structured
By Rachel Krause.
"An organization recognizes the value of UX and has semisystematic UX-related methodology that is widespread, but with varying degrees of effectiveness and efficiency."
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-maturity-stage-4/


+10: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY.

Designing Sustainable Websites 
By Gerry McGovern.
"…Poor image optimization, Nicolas finds, is the most common mistake. 'So many times, images are not compressed or optimized, like not displayed in the right size. Or there is no use of modern Web format, like WebP'…"
https://gerrymcgovern.com/designing-sustainable-websites/

[Section one ends.]


++ SECTION TWO:

+11: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site?

Accessibility Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/accessibility.html

Association Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/associations.html

Book Listings.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/books.html

Cascading Style Sheets Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/css.html

Color Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/color.html

Drupal Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/drupal.html

Evaluation & Testing Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/testing.html

Event Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/events.html

HTML Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/html.html

Information Architecture Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/architecture.html

JavaScript Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/javascript.html

Miscellaneous Web Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/misc.html

Navigation Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/navigation.html

PHP Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/php.html

Sites & Blogs Listing.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/sites.html

Standards, Guidelines & Pattern Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/standards.html

Tool Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/tools.html

Typography Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/type.html

Usability Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/usability.html

WebWaste & Sustainability Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webwaste.html

XML Information.
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/xml.html

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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
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