Web Design Update: June 7, 2022

[Laura Carlson]

+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
- Volume 20, Issue 50, June 7, 2022.

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?
https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/
New links in these categories:

01: ACCESSIBILITY.
02: COLOR.
03: EVALUATION & TESTING.
04: EVENTS.
05: HTML.
06: JAVASCRIPT.
07: MISCELLANEOUS.
08: USABILITY.

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

[Contents ends.]


++ SECTION ONE: New references.

+01: ACCESSIBILITY.

WCAG 3 Compliant? Check Again
By Rachael Bradley Montgomery.
"…WCAG 3 is still in draft. Nothing can conform or comply with WCAG 3
at this time while it is in draft. It should not even be cited as
guidance at this time…"
https://whollyaccessible.org/2022/06/02/wcag-3-compliant-check-again/

WCAG 2.2 and WCAG 3 Status Updates
By Rachael Bradley Montgomery.
"As a co-chair of the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG), I
often read social media posts about the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG) with concern. There is a lot of misunderstanding and
miscommunication about the AGWG standards process…"
https://whollyaccessible.org/2022/06/02/wcag-2-2-and-wcag-3-status-updates/

Keyboard-Only Scrolling Areas
By Adrian Roselli.
"I have spent a few years banging on about ensuring scrolling areas on
a page are accessible to keyboard-only users…"
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/06/keyboard-only-scrolling-areas.html

Making Videos and Audio Accessible
By Whitney Lewis.
"When it comes to accessible video and audio content, we usually think
about captions. But, there is more to it than just captioning…"
https://blog.pope.tech/2022/06/01/making-videos-and-audio-accessible/

Sustaining Accessibility Efforts Through Accessibility-Related
Appraisal Objectives
By Matthew Deeprose and Tamsyn Smith.
"How can IT departments sustain their accessibility efforts? While
there are vital procedural and technical answers we should also
consider the importance of cultural change. In this presentation,
Tamsyn Smith and Matthew Deeprose will discuss early work at the
University of Southampton on embedding accessibility within appraisal
objectives."
https://matthewdeeprose.github.io/objectives

Smashing Podcast Episode 47 With Sara Soueidan: Why Does Accessibility Matter?
By Drew McLellan.
"In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we ask why accessibility
really matters and why it is so important to get it right. Smashing's
Vitaly Friedman talks in-depth to Sara Soueidan to find out."
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/05/smashing-podcast-episode-47/

Two US Government Agencies Warn about Hiring Technology that
Discriminates Against Disabled Applicants
By Lainey Feingold.
"This is an article about technology and new US government guidance
about that technology…"
https://www.lflegal.com/2022/05/disability-discrimination-hiring-tech/

Legal Update May 2022
By Ken Nakata.
"Here's my monthly legal update a day early! All things considered,
May was a pretty slow month in my morning Lexis feed…"
https://convergeaccessibility.com/2022/05/31/legal-update-may-2022/


+02: COLOR.

Top Seven Free Color Contrast Checkers & Analyzers
By Hampus Sethfors.
"Here are seven great free tools that help you measure color contrasts
and create beautiful, accessible color schemes that fulfill the
contrast requirements in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG)…"
https://axesslab.com/top-color-contrast-checkers/


+03: EVALUATION & TESTING.

Field Studies vs. Diary Studies (Video)
By Maria Rosala.
"Field studies and diary studies are two research methods that help
you learn about your users' real-world context, which is important for
good design. They have different advantages and downsides."
https://www.nngroup.com/videos/field-studies-vs-diary-studies/

Use Good Prototype Specifications to Empower Team Collaboration
By Leeloo Tang and Feifei Liu.
"Three types of prototype specifications help explain how a design
looks and is implemented. Clear prototype specifications empower team
collaboration and lower communication costs."
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/prototype-specifications/


+04: EVENTS.

Accessibility Basics Webinar
June 16, 2022.
Online
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdOmprD8iH9RTyaviNAIDqvxOzObTbR7d

a11yTO Camp
June 18, 2022.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
https://camp.a11yto.com/

Stop Screaming Into the Void - Getting Your Accessibility Ideas Heard
by Those Above You
June 28, 2022.
Online
https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/webinar-details?id=a0A3p0000186nBcEAI

dConstruct
September 9, 2022.
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
https://2022.dconstruct.org/

Blue Beanie Day
November 30, 2022.
Online
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Beanie_Day

International Day of People with Disability
December 3, 2022.
Global
https://www.idpwd.com.au/


+05: HTML.

The ‘Form' Element Created the Modern Web. Was It a Big Mistake?
By Paul Ford.
"A little HTML widget gave us all-powerful Amazon and Facebook.
There's no closing Pandora's text box now."
https://www.wired.com/story/form-element-modern-web-mistake/

XHTML Syntax is Still Worth Using
By Martin Underhill.
"…for me, many XHTML rules remain best practices for HTML…"
https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/xhtml-syntax-is-still-worth-using


+06: JAVASCRIPT.

How to Format a Number as Currency With the Intl.NumberFormat API in
Vanilla JavaScript
By Chris Ferdinandi.
"…Today, we're going to learn how to use that same API to format currency…"
https://gomakethings.com/how-to-format-a-number-as-currency-with-the-intl.numberformat-api-in-vanilla-javascript/


+07: MISCELLANEOUS.

Interview with Léonie Watson
By Denis Boudreau.
"…let's dive right into this week's interview with Léonie Watson
(she/her). Léonie is blind and comes to us from England, United
Kingdom…"
https://inklusiv.ca/interview-with-leonie-watson/

How Can Tech Be More Inclusive? Salesforce's New VP of Accessibility &
Inclusive Design Offers Answers
By Christina Zhang.
"…Engage and include disabled people as soon as possible in the design process…"
https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-product-accessibility-and-design-approach/


+08: USABILITY.

24 Hours of UX Returns June 8th
By Deborah Edwards-Oñoro.
"The world's largest UX community-led conference returns for the third
year on June 8, 2022 for 24 hours of online user experience learning…"
https://www.lireo.com/24-hours-of-ux-returns-june-8th/


[Section one ends.]


++ SECTION TWO:

+09: 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

[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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