+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 23, Issue 10, September 4, 2024. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 10 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: COLOR. 04: DRUPAL. 05: EVALUATION & TESTING. 06: EVENTS. 07: HTML. 08: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 09: JAVASCRIPT. 10: MISCELLANEOUS. 11: STANDARDS, GUIDELINES & PATTERNS. 12: XML. SECTION TWO: 13: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Combating Access Trauma By Robert Kingett. "I experienced a feeling today that I didn’t have a word or phrase for…I opened the email and skimmed the first line out of curiosity. The first thing I heard was, 75655356878796656432190.JPG. I immediately reeled back like I’ve just been slapped across the face…" https://robertkingett.com/posts/6617/ Understanding AccName: Part One By Melanie Sumner. "…I'm going to try to get down some thoughts and see if I can make AccName a little more approachable for developers…" https://melsumner.github.io/understanding-accname-part-one Headings By WebAIM. WebAIM updated their headings document. https://webaim.org/techniques/headings/ The Power of Headings: Why LinkedIn Needs Them By Monika Prasad. "Isn't it annoying when you beautifully format your article, and when you copy-paste it to a LinkedIn post, it looks like a mess?…" https://www.digitala11y.com/the-power-of-headings-why-linkedin-needs-them/ There Be A11y Dragons With Eric Bailey (Podcast) By Jerod Santo. "Eric Bailey joins Jerod to discuss everything Dungeons & Dragons taught him about writing alt text, building accessible websites, Primer, the problem with a11y overlays & more." https://changelog.com/jsparty/335 Dear 3rd Party Vendor: How to Check 3rd Party Vendors for Accessibility Plus an Email Template By Whitney Lewis. "…In this article, we'll focus on what you should ask for and what red flags to pay attention to. At the end is an email template you can use to start the accessibility conversation with your 3rd party vendors…" https://blog.pope.tech/2024/09/02/check-3rd-party-vendors-for-accessibility/ What Everyone Should Know About Digital Accessibility with Sarah Horton and David Sloan (Video) Panelists: Sarah Horton, David Sloan, Dr. Yasmine Elglaly, Sarah Lewthwaite, and Meenakshi Das. "…In their book, What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility, Sarah Horton and David Sloan provide a broad-based approach to learning about accessibility, through introducing foundational principles that underpin learning regardless of the role of the learner and the technology with which they will be working. This webinar builds on that approach…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlWBI7gObOQ Talkin' Tables - WebAIM Conference 2024 By Adrian Roselli. "I spoke at the 2024 Web Accessibility in Mind Conference (in partnership with PopeTech). …" https://adrianroselli.com/2024/08/talkin-tables-webaim-conference-2024.html Tackling a System's Accessibility Without Testing By James Buller and Guerman Cope. "…We're passionate about improving the user experience and creating a diverse and inclusive environment, so we really wanted to understand what was stopping teams from fully embedding accessibility in all stages of design, development, and deployment. We conceived the idea of an accessibility assurance review…" https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/03/tackling-a-systems-accessibility-without-testing/ Harnessing Copilot and Other Gen-AI Tools to Increase Digital Accessibility Efficiency By Matthew Deeprose. "This is an extended version of a presentation I gave at the July 2024 meeting of the International Ally User Group…" https://matthewdeeprose.github.io/harnessCopilot.html WCAG & ADA Compliance: The Importance of Accessibility Audits By Caitlin de Rooij. "Boost your proficiency in web accessibility with the A11Y Collective. Understand WCAG/ADA compliance, perform accessibility audits, and avoid legal pitfalls…" https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/accessibility-audits/ 5 Steps for an Agile Approach to Accessibility By Melissa Morse. "Staying agile is necessary for any product or program manager tasked with navigating the complexities of creating accessible digital products…" https://www.tpgi.com/5-steps-for-an-agile-approach-to-accessibility/ +02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. Querying the Color Scheme By Roma Komarov. "…For many things, we don't even need the media queries themselves: there is this great CSS property color-scheme…" https://blog.kizu.dev/querying-the-color-scheme/ Building a Breakout Element With Container Units By Andy Bell. "We recently redesigned this site and a part of that was a sidebar-based article view…" https://piccalil.li/blog/building-a-breakout-element-with-container-units/ Estelle Weyl and Eric Meyer Wright the Book on CSS (Video) David East and Adam Argyle, hosts. "CSS: The Definitive Guide is exactly 1126 pages, written by Eric Meyer and Estelle Weyl. As they both said, "We read the CSS spec so you didn't have to." We ask them a ton of CSS questions and they gave us a ton of CSS answers…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuAM6dNeJCQ Anchor Positioning (Video) By Tab Atkins-Bittner. Tab's CSS Day presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18LhnYNkDQ +03: COLOR. Creating Accessible Digital Colour Palettes Using the 60-30-10 Design Rule By Josh Crawford. "…There are plenty of colour accessibility tools, resources and design principles that support appealing layouts for digital designs. One such principle is the '60-30-10' rule, which can serve as a helpful guide when selecting your colour palette…" https://www.visionaustralia.org/business-consulting/digital-access/Creating-accessible-digital-colour-palettes-60-30-10-design-rule +04: DRUPAL. Drupal 11: New Features to Empower Ambitious Site Builders By Peggy McGregor. "Drupal 11 launched at the beginning of August…" https://evolvingweb.com/blog/drupal-11-new-features-empower-ambitious-site-builders +05: EVALUATION & TESTING. In Search of a Clutter Metric for Websites By Jim Lewis and Jeff Sauro. "…In this article, we describe our search for a way to quantify the perception of clutter on websites…" https://measuringu.com/in-search-of-a-clutter-metric-for-websites/ A/B Testing 101 By Tim Neusesser. "A/B tests incrementally improve the user experience of a product while effectively reaching business goals…" https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ab-testing/ Discovery: Study Guide By Maria Rosala. "Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn how to run successful discovery efforts in your UX-design process…" https://www.nngroup.com/articles/discovery-study-guide/ +06: EVENTS. Pieces of an Accessibility Audit: What's in an Accessible Name? September 10, 2024. Online https://www.tpgi.com/pieces-of-an-accessibility-audit-whats-in-an-accessible-name/ Testing Websites with Users with Disabilities September 11, 2024. Online https://it.ucsf.edu/news-events/events/2024-09-11-0900/testing-websites-users-disabilities Mid-Day Drupal Meetup September 12, 2024. Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. https://www.meetup.com/twin-cities-drupal-group/events/303003927/ Using Controllers for Keyboard Accessibility with Nikki Massaro September 12, 2024. Online https://a11ytalks.com/posts/2024-sep NextGen Accessibility Summit September 17, 2024. Online https://tdiconf.com/ San Diego Accessibility and Inclusive Design September 19, 2024. San Diego, California, U.S.A. https://www.meetup.com/a11ysd/events/302724850 Enhancing Accessibility Through Customer Experience September 24, 2024. Online https://www.accessibilityonline.org/cioc-508/session?id=111132 +07: HTML. The aside Element By Heydon Pickering. "…