+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE. - Volume 23, Issue 11, September 11, 2024. An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web design and development. ++ISSUE 11 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. BOOKS. 03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. 04: EVENTS. 05: HTML. 06: INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. 07: JAVASCRIPT. 08: MISCELLANEOUS. 09: TYPOGRAPHY. 10: USABILITY. 11: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY. SECTION TWO: 12: What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? [Contents ends.] ++ SECTION ONE: New references. +01: ACCESSIBILITY. Should Form Labels Be Wrapped or Separate? By James Edwards. "…Wrapping is enough in theory, but isn't quite in practice…implicit association is not reliably supported by voice control software…" https://www.tpgi.com/should-form-labels-be-wrapped-or-separate/ How to Find the Accessible Name of a Button With Google Chrome By Erik Kroes. "You just ran an automated test and it tells you your buttons don't have accessible names. What does that mean, why does it matter, and how do you check this yourself?…" https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/accessible-name-of-button/ Creating Accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign (Video) By Tufts Technology Services. "…In this session we will cover what features a PDF document requires in order to be considered accessible, how InDesign works with Adobe Acrobat to facilitate the creation of accessible PDFs, and what export settings you need to be aware of to ensure that the accessibility features you add to the document are retained on export…" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3_5k5KlDzw My Grief With "In Brief" By Eric Eggert. "Just to preemptively state it: I appreciate what the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG) is trying to do with the 'In Brief' sections in WCAG's Understanding documents. My criticism is about the execution of the information…" https://yatil.net/blog/my-grief-with-in-brief A11y-Syntax-Highlighting Has Been Updated By Eric W. Bailey. "I created the a11y-syntax-highlighting library seven years ago, forked from xiaozi's solarized-prism-theme for PrismJS…" https://ericwbailey.website/published/a11y-syntax-highlighting-has-been-updated/ Revised ADA Title II in the Library (Video & Resources) By Big Ten Academic Alliance. Big Ten Academic Alliance's August 27, 2024 presentation and support materials. https://btaa.org/accessibility-collaboration/LAG/resources Accessibility Show with Joe Dolson, Episode 1: Mobile Menu Toggles (Video) By Nathan Wrigley. "In the first episode of the (WordPress Builds) Accessibility Show, accessibility expert Joe Dolson tackles an essential yet often overlooked component of web design: mobile menus…" https://wpbuilds.com/accessibility/accessibility-show-with-joe-dolson-episode-1-mobile-menu-toggles/ Avoiding Accessibility Barriers With a Checklist for Custom Controls - Opinion By Matan Shafran. "Navigating mobile app accessibility challenges requires addressing common mistakes like labeling, target size, and comprehensive testing with all assistive technologies…" https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-817621 +02: BOOKS. * Jan Jaap de Groot & Paul van Workum "Appt Accessibility Handbook", Ebook, 2024. https://appt.org/en/handbook +03: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS. CSS Display Contents By Ahmad Shadeed. "…CSS display: contents is a useful feature when you don't have control over some parts of the HTML and can make you achieve things that aren't possible without markup change…CSS display: contents is known to cause accessbility issues when used with HTML tables, headings, buttons, and lists. Please make sure to avoid using it on such elements…" https://ishadeed.com/article/display-contents/ Display: Contents Is Not a CSS Reset By Adrian Roselli. Adrian updated his article: "…More direct advice would be: do not use display: contents on anything that can take focus or is interactive. Probably avoid it on things with richer semantics (such as tables and lists and headings and so on)." https://adrianroselli.com/2018/05/display-contents-is-not-a-css-reset.html +04: EVENTS. A11y Book Club Meeting: Web Accessibility Cookbook with Manuel Matuzović September 17, 2024. Online https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a11y-book-club-meeting-web-accessibility-cookbook-with-manuel-matuzovic-tickets-1007898701147 Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines with T.M. Weissenberger September 18, 2024. Online https://events.uiowa.edu/88469 An Introduction to Standard Accessibility Reporting, Inc. (SAR) September 18, 2024. Online https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/webinar-details?id=a0ATn000000bV1dMAE Inclusive Marketing: Strategies for Success with Meryl Evans, Gerry Neustatl and Priya Addams Williams September 19, 2024 at 10:00 am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Online https://intopia.digital/articles/inclusive-marketing-strategies-for-success/ EvolveDrupal New York City Digital Summit September 20, 2024. New York, New York, U.S.A. https://www.evolvedrupal.com/ Help Audit Nonprofit Websites for Accessibility October 4, 2024. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. https://www.meetup.com/atlanta-accessibility-meetup/events/302697515/ Ask the Professionals Get Online Week Ricky Onsman moderates a demonstration by Kylie Pollock and Scott Nixon October 18, 2024 at 11am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Online https://events.humanitix.com/ozewai-online-event-ask-the-professionals-18-october-2024-get-online-week Developer Summit November 27-28 2024. Sydney, Australia https://webdirections.org/dev-summit/index.php +05: HTML. The audio Element Heydon Pickering. "The ability to embed images in web pages has been officially supported since 1995. Whereas, the