+++ WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
- Volume 23, Issue 13, September 25, 2024.

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

++ISSUE 13 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: EVENTS.
04: HTML.
05: MISCELLANEOUS.
06: USABILITY.
07: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY.

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

[Contents ends.]


++ SECTION ONE: New references.

+01: ACCESSIBILITY.

Motion, Parallax, and Web Accessibility
By Indiana University.
"Web accessibility is an important consideration for any website, and it is especially important when it comes to motion and parallax…"
https://kb.iu.edu/d/bizw

Design with Care: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Harm Reduction (Video)
By Melissa Eggleston.
"In this presentation, Melissa Eggleston will introduce the concept of trauma and discuss the importance of a trauma-informed approach in the design of technology. She'll explore practical examples in design research, website design, and content creation, with time for Q&A and resources for further learning. The presentation is ideal for designers and anyone else responsible for making/managing websites…"
https://mediaspace.umn.edu/media/t/1_2uplg0vs

Your Accessibility Questions Answered by a Blind Person
By Michael Taylor.
"During a recent UsableNet webinar, attendees had the unique opportunity to witness a blind screen reader user navigating a website in real time…"
https://blog.usablenet.com/your-accessibility-questions-answered-by-a-blind-person

Foundations: Labelling Text Fields With Input and Label
By Demelza Feltham.
"In this post about forms, we explore how to effectively label text fields using <input> and <label> elements to create form inputs that are both accessible and user-friendly…"
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/08/21/labelling-text-fields-with-input-and-label/

How to Make Interactive Charts Accessible
By Aparna Pasi.
"…Below are some best practices for making your interactive charts accessible and ensuring all users, including those with disabilities, can interact with and understand the information…"
https://www.deque.com/blog/how-to-make-interactive-charts-accessible/

Briefly on Conflicts Between Aesthetics and Accessibility Requirements
By Bogdan Cerovac.
"Question of dealing with conflicts between aesthetics and accessibility comes up a lot and sometimes it's easy to just let one side win and be done with it. I think that we need a cultural shift to have both of them…"
https://cerovac.com/a11y/2024/09/briefly-on-conflicts-between-aesthetics-and-accessibility-requirements/

Equity in Tech: Making Applications Accessible (Podcast)
By Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken and Sara Faatz.
"Hello and welcome to Access Chat. I'm delighted that we're joined today by Sarah Fats, who is the Director of Community Relations at Progress…" 
https://www.buzzsprout.com/719037/episodes/15785684

But Why??
By Melanie Sumner.
Melanie's EmberFest presentation slides: "A look at common patterns found on the web, how they are harmful for accessibility, and what to do instead…"
https://noti.st/melsumner/7dgask#sqeWq5m

XR Accessibility: For People With Seeing Disabilities
By Joe Lamyman.
"Extended Reality (XR) experiences tend to focus on providing rich, visual content to convey information. But we need to consider how we convey the information in these experiences to people who can't see them…"
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/09/19/xr-accessibility-for-people-with-seeing-disabilities/

A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting a Web Accessibility Audit
By Melissa Morse.
"…Let's dive into each step so you can better understand this intricate process…"
https://www.tpgi.com/a-step-by-step-guide-to-conducting-a-web-accessibility-audit/


+02: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.

Masonry and Good Defaults
By Rachel Andrew.
"…My opinion is, as it was in 2020, that defining masonry as part of grid would be a mistake…"
https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2024/09/21/masonry-and-good-defaults/

Selecting Previous Siblings 
By Chris Coyier. 
"I saw a video going around recently with a title that makes me feel very old: 'Crazy CSS Using By Master CSS'…"
https://frontendmasters.com/blog/selecting-previous-siblings/

New Values and Functions in CSS
By Alvaro Montoro.
"The CSS Working Group released the first Public Working Draft for the CSS Values and Units Module Level 5. It describes the common values and units that CSS properties accept and the syntax used for them, and it comes with some interesting new features…"
https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68062/new-values-and-functions-in-CSS


+03: EVENTS.

W3C@30
September 25, 2024.
Online and Anaheim, California, U.S.A. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LNUg5vDWDY
https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/w3c-30.html

Introduction to Making Word Documents Accessible
September 25, 2024.
Online
https://abilitynet-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/9717259669301/WN_Ie_ffqu_S5SWry4Tracc_A#/registration

Accessible Social Media: Tips and Tricks to Reach a Wider Audience
October 1, 2024, 12 p.m. Australian Time.
Online 
https://www.digitalaccesstraining.com/products/live_events/live-webinar-accesssible-social-media

Locking in Best Practices Early: Building PACNYC.org
October 2, 2024.
Online and New York, New York, U.S.A.
https://www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/events/303239270/

Arizona State University Accessibility Awareness Day Conference
November 7, 2024.
Online and Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. 
https://accessibility.asu.edu/aaad 

Web Directions Next 2024
November 29, 2024.
Online and Sydney, Australia
https://webdirections.org/next/index.php

International Day of People with Disability
December 3, 2024.
Global
https://www.idpwd.com.au/


+04: HTML.

Drugs Button Popover
By Steve Faulkner.
"During preparation for my talk at State of the Browser 2024 I started to look into the popover attribute…"
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2024/09/21/drugs-button-popover/

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Simple HTML
By Terence Eden. 
"I've told this story at conferences - but due to the general situation I thought I'd retell it here…"
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/


+05: MISCELLANEOUS.

Accessibility Education and Outreach: Another Milestone in W3C'S 30-Year History and Evolution
By Shawn Lawton Henry.
"As W3C celebrates 30 years, we also celebrate the success of the Accessibility Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG), share news of its closure, and look forward to a new chapter in W3C accessibility work…"
https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/accessibility-education-and-outreach-another-milestone-in-w3cs-30-year-history-and-evolution/

Hire HTML and CSS People
By Robin Rendle.
"…Every problem at every company I've ever worked at eventually boils down to 'please dear god can we just hire people who know how to write HTML and CSS…"
https://robinrendle.com/notes/hire-html-people/


+06: USABILITY.

The UX of Social Media in 2024
By Leah Samuelson, Laureon Merrie, Jeff Sauro, and Jim Lewis.
"…Participants in the studies answered the eight-item SUPR-Q (including the Net Promoter Score) and questions about their prior experience. In particular, we were interested in exploring the quality of the user experience, users' reasoning behind social media use, the proliferation of AI, levels of trust, and social media's impact on mood and self-esteem…"
https://measuringu.com/the-ux-of-social-media-in-2024/


+07: WEBWASTE & SUSTAINABILITY.

The Department of Energy Wants You to Know Your Conservation Efforts Are Making a Difference
By McKayley Gourley.
"…Waking up at 4 a.m. to do your laundry conserved a ton of energy-energy that was used by ChatGPT to help a seventh grader plagiarize his entire essay on George Orwell's 1984. Who needs to read a book on technology, totalitarianism, and propaganda, anyway? …you adopted energy-saving practices to help conserve our planet's resources and bring down our collective carbon footprint, but what you ultimately accomplished is just as important: helping AI do something menial and stupid…"
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-department-of-energy-wants-you-to-know-your-conservation-efforts-are-making-a-difference


[Section one ends.]


++ SECTION TWO:

+08: 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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