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Web Design Links specifically relating to accessibility and usability features
Updated on 2009-10-08
Created on 2008-07-02
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The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing | cxpartners
"As web professionals, we all know that the concept of the page fold being an impenetrable barrier for users is a myth. Over the last 6 years we’ve watched over 800 user testing sessions between us and on only 3 occasions have we seen the page fold as a barrier to users getting to the content they want.
In this article we’re going to break down the page fold myth and give some tips to ensure content below the fold gets seen." -
Making Your Web Colors Visible For All – Five Color Accessibility Tools
I also have used this one: http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
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5 Sickening Habits of Mainstream Websites
Oh man I TOTALLY agree with #1 - I hate being forced to click for multiple page articles like that - what a waste of my time. I live in a rural area and don't have the fastest internet - waiting for each new page to load makes me more and more frustrated and less and less likely to finish the article. At the very least, offer a "view on one page" option like some sites do. On some sites, I've used the print version to view articles on one page and not interrupt my reading, but not all sites work that way, either. Please - just stop with the gratuitous multiple pages people!
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How-To Minimize Load Time for Fast User Experiences | UX Booth
For the most part, we never notice the “visual weight” of a site. That’s a good thing. Experienced front-end developers optimize their site to load quickly and display accurately across all modern browsers. In this post, I will detail how to analyze the bottlenecks preventing websites and blogs from loading quickly and how to resolve them.
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Jeffrey Zeldman: Presentations from Gain 2008: Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference 2008: Events: AIGA
“good web design is invisible—it feels simple and authentic because it’s about the character of the content, not the character of the designer." I think I have this talk bookmarked from another venue where it was more complete, but it's always good to hear again.
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10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs | How-To | Smashing Magazine
Good article but I disagree on autofocus on form fields! I HATE that. Sometimes you go to a page just to see what is there, not to fill out a form or do a search, and autofocus breaks my back keystroke. I have to click outside of the form field in order just to back out of the page and that is really annoying! Why does everyone think this is such a usability plus? ugh. (Their javascript example to fix this problem they created doesn't work, either. Sure, it works for delete, but not for the easier keystroke commands I use.) But the rest of the techniques are good.
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24 ways: The First Tool You Reach For (CSS Tables)
Wow - I had no idea you could do this! this sounds much simpler than the way I learned to do multi-column layouts with floats. CSS Tables. IE8 now makes it cross-browser. interesting! Nice solid layouts yet accessible by screenreaders.
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Section 508: Uncle Sam's Guide To Web Accessibility [Accessibility]
A good overview of Section 508 Accessibility Guidelines, using the government's own websites as examples (both good and bad)
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Google is God Don't Upset Her
Google reads your pages just like a blind person does - if accessibility being "the right thing to do" isn't enough for you, maybe you should consider Google and SEO.
Includes links to tools for simulating how your site looks to a search engine! -
The Accessibility Institute: Home
In danger of closing - sign the petition: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SavetheInstitute
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Blasting the Myth of the Fold - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
The idea that some people put forth that users don't scroll has always struck me as patently ridiculous! This is a good article - obviously, you need to put your most important content - the stuff that tells readers what the site is about or good for, above the fold. Personally, I would *much* rather scroll than go to another page! Hello - that's what cntrl+F is for! (or in my case, apple+F). Guess what - we've all learned to scroll! Duh!
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Stop worrying about the fold. Don’t throw your best practices out the window, but stop cramming stuff above a certain pixel point. You’re not helping anyone. Open up your designs and give your users some visual breathing room. If your content is compelling enough your users will read it to the end.
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The biggest lesson to be learned here is that if you use visual cues (such as cut-off images and text) and compelling content, users will scroll to see all of it. The next great frontier in web page design has to be bottom of the page. You’ve done your job and the user scrolled all the way to the bottom of the page because they were so engaged with your content. Now what? Is a footer really all we can offer them? If we know we’ve got them there, why not give them something to do next? Something contextual, a natural next step in your site, or something with which to interact (such as a poll) would be welcome and, most importantly, used.
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Digital Web Magazine - Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1)
Part two is here:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/seven_accessibility_mistakes_part_2/
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