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Web Design Links specifically relating to accessibility and usability features
Updated on Mar 31, 20
Created on Jul 02, 08
Category: Computers & Internet
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Two changes - using the if IE conditional styles, only need it for if IE 6, and also need border:0 in conditional styles. It works!
For a fancy text divider, an hr is semantic, and a background image doesn't interfere with accessibility.
Nice accessibility reference and tutorial with clear, illustrated information
Mirror site for Mark Pilgrim's Dive into Accessiblity site (since he committed "infosuicide" in late 2011 and took ALL of his sites down permanently). Great resource - so thankful for mirror sites and the Wayback Machine!
I hate it when information is lost from the web - it's like burning books from the library! Mark Pilgrim had many useful sites and great information, especially on accessibility, which I've bookmarked previously. He committed "infosuicide" and now his pages can only be found on the wayback machine and a few mirrors. Infosuicide seems just as selfish as suicide. At least there is some record of all that information... (links in the article)
Great example of responsive web design
This was an awesome talk at An Event Apart San Francisco, 2009 - now it's an audio slideshow!
This is a nice summary of some usability faux pas (faux pases? faux pi? faux pox?) that are easily remedied.
"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."
oh so awesome!
I also have used this one: http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
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!
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.
“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.
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.
128 items | 78 visits
Web Design Links specifically relating to accessibility and usability features
Updated on Mar 31, 20
Created on Jul 02, 08
Category: Computers & Internet
URL: