Category: Usability
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Why accessibility matters to me #GAAD
The reason I fell in love with the web was the democratisation of information. I love that so many people can access, learn, and share such a huge variety of resources.
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Will understanding the mainstream affect me as a designer?
I’ve been contemplating how designers can identify better with more mainstream users. I had a thought last week. What if, by rejecting Facebook, I’m actually missing out on design patterns that are so influential on the mainstream user that it affects their perception on the rest of the web?
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Solving problems with naïvety
Last week I was at the wonderful Future Insights Live conference in Las Vegas. Annoyingly as I was speaking twice (that bit wasn’t annoying, it was fun!
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Labels in input fields aren’t such a good idea
There’s something that’s been bothering me lately. It seems to be some kind of form interface trend where the labels for text inputs are placed inside the fields themselves.
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Open In A New Window
I’ve been working with a client who wants every external link on their site to open in a new window. They dislike the idea of users leaving their site for somebody else’s and not being able to find their way back.
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