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Friday, July 30. 2010

Reaching the forgotten audience

Currently millions of people through disability or age find it difficult or impossible to use the web because of accessibility barriers. The international web standards organisation W3C defines accessibility as follows:


"Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to ageing."

There have been a number of events/developments this year in the UK on the accessibility front that are significant for those responsible for delivering services online.


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Wednesday, April 23. 2008

Looking back at FOWD 08

Future of WebdesignSo there we were, april 17th, in the middle of London, making our way to The Future of Webdesign Conference. As one of three webdesigners amongst 30+ PHP developers at Ibuildings, you don't often get the chance to visit an event with the focus on your expertise. So, it was an early flight, but after 4 hours or so, webdesigner collegue Norman van der Mull, me and about 850 other design geeks arrived at Kensington Great Hall...


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Thursday, March 27. 2008

Less is more

A couple of general rules for programmers are: do not put too much code in one function and use a name that covers the content of it. If you still have a lot of code, try to split it up in different functions and move specific low level code to separate files. And remember: a good programmer doesn't hesitate to throw away superfluous code.

Too much information
However, the Less is More rule does not only apply to programmers and their code.
Right after posting this blog, a colleague asked:
"Can't you just tell me what your blog is about, so I don't have to read it completely?"
Well.. that's exactly what this blog is about!

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Monday, February 4. 2008

The usability of a use-case

A impressive website is not only nice to look at and packed with technological wizbang, but is also usable. Usable not only by the people who wrote it, but by the actual users that are going to visit the site.

This is why it's important to think about usability while designing a website, while building the functionality and while putting in the content and the final tweaks.

A good way to analyze the usability of a website is by asking yourself questions about the visitor; Why did they stumble upon the site? What are they expecting? What can they do once they get there, and how can we communicate that as fast as possible.

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