Website Accessibility & Usability Articles
- Web usability: The basics (Trenton Moss, 2005-07-20)
Learn the all-important web usability basics with these tips and guidelines. - Accessibility & screen magnifier users (Trenton Moss, 2005-07-20)
Discover how to improve both usability and accessibility for screen magnifier users using the Internet. - Professional XP Style Icons in Software and Website Development (Levi Page, 2005-06-14)
Using professional icons in your application or website can bring a modern and aesthetically pleasing appearance to your product or service. This will not only help you to attract potential customers but also give you that "edge" you need to stand out. - Website Content & Usability (Trenton Moss, 2005-06-06)
Writing for the web is totally different to writing for printed matter - find out how to write content for this medium with these eight guidelines. - The Growing Importance of Accessible Websites (Jon Gibbins, 2005-05-13)
An article highlighting how important accessibility on the Internet is becoming for everyone. The article provides an introduction to Web Accessibility, as well as discussing its benefits and the potential for legal action - The secret benefit of search engine optimisation: Increased usability (Trenton Moss, 2005-05-05)
Web developers are often of the impression that there has to be a trade-off between optimising for people and optimising for search engines. This article argues that this isn't necessarily the case. - The secret benefit of accessibility part 2: A higher search engine ranking (Trenton Moss, 2005-05-05)
One of the lesser-known benefits of web accessibility is the fact that a website more accessible to people is also more accessible to search engines. This article outlines the ways the two areas overlap. - Tell me what you do! (Trenton Moss, 2005-03-31)
Explaining what you actually do is the first thing your website should do, but many sites forget this most basic of information. Find out how to do this effectively and avoid leaving your site visitors in the dark. - Writing effective ALT text for images (Trenton Moss, 2005-03-31)
Simply inserting ALT text isn't necessarily enough to ensure accessible images - the text must also be effectively written. Find out how to achieve this... - Web Design: Keep it Simple (David Mahler, 2005-03-22)
Your website is a direct reflection of your business. By implementing the following technical and practical tips you can make your website more user-friendly. - The secret benefit of accessibility part 1: Increased usability (Trenton Moss, 2005-02-11)
Web accessibility has a huge number of benefits, one the main ones being increased usability. This article outlines some of the ways accessibility and usability overlap and how enhancing a website's accessibility can automatically improve its usability to - Web Site Usability - What Visitors Want from Your Web Site (Jeff Kear, 2005-01-03)
People who hit your Web site are most likely looking for one thing ? information ? and if they don?t find it within 10 seconds, they?re probably gone. Read on about how to craft a Web site strategy that effectively pulls in visitors and helps turn - Ten accessibility blunders of the big players (Trenton Moss, 2004-12-08)
Learn web accessibility from the mistakes that the big websites are making! - Linking out is good (Trenton Moss, 2004-10-29)
Linking out to external websites is a great thing - it can enhance your website's usability, credibility and search engine ranking. - Writing Effective Link Text (Trenton Moss, 2004-09-30)
Hypertext links are what connects web pages together and are at the very core of the Internet. As they're so important it's essential that your link text is effectively written and displayed - find out how. - Microsoft and Webmasters (SEO Jeff, 2004-09-27)
What problems IE and Webmasters have currently with IE's unsupported stuff. - Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) & web accessibility (Trenton Moss, 2004-09-02)
Find out all about the legal requirements for websites under the Disability Discimination Act - Nine effective tips for improving your website?s usability (Roger Brown, 2004-08-20)
Web usability is one of the most important factor in web design. Learn the basics of imporving your website's usability - Benefits of an accessible website - part 2: The business case (Trenton Moss, 2004-08-12)
Not only can an accessible website make you more money, it'll also save you money. Find out how and why. - Benefits of an accessible website - part 1: Increase in reach (Trenton Moss, 2004-08-12)
An accessible website can help you reap huge benefits, including access to a much greater audience. - How disabled users access the Internet (Trenton Moss, 2004-07-27)
It's now a legal requirement that websites are accessible to Internet users with special needs. Find out in this article what those special needs are and what you need to do... - Web accessibility: The basics (Trenton Moss, 2004-07-13)
Learn the all important basics of web accessibility in this beginners article. - Manchester United: top of the web accessibility league? (Trenton Moss, 2004-06-29)
Manchester United have received a lot of press coverage for the separate accessible version of their website. They've probably invested a lot of time and effort to make this separate website, which according to Trenton Moss is totally unnecessary. He expl - Web Accessibility Myths (Trenton Moss, 2004-06-10)
The DRC's recent report has suddenly thrown web accessibility into the spotlight of the online community and a lot of misinformation has been thrown around. This article attempts to put a stop to this and tell you the truth behind web accessibility. - A Wasted Opportunity? The DRC Has Its Say (Patrick Edwards, 2004-05-21)
In a recent article, Trenton Moss criticised the recent ground-breaking Disability Rights Commission investigation into website accessibility saying "they blew it". In this article the DRC sets the record straight. - Beyond Web usability: Web credibility (Trenton Moss, 2004-05-13)
Web usability has now become so commonplace that websites need to go one step further to stand out from the crowd. Enter web credibility. - Ten quick tests to check your website for accessibility (Trenton Moss, 2004-05-05)
Websites are now legally required to be accessible to blind and disabled web users. Check how your website stands up with these quick tests. - 10 things you should be monitoring on your website (David Leonhardt, 2004-04-28)
What works and what doesn't on your website? Here are ten things you should be monitoring. - A wasted opportunity for the web accessibility cause (Trenton Moss, 2004-04-21)
Last week the DRC (Disability Rights Commission) announced the results of its year-long investigation into the accessibility of 1000 websites. The DRC has been campaigning for accessible websites for years... - Alpha Squared Solutions Launch New Visualisation Tool (Rhona Aylward, 2004-04-13)
New tool launched to help users to visualise the difficulties experienced by visualy impaired users accessing the web. - Wording Up Your Website (Glenn Murray, 2004-04-02)
Back to basics. Forget funky design, good copywriting is the key to a clear and intuitive website. - Website Design Conventions (Kshitij Thakur, 2004-03-23)
The article talks about design conventions used by companies while creating websites. It highlights website design conventions in areas like layout and design, content and W3C guidelines. - 10 new ways to speed up download time (Trenton Moss, 2004-03-08)
Stop people waiting for your pages! This article presents some old tricks and some new ones too, many CSS-related. See how many you already know and learn something new! - Web Site Monitoring is a Global Necessity (David Leonhardt, 2004-01-27)
The Internet is a global economy. Web sites are accessed by customers around the world. Web site monitoring can no longer be done from one point on the planet, as loading times often vary by local connections and transatlantic bottlenecks. - Accessible website design (Polly Nelson, 2003-09-18)
This article explains background to and principles of accessible website design - Web Usability Guide: Navigation (UKWDC, 2003-07-14)
In order to simplify navigation, the number of links should be minimized. - Page Layout (UKWDC, 2003-07-14)
Usability can be drastically improved through organised page layout. Typography is particularly important when the content of a page is primarily text. - How Tesco are Improving Accessibility (UKWDC, 2003-07-14)
Tesco sought to improve access to all online by working jointly with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) to create the site, Tesco Access, following feedback from blind and partially sighted Internet shoppers. - An Introduction To Accessible Web Design (Page 2 of 2) (Nigel Peck, 2003-06-30)
A number of groups around the world are working on increasing awareness and helping authors of accessible Web sites. These include the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the US Government and CAST/Watchfire. - An Introduction To Accessible Web Design (Page 1 of 2) (Nigel Peck, 2003-06-30)
I will be introducing the concepts surrounding accessible Web Design, the current initiatives to increase the accessibility of Web sites and the guidelines that you can use to make your site more accessible. - What is Web Usability? (UKWDC, 2003-06-06)
One of the most important concepts to be considered in web design is usability. "Usability", according to Nielsen (2000), "rules the web". Given this, it now seems ironic that Booth (1989) wrote: "some researchers have argued that the concept is so vague - Background to Web Design (UKWDC, 2003-06-06)
For a website to compete effectively on the Web, it must firstly possess the visual criteria required to warrant initial investigation and secondly be useful enough for users to make return visits.