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Usability

Usability. An Introduction. Usability.

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Usability

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  1. Usability An Introduction

  2. Usability • “..usability really just means making sure that something works well: that a person of average (or even below average) ability and experience can use the thing—whether it’s a Web site, a fighter jet, or a revolving door—for its intended purpose without getting hopelessly frustrated.” — Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think

  3. Usability • If something is difficult to use people won’t use it as much • The competition is one click away; if you frustrate users they’ll head somewhere else • Goal: reduce the amount of thinking the user has to do—make things as obvious as you can

  4. Usability • Conventions are your friend

  5. Usability

  6. Usability • Navigation should be persistent (on every page)

  7. Usability • Include page names on every page • Make sure the page name matches the navigation

  8. Usability • Create a clear visual hierarchy

  9. Usability • Break up pages into clearly defined areas

  10. Usability • Include “you are here” indicators on navigation

  11. Usability • Make it obvious what’s clickable

  12. Usability • Omit needless words

  13. Usability • Reduce the noise to a dull roar • “Busy-ness” (lack of white space):

  14. Usability • Reduce the noise to a dull roar • “Busy-ness” (lack of white space):

  15. Accessibility An Introduction

  16. Accessibility • Accessibilityis the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the “ability to access” and benefit from some system or entity.

  17. Accessibility • Use up-to-date, well-formed HTML and CSS • Use all recommended tags (!DOCTYPE, title, meta, etc.) • Make sure all tags are properly nested and closed • Make sure styles written correctly • Don’t use deprecated tags like <font>, <center> • Don’t use deprecated attributes like align=“” • See http://www.tutorialspoint.com/html/html_deprecated_tags.htm

  18. Accessibility • Make sure each page has a unique, descriptive title Poor Good

  19. Accessibility • Provide metadata that identifies author, type of content, keywords, character set, etc.

  20. Accessibility • Make proper hierarchical use of headings (h1 first, followed by h2 for the first level of subheading, etc.).

  21. Accessibility • Mark up quotations properly; use <q> tags around quotes and <blockquote> around actual blockquotes. Do not use quotation markup for formatting effects such as indentation. • Place the <abbr> tag with a title attribute around any (and every) abbreviation. For example: <abbr title="Keep it simple, stupid">KISS</abbr>. • Use real horizontal rules <hr>, not images.

  22. Accessibility • Make sure all images have alt attributes. For example:<imgsrc="flower.jpg" alt="Photo of a red rose”>

  23. Accessibility • Clearly identify the target of each link. For example, don't write:“For more information about baseball click here.” • Instead write something more specific like:“See more information about baseball.”

  24. Accessibility • Add title attributes to link tags, especially if the target of the link is not clear from the context. For example:<a href="myBaseballPage.html" title= "Information about baseball history and players">See more information about baseball</a>

  25. Accessibility • Navigation menus should be grouped and labeled. For example, use an ordered or unordered list with an ID • Another possibility is surrounding a group of links with a either a set of <div> tags or <nav> tagswith an ID

  26. Accessibility • Provided non-link, printable characters (surrounded by spaces) between adjacent links. For example: Home| Search | Contact–or– [Home] [Search] [Contact] [Site map]

  27. Accessibility • Use navigation mechanisms in a consistent manner—navigation menus should look and behave the same on all pages (persistent navigation). • Don’t use images as links

  28. Accessibility • If you choose to use graphic text—whether it be page titles, site ID's, fancy headings or buttons—make sure there is a text alternative, either visible on the page, or hidden in such a way that it will become visible when images are hidden and/or CSS turned-off. One way we can accomplish this by using a CSS-based image replacement method.

  29. Accessibility • Use high contrast for text. Good Bad

  30. Accessibility • Dark text on light backgrounds is preferable to light text on dark backgrounds Good Bad

  31. Accessibility • Organize documents so they may be read without style sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the document.

  32. Accessibility • Put navigation links and menus after the page's main content in the markup. You can reposition the navigation using CSS.

  33. Accessibility • Put navigation links and menus after the page's main content in the markup. You can reposition the navigation using CSS. • Alternatively, you could provide a "skip to main content" link at the top of each page.

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