Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

10 Reasons Clients Don't Care About Accessibility

Sad but true - most websites do not comply with accessibility standards ...

"Working as an accessibility consultant in an IT company is a very frustrating job right now. Highly publicized lawsuits and deep-rooted accessibility myths leave us with a lot to explain when the final product does not really help visitors. Our clients simply don’t care about accessibility as much as we’d like them to, and there are several reasons for that.
  • It’s the Law But There’s None to Follow
  • There Is No Immediate Benefit
  • Accessibility Is Sold As a Technical Problem
  • Disability Is Not Something Clients Want to Think About
  • We’re Past Inventing, We’re Maintaining
  • It Is Not Part of the Testing Methodology
  • Accessibility Seems Like a Party Pooper
  • Nobody Complains
  • It Requires Involvement
  • There Is No Leader to Follow"
   continued ...   (Via Digital Web Magazine)

W3C Access - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Accessibility for all.

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