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)

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility

W3C discusses methods for implement website accessibility ...

"Evaluating the accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities requires diverse kinds of expertise and perspectives. While it is possible for individuals to evaluate Web accessibility effectively if they have training and experience across a broad range of disciplines, it is less likely that one individual will have all the expertise that a collaborative approach can bring.

This document describes:

- recommended expertise for evaluating Web accessibility
- approaches for creating collaborative evaluation processes
- considerations for effective collaboration in different settings"   continued ...   (Via W3C)

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