Designing with accessibility
Making it Easier on People with Disabilities
Designing Accessible Websites
Chapters 10 & 11
Your
website should be clear, and your audience members should be able to access all
information instinctively and understand it. Everyone has their limits when
looking though a website. Limits might even topple if they are unsatisfied and
leave the page to never return. Patience form person to person varies. From
that patience can even come and go based on their current situation. If they
are in a hurry they might be less patience then when they are browsing. A
persons faith in the website can be enhanced or decreased; if they are reaching
only content that is irrelevant to them their patience may shorten or if they
are charmed by the websites their patience will increase. Some revoking layout
or understanding could lead their patience to zero and they may leave because
they are already unsatisfied. I know when I was looking for a gym membership
and the monthly cost was hidden until you already started a buying process,
this is how they try to get you invested in with your time, but I could tell
what they were trying to do and left the sites unsatisfied.
The
over use of unimportant info may overwhelm a user and cause them to get bored
and quite before they waste any more of their time. The information that is
important shouldn't be hidden like price, rates, and numbers, all information
should be up front. Know what your users want to know and update frequently. For
an easier read, make articles or huge pages of text printable. Users will take
advantage of this feature, for it is easier to read off screen. There are many
different types of users, and there can be a group of your users who rely on
certain usability features in order to even use your website. Not every
audience member is like you some may need screen readers if they have trouble
seeing. These kind of situations should be planned when designing. You
shouldn't make assumptions that every user is able bodied, and making your site
more accessible doesn't only help users
with disabilities, it helps all of your users get the same kind of clarity.
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