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Category: Accessibility

How to test the usability of documents

Jane Matthews 8 September 2020 4 May 2020
How to test the usability of documents

Does usability testing work for documents? Our answer is a resounding yes. In this article, written with Ginny Redish for UX Matters, we’ll give you three techniques for having people try out documents or any other stand-alone content. These techniques applyContinue reading… How to test the usability of documents

Embedded links and online reading accessibility

Jane Matthews 3 December 2019 20 May 2010
Embedded links and online reading accessibility

At the 2010 Society for Technical Communication conference in Dallas, Whitney Quesenbery and I were interviewed about the feasibility of removing links embedded directly within paragraphs. These have been described as “exit points” that confuse and disorient low-literacy readers. The interview wasContinue reading… Embedded links and online reading accessibility

Designing for people who do not read easily

Jane Matthews 4 December 2019 28 October 2008
Designing for people who do not read easily

Many people do not read easily for all sorts of reasons: social and cultural, because of impairments, or because of their context. Even in the area of impairments, design for people with learning disabilities might be very different from designContinue reading… Designing for people who do not read easily

The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Jane Matthews 4 December 2019 29 July 2007
The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

This month, I’m enthusing about Ginny Redish’s new book Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Morgan Kaufmann). If you write, or your clients write, then you’ll learn from it. If you’re working on a content-rich website:Continue reading… The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Don’t get bitten by JAWS – it deserves respect

Caroline Jarrett 23 March 2020 28 June 2004
Don’t get bitten by JAWS – it deserves respect

A question came up recently on a usability list: how best to test a web application for accessibility. The questioner was new to the field and asked about various points, but the one that resonated with me was this: ‘Finally,Continue reading… Don’t get bitten by JAWS – it deserves respect

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
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In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, @MattTyas writes about re-thinking the branding and tone of the @CoopDigital experience library (previously the design system).

Tl;dr good buttons AND helping colleagues to want to use them

Co-op Digital Team@CoopDigital

How and why we used a ‘brand sprint' to rethink our design system. @MattTyas explains. https://digitalblog.coop.co.uk/2021/04/19/using-a-brand-sprint-to-kick-start-the-reinvention-of-co-ops-design-system/

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gerrygaffneyGerry Gaffney@gerrygaffney·
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When an AI can respond intelligently to an instruction to not set an alarm for tomorrow, *then* we can move on to Turing.

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Anthony67166996Anthony 💙NHS 🙏@Anthony67166996·
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336 HOURS in a room.
The time an elderly or disabled care home resident would have to isolate for a single visit out of their care home. Regardless of negative covid tests, and double vaccinated.
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RT and 👍 for residents equal rights.

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EdenSwimmerJulia Aglionby@EdenSwimmer·
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This looks interesting - how to encourage new entrants to find land to start farming @RareBreedChris @georgewdunn @TWBinns @hannah_thelakes @suepritch @NFFNUK @DavidFursdon https://twitter.com/vickihird/status/1384064398394740738

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redbaronski❄️Natalie Shaw@redbaronski·
18 Apr

Here is a poem from my book, about apple trees and people

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