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By: Thoughts on Design

Thoughts on Design — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:20:13 +0000

Thoughts on Accessibility…

To say that people are starting to talk about accessibility on the web would be misleading. Some people have been talking about it for quite a while. What should be said is that people are starting to listen to talk about accessibility. If you’r…

By: Are Morch

Are Morch — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:29:19 +0000

Excellent article!

Many of newbies does not consider accessibility. We tend to make our blog very cluttered.

There is no Feng Shui to our blog or design. And then we ask our self why people don’t stay longer then 1 second on our blog.

I discovered that often it is simple things that can make the difference. My biggest mistake in the beginning was that I tended to over complicate things.

Is my design perfect now? NO. But I am taking steps in the right direction. My goal is that it should be simple for my readers to find the quality info they was looking for at my blog.

Cheers.. Are
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By: Richard - Accessible Web

Richard - Accessible Web — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:51:51 +0000

I agree with Donald that accessible doesn’t have to be plain or boring. In fact it is surprising the number of colour combinations of text and background that are allowed under WCAG2.0 (especially if slightly larger font sizes are used).

By: Ching Ya

Ching Ya — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:39:04 +0000

Accessibility has becoming a new consideration when it comes to designing. I met some customers who wish to have complicated flash to be built upon their introduction page, due to slow loading and unstable ADSL connections we have to explain the consequences so not to annoy their targeted customers (local). I wouldn’t say plain designing to always be first priority, perhaps a smarter application for size optimization/faster loading page will always be a huge requirement.

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By: Donald Wilcox

Donald Wilcox — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:08:23 +0000

Good post on accessibility 101, but “accessible” web design doesn’t always translate to “plain.” It is true that most early 2000-era websites and apps failed at merging accessibility and images/typography/content, but it’s completely possible to have a beautiful site with images but still being accessible. I worry that people will interpret accessibility to mean “bland design” because they ignore what power CSS has on websites.