Monthly Archives / December 2006

Usability in practice – Aligning business objectives and user goals

As one of the newest members of the iQ Content team, I have recently been assigned to my first major project – the re design of a major public sector website.

Working on the project has been invaluable experience and an eye opener as to how a large organisation with ample resources in terms of both finance and staff can still not deliver a usable, helpful website.

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Accessibility in the news

Accessibility spotted on the web this week:

  1. Courtesy of etre, an excellent BBC introduction to Accessibility on YouTube
  2. A BBC story on a report highlighting the sorry state of accessibility on the web
  3. Search Thresher: filters out inaccessible websites from search results in all the major search engines through content labelling

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Irish Design for All e-Accessibility Network e-accessibility event roundup

Design for All e-Accessibility Network

I spoke for about 5 minutes on iQ Content’s slant on accessibility. I mentioned we’re firmly in the universal design camp where designing for accessibility is about designing for everyone. I touched on the importance of building it in, not bolting it on, a sentiment that was echoed by some of the other speakers during the day. I also briefly mentioned new challenges facing accessibility, namely Web 2.0 and CAPTCHAs.

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Accessibility event in DCU

Screenshot of BBC presenter, Craig Doyle, promoting Irish Rail's website as being easy to use.

Today, Wednesday, 6th December, The Irish Design for All e-Accessbility network is marking the UN Day for Persons with a Disability (which occured on Sunday 3rd December).

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