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Accessibility, Usability, User Experience

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Content Inventory. Project Management (4) A project plan takes into account the approach the team will take and helps the team and stakeholders document decisions made regarding the objective, scope, schedule, resources, and...

Content Inventory

Creating an interdisciplinary team with the right mix of skills is vital to the smooth and successful execution of any project. Team members may be able to cover multiple roles or there may... Use your kick-off meeting to discuss the business case related to the site, the vision and mission based on user and organizational goals, and the vision for the site moving forward. Website requirements are a list of necessary functions, capabilities, or characteristics related to your website and the plans for creating it. User Research (14) When reporting results from a usability test, you should focus primarily on your findings and recommendations that are differentiated by levels of severity.

Usability Evaluation (14) Information Architecture (4) User Interface Design (4) 25-point Website Usability Checklist. I've been thinking a lot lately about my process.

25-point Website Usability Checklist

Experience is a powerful thing, but it's rare that we really sit down and try to map out what we know. A while back, as part of my 5-point Website Clinic, I developed a 25-point website usability checklist - a way to create some method out of my madness and make sure that I don't forget anything critical when I'm working with a new client. Even though it's part of one of my paid offerings, I've decided to share this checklist. A few disclaimers: First, I don't claim this list is comprehensive or unique. Jakob Nielsen has a great 113-point checklist in his book, Homepage Usability, for example. Basic Overview The list is split into 4 roughly equal sections, (I) Accessibility, (II) Identity, (III) Navigation, and (IV) Content.

Section I. This section contains not only traditional accessibility issues, but anything that might keep a visitor from being able to access the information on a website. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Section II. 7. 8. 9. 10. 8 Web Usability and Best Practices for Beginners. As a web designer when you are coding and designing website, it is your job to make sure that the site is user intuitive, friendly and easy to navigate.

8 Web Usability and Best Practices for Beginners

Although these are basic work ethics for every web designer sometime you might miss out a little things here and there, that might get under front end-user skin. Nevertheless, maybe you are starting your way into web design. Here are eight web usability and practical tips for beginner web designer. The first thing you should always remember is commenting your codes ( HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

When you are building applications or web page, it is really important to comment your codes because this way you can easily keep track of the work flow. Some Commenting method: HTML/XML/XHTML – <! 2. Sometimes when web designer’s are creating website they forget to properly title or leave it blank. 3. Changing your links color or background is must for user visual experience and usability.

Webstock - New Zealand's web conference. Applications and Internet — Office of the Chief Information Officer. Accessify. ATRC Web Accessibility Checker : Web Accessibility Checker.

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