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Badminton Vereniging Almere
The Badminton Vereniging Almere site is one both graders wanted to score well for its high points, but there where a few things which unfortunately dragged it down — the numbers don’t lie. But that’s okay, it is here and it’s a solid build the maker can be proud of. The site serves a large number of Dutch badminton enthusiasts in the community of Almere and is maintained by eight non-technical people. Since its relaunch a year ago this month several pages have been added, yet due to the developer’s hard work and foresight, the site remains valid and quite accessible. Large group-maintained site often go downhill fast so being awarded here a year after its relaunch is an accomplishment in itself.
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Renegade Zen
The Renegade Zen web site is quite attractive — though some won’t like the reverse colors. We found a number of things we liked about it. One of the high-points was the use of headings and the clever way they were written. As a communication medium we were impressed and rather enjoyed the writing style. Put it this way, we had a few Zen moments. In the areas of usability and accessibility, though, we found a few things that were lacking and feel it could be better in this way. Fortunately, correcting these low-points and bringing the site up to speed shouldn’t be terribly difficult. One of which can be addressed by simply adding a page to assist visitors who may have questions about the site’s organization, functions, or features. All-in-all, though, we did like it. Where it falls short in some areas, it excels in others.
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Designing for Dyslexics: Part 2 of 3
This is second of a series of three articles. In Part 1 of this series, we looked briefly at what dyslexia is and some of the generic problems dyslexics face when surfing the web. In this segment, I’m going to focus on a particular hot topic for dyslexics — colour contrast. You may well follow W3C recommendations regarding colour contrast but you may be creating problems for as many as 10% of your site visitors.
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