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Requirements? That’s Sooo ‘90s
Usability and accessibly must be passive to be truly successful. No requirements, no rules, no instructions.
In 1993, when I first started going on the web, I recall almost never being able to visit a web site without having to update a browser plugin or get some new funky thing. It was a real pain because what should have been a quick page load and content perusal ended up being a long process of downloading some update (on dial-up at the time), installation, re-booting, etc. By the time I got everything needed to visit the site in question, I had forgotten why I was checking it out in the first place. I remember that the web was quite aggravating in the ‘90s.
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Improving Accessibility through Typography
Among the many decisions you need to make when designing accessible web sites, typography seems to frequently be only shallowly addressed. Typography is rarely completely ignored — but it is greatly simplified, to a point that the issues raised don’t always complete the picture of accessible text. Accessible typography is commonly simplified to these three questions:
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WCAG 2.0: Woeful to Wonderful in One Easy Draft?
Well, when I commented on the previous draft of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) for Accessites, it was definitely sitting closer to the ‘woeful’ category, and I was perfectly willing to tell them so. That was a year ago. They’ve since had ample time to work on it and improve matters. The question is, have they?
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Overcoming Objections to Accessibility
Experience over the years has taught me that salesmanship often comes down to nothing more than overcoming objections. The prospective customer states they can’t afford it; the salesman speaks the virtues of easy financing. The prospective customer claims they have no room for it; the salesman dons work clothes and expresses a willingness to make room. Once the prospective customer has had all of his or her objections swatted down like sluggish fall flies, he or she will often sign on the dotted line. This is fact. Now let’s look at how this applies to web accessibility.
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