A certain amount of schadenfreude about this one … findings from a research survey ‘Disability 50′ from Ethical Media shows that the majority of disability organisations do not address accessibility needs sufficiently in their web and digital communications.
April 26, 2004
Disability Sites Fail Accesssibility Test!
April 24, 2004
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance gives us an understanding of how individuals react when they perceive two conflicting cognitions. The emotions will be strong if no real ‘reason’ can be discovered or inferred. Maybe this can give us an insight into the frustrations felt at poor communications.
April 23, 2004
Web Dial-Up Simulator Tool
April 22, 2004
“How to open up your website to more users” - Guardian
More reflections on the state of play post the DRC report. Here a piece from Dan Jellinek from Headstar in the Guardian, quoting:
“The research also threw up some anomalies with the WAI guidelines themselves. Only 55% of usability problems were covered by any of the WAI checkpoints, an astonishing gap between real problems faced and those included in the accepted international testing system. “
April 20, 2004
“Weenies” defined
Walt Disney defined “Weenies” as sensory clues large and small that rise to the level of great compelling details that capture our attention and stay in our memory.
So, Hillman was right, and God’ll be in the detail then!
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