When I took my user experience classes almost 20 years ago, one of the first and most challenging, things for me to learn: I wasn’t the user for the websites and services I designed and developed.
My college instructor stressed the importance of research and identifying who our prospective users were.
So we could design websites and services that fit their needs.
Continue reading Include Disabled People at the Beginning of Your Project: You Are Not Your User [Video]
At the April 2022 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, independent consultant Nicolas Steenhout discussed web accessibility and the diverse groups of people who benefit from accessibility, highlighting some of the less well-known aspects of accessibility.
Using findings from usability studies as well as his own A11yRules accessibility podcast episodes, Steenhout’s talk captured my attention with its conversational tone and interactions with attendees.
Continue reading Takeaways from The Internet is Unusable: The Disabled View