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.
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Today, June 15, 2022, is the day Microsoft ends support for Internet Explorer (IE) 11 for certain versions of Windows 10.
You’ll find numerous stories and posts about Internet Explorer’s retirement, with history about its launch and what it accomplished over the years.
Along with the memories (and frustrations) of using it.
For a whole generation of people, Internet Explorer was the browser they first used to access the Internet.
Continue reading Farewell, Microsoft Retires Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10
At Ability Summit 2022, Christina Mallon, director of inclusive design at Microsoft facilitated a panel discussion with Bas Korsten, global chief creative officer at Wunderman Thompson, Sinead Burke, CEO and founder of Tilting the Lens, and KR Liu, head of brand accessibility at Google. Their talk focused on how organizations can build inclusive design into… Continue reading Takeaways from Inclusive Design in the Heart of the Organization