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Figure 1: Modeling the total user experience for the university submission process. Translating insight and knowledge into meaningful interaction design This article will focus on the actual 'shaping' or designing of meaningful interaction. Understanding…
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Transcript Hi, I’m Gosia from Nomensa and today I’m going to be talking about the importance of the correct colour use on websites. Colour is very important feature in Web design. It is used not…
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Web accessibility is not a new concept. The Web Accessibility Initiative was launched back in 1997, and yet 15 years later it is still a widely ignored and neglected aspect of web development. There are…
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Figure 1: Online forms typically harbour high dropout rates. The shockingly high dropout statistics you will undoubtedly find if you probe into an average online forms analytics begs the question: Why are they so difficult…
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*Many of the reasons people don't like forms - image by Daniela Meleo* It seems the only people who enjoy forms in any way are those who get to criticise them for a living. You…
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Figure 1: A busy central London scene with people everywhere. Behaviour is the raw material of research For all our differences and similarities it is people and our behaviour which needs to be…
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The web is saturated with Portable Document Format (PDF) files. For more than 20 years PDF has been the Defacto standard for print documents on the web. PDF files are also notorious for their lack…
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In 2011, following our involvement with the Institute of Fundraising at their National Convention, we made a commitment to support the not-for-profit (NFP) sector to provide a more engaging donation experience. Nomensa’s CEO, Simon Norris…
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Websites are all about getting people to find and interact with content as quickly as possible. But how do you encourage people to engage with certain pieces of content above others? Some websites choose to…
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Links are like sign posts. They should tell you what you’ll find when you follow them. Writing good link text isn’t difficult, but there are a few things to be aware of when you do.…
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Introduction During the recent redevelopment of the Nomensa Accessible Media Player we decided to add optional HTML5 video support for clients using the JWPlayer. It is currently not possible to generate different types of media…
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A lot of research goes into understanding how physical disabilities (e.g. blindness) affect users online and how support technologies can help. However, many people suffer from psychological disorders or learning difficulties which greatly affect their…
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This is a quick guide on how to check the colour contrast on your website. A simple way to check colour combinations meet the requirements set by version two of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.…
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A quick tutorial on how to provide alt text for different sorts of images in such a way that people using assistive technologies will be able to understand the purpose of the image. Understanding the…
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Introduction Since the mid 1990s web developers have had an ever increasing amount of control over the presentation of the web pages that they develop. This is largely due to the introduction of CSS (cascading…
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Links that opened in a new window have always been a sticky point when it comes to accessibility; ever since the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 were released way back in 1999. These guidelines…
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Apple has made accessibility part of the iOS app SDK. With integrated screen magnification and the VoiceOver screen reader available on all recent iOS devices, it's an ideal platform for great accessibility. (more…)
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This video from Nomensa demonstrates how ARIA landmark roles help screen reader users understand the purpose of different areas of a web page, such as search, navigation or main content. How ARIA landmark roles help…
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The short answer is that you can't. At the time of writing there isn't a way to reliably detect whether someone visiting your site is using a screen reader (or screen magnifier). You might have…
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Introduction I was recently tasked with the challenge of creating a series of accessible charts and graphs for an internal project. We were attempting to present some graphs showing site usage statistics pulled from one…
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