The intent of universal design is to simplify life for everyone by making products, communications, and the built environment more usable by as many people as possible at little or no extra cost. Universal design benefits people of all ages and abilities
As technology advances, wearables have become increasingly popular in the health and fitness industry.
However, sensors may prove to be the better option when it comes to tracking and monitoring various aspects of our health. Let's start a conversation about the benefits of using sensors over wearables and why it is the future of technology.
We've often blogged about Section 508 compliance as a means to convince very engineering-centric developers to consider their users.
Accessible designs work for everyone - Ever use a curb-cut!?
By thinking about a disabled user and designing a solution that works for them, developers adopt a human-centered design strategy without even knowing it.
It is an excellent foot-in-the-door for designing for an admin user, a casual user, the sales team, an expert user, and many of other personas associated with the solution.
We've often blogged about Section 508 compliance as a means to convince very engineering-centric developers to consider their users.
While watching the video feed from the recent ONC annual conference we were very glad to see the closed captions because we were able to watch and understand while multitasking on one of THOSE conference calls that seemed to go on and on forever.
Accessible designs work for everyone - see also Universal Design. Ever use a curb-cut?
It was a pleasure to work with you, as you and your team made this process a more pleasant experience for our team and the participants.
Karen Perry
I just want to tell you that I value people relations more than money. I remember how you were friendly and helpful not going against policies and contractual obligations at the same time, not using your power to make us feel stupid and small. It was a very rare and big experience for me. Really. I will always remember this.
Alex
The Usability People are all individuals that you can become friends with very easily. They have a lot of different interests and are a pleasure to work with. I was writing a PRD/MRD for a billing solution and worked with The Usability People in defining the user interface. They are receptive to ideas and are able to mold the user interface from an end-user's perspective. I really liked the idea of putting end-user photograph & short biography around the office to help understand the users
