Improve Usability for Older Users

Article at Sitepoint that highlights the ways 'silver surfers' browse the web. Lots of useful insights including the fact that they prefer 'Big and [...]

Improve by cutting out the crap

Clive Thompson aks: Are smarter people better at ignoring things?It's a very interesting notion, which I tend to agree with. [...]

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11 steps to a better brain and 11 Ways to Improve Landing Pages. [...]

Hacking Skype

25 Tips to Improve Your Skype Experience [...]

Modal and Modeless Dialog Boxes

want to ask your users for confirmation before they perform an action on your site? Create your own modal or modeless dialog boxes to improve usabil [...]

Sharpen your site search function

Here's some top tips from Jeffrey Veen on how to improve your site visitors experience when using your site search : 8 Quick Ways to Fix Your Searc [...]

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Petition for accessible government websites

I recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "ensure that any website launched by the government complies with accessibility standar [...]

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Where's my head at?

You may well ask.Normally, with good intentions, I aim to sit down and write something witty, sharp and memorable to post on The Letter. I know I've [...]

Are you addicted to the internet?

My name is Blair and I'm an internet addict. I realise I'm addicted but I no longer have control over my actions... please help!Only joking... or am I [...]

Accessibility Navbar

(oh no, not another accessibility tool!)What is the Accessibility Navbar?It's a must-have item for any self-respecting accessible website... um; wel [...]

Vicious Loop

Snotters, crusty nostrils, tickly throat, irritating cough, big wet sneezes and mild fatigue; and that's before I even venture out the front door in t [...]

Ladies Improvement Society

Brilliant journal entry from K.R. Munson. Luckily I never experience this kind of thing in Glasgow... not sure what I'd do if i did! [...]

Firefox 0.9 Release Notes

New features:New Default ThemeComprehensive Data MigrationExtension/Theme ManagerSmaller DownloadOnline HelpLots of bug fixes and improvementsFire [...]

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Kestrel

The next version of Opera (v9.5) (code-named Kestrel) will include improved CSS3 support. [...]

Closing the gap - User Agent improvements

AlastairC talks about improvements that could be made with User Agents including, most interestingly, the idea of setting up 'Profiles'. The idea behi [...]

WCAG 2.0: Woeful to Wonderful in One Easy Draft?

Jack Pickard runs through the latest draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and finds the recent updates are a considerable improvement:[th [...]