usability

How to code with no standards … by .NET

Published by jaffamonkey on December 9, 2011 | Leave a response

Coding standards on .NET projects is traditionally poor – I don’t know if this is related to the type of developer who ends up in .NET world, or the awkward nature of the main toolset (Visual Studio). Or a general problem endemic in modern developers – we all have our unfavourite tasks, but we are [...]

Posted in accessibility, coding, test automation, usability | Tagged business, client, coding standards, development, html, IDE, microsoft, nature, perception, performance, STUDIO, type, Visual Studio

Code bloat

Published by jaffamonkey on December 4, 2011 | Leave a response

Every web application developer should learn html, css and javascript coding standards – given how frequently they are also charged with resultant front-end output. The forgiving nature of modern browsers can mask a whole heap of problems, that will cause performance issue, and on more extreme level, applications errors. Sloppy html coding can result in [...]

Posted in accessibility, coding, usability | Tagged bloat, code, coding standards, heap, issue, level, mask, modern browsers, nature, pain, performance issue, security, Sloppy html, way, web application developer

Is it really that hard to label a form field?

Published by jaffamonkey on November 8, 2011 | Leave a response

Web Accessibility – countries that have legal requirement, this isn’t optional. It is sad that it takes legality to force websites to comply, even with the basic (and very attainable) Level A compliance. Something such as a form label, regarded as a very low prioirty issue within the SDLC, could prevent a user using accessibility [...]

Posted in testing, usability | Tagged accessibility, accessibility tools, coding standards, compatibility, compliance, doesnt, Ensure, issue, performance, prioirty, SDLC, set, transcation, Web Accessibility, XHTML Transitional Standards

UX – doesn’t the lazy acronym say it all

Published by jaffamonkey on October 12, 2011 | 17 Responses

User experience or UX as its annoyingly known as these days, is disappearing up its own rear end. As usual, a very good concept has been taken and butchered/tailored according to the compnay/individual using it as a self-marketing toy. User Experience is part of Usability, not some ethereal designer concept playground. The primary issue around [...]

Posted in testing, usability | Tagged Clear, concept, exeperience, experience, issue, person, rule, toy, User, User Experience, UX, way

WAAT

Published by blog on June 6, 2011 | Leave a response

http://sourceforge.net/projects/waat/ Standard version to test for A –AAA standards (loads options). http://sourceforge.net/projects/mobilewaat/ MobileWaaT provides accessibility evaluation of mobile web applications by applying the Mobile Web Best Practices (Mobile Web Initiative) as well as the WCAG2.0 guidelines (WAI Initative) into mobile-adequate contents (e.g., iPhone, Android, etc.). For mobile, but includes checks for Desktop. Covers multiple persona/disability [...]