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Fixing Bad UX Designs

You're reading from   Fixing Bad UX Designs Master proven approaches, tools, and techniques to make your user experience great again

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
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ISBN-13 9781787120556
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lisandra Maioli Lisandra Maioli
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Understanding UX and its Importance FREE CHAPTER 2. Identifying UX Issues – UX Methodologies 3. Exploring Potential UX Solutions 4. Increasing Conversion with UX 5. Using UI and Content for Better Communication 6. Considering Accessibility As Part of the UX 7. Improving Physical Experiences 8. Improving IA for Better Navigation 9. Prototyping and Validating UX Solutions 10. Implementing UX Solutions 11. Measuring UX Solutions 12. Keeping Up to Date 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

What accessibility is and its importance


The story of accessibility is very similar to physical spaces in the real world. A building, to be accessible to wheelchair users, for example, needs access ramps, more spacious elevators, and bathrooms with grab bars. A building only becomes 100% accessible when anyone can get access to any of the spaces available there.

The same thing happens with websites. To say that a website is accessible means that anyone on any device and with any type of disability can navigate the site with ease and without restrictions.

Many of the aspects that make accessible websites are implemented with ease when designed from the beginning of the project. It is much easier to incorporate accessibility into your website or application when you are starting from scratch, than trying to fit accessibility into a website that already exists. Think about the work you do to incorporate larger ramps or elevators into a building after it's already built.

The complexity of making...

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