I had planned to do my own write up on the subject of whether links should generally be underlined within body copy, both for accessibility and usability, when I found this excellent write-up from Adrian Roselli who provides a comprehensive outline of research and recommendations in six sections: Accessibility Usability Academic Research Other Sites Styling … Continue reading “Should websites underline links?”
Month: June 2016
Fitbit Dashboard Changes are a Win
Last week, the Fitbit iOS app introduced an updated dashboard that more closely matches the UI of the desktop site. For reference, this is what the dashboard looked like for years. Stats are now tiles The dashboard moved away from a vertical listing of stats to a more friendly tile layout, which allows more information to … Continue reading “Fitbit Dashboard Changes are a Win”
Flipboard Accessibility Audit
I’ve never used Flipboard, so I decided to make my first visit an opportunity for a preliminary accessibility audit based on the WAI Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility heuristics. It was a challenge to get the site’s source code because everything is rendered on the fly with JS. I had to use the Chrome … Continue reading “Flipboard Accessibility Audit”