May 2021

2021

A simple approach to improving form design

clearleft.com

“The question protocol”, as suggested by Richard Rutter, is a handy heuristic to evaluate the data fields of a form:
When designing a form, you can ensure you are gathering only pertinent information by always invoking the question protocol. The question protocol forces you – and your organization – to ask yourselves why you are requesting a piece of information from a customer. Getting to the bottom of why you’re asking a question means determining precisely how you will be using the answer, if at all.
2021

Accessibility for People with Astigmatism

essentialaccessibility.com

While high contrast is important for accessibility, this article is a good reminder why overdoing it is not a good idea:
There is a myth about white text over black backgrounds being the best color contrast combination for accessibility, but in […]

Why dark mode isn’t as accessible as you might think

codeenigma.com

“Is dark mode impacting your users”, Maygen Jacques asks in this article about some less-considered aspects of designing for “dark mode” — specifically the impact of fuzzy vision from white text on black background for users with […]

Frank Elavsky on Twitter

twitter.com

In this Twitter thread, Frank Elavsky directs attention to a neglected aspect of common data viz accessibility discussions.

Why CMSs should not send the FLoC opt-out header by default

Google claims to have found a possible solution (actually it’s just one of many ongoing explorations into this sphere) to replace third-party cookies with a supposedly more “privacy-friendly” alternative, but — while indeed eliminating […]
2021