Web Design Tips
Web Usability and Accessibility Links
At CSU
- Web Accessibility Policy and Resources: new web pages must comply with these policies and standards
- Assistive
Technology Resource Center: Web Access: Resources and Guidelines
- Web Access Checklist (rtf)
- ACNS: Making accessible web pages
- Web Validation Links: check your code for standards compliance, usability and accessibility
On the Web
- Wikipedia: Web Usability and Accessibility definitions and links
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) : quick tips, checkpoints, techniques, brief list, ADA compliance
- 16 accessibility rules, details: all CSU and other public pages should follow these ADA guidelines
- WebAIM: Web Accessibility in Mind: techniques and concepts, products and tools
- NACSE usability web guide: simple tips on site design, page design and navigation aids
- Usability Toolkit: Society for Technical Communication
- Usable Web: 970 links on web usability
- usability.gov: designing usable websites
- useit.com: articles by usability expert Jakob Nielsen
- Don't Make Me Think: A Commonsense Approach to Usability by Steve Krug (book) (Amazon)
- Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries usability services
- JimThatcher.com: skip navigation links for screen readers
- W3Schools browser statistics: design for common browsers, operating systems, screen resolutions
- TechSmith Morae: usability testing recording and analysis software
- How to design library Web sites to maximize usability - Elsevier LibraryConnect (pdf)
- The Web Credibility Project: Guidelines - Stanford University's top 10 ways to boost your site's credibility
- Usability Interface Engineering articles
- Making Library Web Sites Usable: A LITA Guide (book) (details)
- Web site design with the patron in mind : a step-by-step guide for libraries (book)