usable interactions

This morning, as I was coming to a stop light at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and St Paul in Boston – in the bike lane, I’ll add – a woman, probably in her mid-30s, Continue reading

This time last year I was settling into a new job here at Boston University as a UI designer. I attended the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) presentation by a friend at the Carroll Center Continue reading

To get some background information on this topic, please read my previous post. The problem In my earlier post I was having an issue with an alert message not being announced by the screen readers Continue reading

Estimated reading time is 10 minutes. A few weeks ago I had the amazing opportunity to run a new interface through some accessibility tests. In addition to providing very useful data to work with, the Continue reading

If browsing a web page using the down arrow keys in JAWS 14, once focus is given to a form field (such as a search box) I get stuck. Reading will continue correctly with each Continue reading

I’ve been working with a team of folks at Indiana University, Cornell, MIT, University of Hawaii, and the University of Washington on an interface redesign for a grants and proposal system. Over the past few Continue reading

I recently gave a presentation to my sociology class that discussed the importance of updating and expanding Section 508 and the ADA to cover public services online as well as offline, and to apply to Continue reading

With all the new HTML5 and ARIA features available it’s easy to go overboard with using them all. Admittedly, when I first started learning about the new features I started using more than was necessary (unintentionally) Continue reading

Average reading time is 1:30 Joe Dolson, the creator of the WP-Accessibility plugin for WordPress is incorporating my a11y toolbar (that sliding thing on the left side of your screen) in the next version of Continue reading

Average reading time is 5 minutes. I’ve recently had the pleasure of using the Redfin website and mobile apps to find a home. Taking the time to write about my experience should be testament to Continue reading