Winter 2011 - January to April 2011 - Updated 2020-11-12 17:36 EST
Some taken from Jakob Nielsen’s http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
Usability 101: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html
Don’t listen to what users say; watch what they do: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010805.html
Good Deeds in Web Design http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991003.html
Writing for the Web: http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/
WCAG has reformed the way modern web design uses some widely-used features of HTML. Here are a few examples:
Avoid HTML tables for document layout. Tables have been widely abused to lay out the format of a web page, creating headers, columns and side-bars. HTML tables were intended to represent tabular data, not do document layout. Use CSS to lay out your document and reserve the <table>
tag for actual tabular data:
Of course CSS can make tables look good, too:
Avoid the use of HTML “frames”. “Many people using assistive technology have trouble with frames . An advisory technique about using noframes is available in Success Criterion 4.2.1.”
Let users control font sizes: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020819.html
Don’t use “spacer images” to lay out the document. Use CSS to position the content elements.
Don’t use PDF files for online presentation. See Jakob Nielsen’s article on “PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption”: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030714.html
Mobile devices have their own set of design guidelines that you can read here: Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 Jakob Nielsen says “Mobile Content Is Twice as Difficult”: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-content-comprehension.html