Fonts should be at least 16px, including Mobile & email!

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The Minute UX™ series: one-minute reads about website problems I’ve discovered in numerous UX audits. Website and email font sizes must be large enough for optimal readability and accessibility. The text you’re reading here is 18px (set in Roboto, a Google … Read more

Does your website meet color contrast standards?

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The Minute UX™ series: one-minute reads about website problems I’ve discovered in numerous UX audits. Adequate contrast is required for text readability. That applies to everyone—especially as we age—but more particularly for people with various levels of vision loss. For example, … Read more

Your website needs a clear “Home” link

I just wanna go home

The Minute UX™ series: one-minute reads about website problems I’ve discovered in numerous UX audits. This could be the shortest post in my Minute UX series. Look at your website. If there’s no “Home” link (apart from the logo) in the … Read more

Button wording must be meaningful, not fanciful

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The Minute UX™ series: one-minute reads about website problems I’ve discovered in numerous UX audits. Choosing the right words for website or app buttons is crucial. (I’ll save button visual design for another blog.) Vague or fanciful button text is remarkably … Read more

Careless responsive design hurts mobile usability

Frustrated phone user

The Minute UX™ series: one-minute reads about website problems I’ve discovered in numerous UX audits. I suspect that website owners, designers, and developers view their sites more often on desktop screens than on phones and therefore mobile problems go unseen. Every … Read more

When, why & how web links should open new tabs

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The Minute UX™ series: one-minute reads about website problems I’ve discovered in numerous UX audits. Improper link handling can disrupt user experience and fail at accessibility compliance. I often see these three problems with internal and external text links and buttons … Read more

Web accessibility matters: How to do it (& how NOT to)

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Accessibility means making things usable for people with disabilities. Beyond the physical world, it applies to digital products like websites, apps, smart TVs, computer user interfaces — anything with a screen that humans interact with should be accessible to people … Read more