If a font is used extensively at text sizes within office applications its usability is compromised if it’s not hinted. Characters may break up and display unevenly leading the user to believe that it may be corrupted, or your users may complain that it is difficult to read or even completely illegible.

What if management insists that certain elements of the site be done in a certain way, despite being informed those elements violate usability standards?

Since graphics are, by their very nature, a visual medium, our primary focus is to make graphical information accessible to screen readers for the visually impaired.

When saving images, be sure to name them by function, not by some visual attribute, because visual attributes might change in the future.

Forms can be painless or painful for visitors. Keep in mind that visitors want to get their tasks accomplished as quickly as possible, and with the least amount of effort. Proper planning and design can maximize task efficiency.

A visitor doesn’t drop in on a web site simply because it’s cool, or looks attractive, or has terrific navigation. Instead, a visitor hopes the site will help him or her to accomplish a goal.

When you scan an image, exactly what resolution settings should you use?

One of the more challenging aspects of designing web pages is taking into account a myriad of display sizes and resolutions.

Let us not forget the most important stakeholder of all, our potential visitors. All communication events, whether in print, on television, or on the web, should be aimed at a target audience.

The web-safe colors were chosen mathematically, not because they are necessarily the colors you would elect to use most often.