It seems a simple question: which patterns/letters are the most common in Braille? And what pins get the most wear and tear on them? Continue reading
Braille Distribution: Or, Just Which Pins Take The Most Abuse In a Braille Reader?
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Category Archives: User Interface
Using NVDA For The Blind On Windows
I’m not blind, but after reading Graham’s McCreath’s The Politics of Blindness I’ve been trying to be more aware of their problems with viewing data online. For example, I can’t figure out how a blind person makes sense of Windows … Continue reading
Why Are Captchas Case Sensitive?
Why is it so many captchas are case sensitive – does it really matter if I enter ‘E’ or ‘e’? As well, have you noticed how often the letters are uppercase, so not only do you need to fiddle with … Continue reading
The All-Pervasive Dialog
Dialogs are everywhere- those little popup boxes that give us an inside peek as to what the computer is up to. They’re often necessary (aren’t you glad there’s an ‘are you sure’ box when you’ve accidentally chosen to format your … Continue reading
Design Issues – Working With Files
As veteran users of software, we are accustomed to managing our own files. More than likely, you’ve used Explorer to navigate around your hard drive, and grown accustomed to the file open and save dialogs. However, this reliance on files … Continue reading
Improving The Customer Experience In Software
As I read this title, I realize that this could be the start of a book, not a short article. Ultimately, every bit of software written is for somebody (even just for the programmer who wrote it). So this means … Continue reading
