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	<title>Comments on: Expert usability participants</title>
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		<title>By: AlastairC</title>
		<link>http://alastairc.ac/2006/07/expert-usability-participants/comment-page-1/#comment-9577</link>
		<dc:creator>AlastairC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An obvious one is contrast, where people with visual impairments may ask for maximum contrast (e.g. black on white), whilst people with cognitive impairments such as dyslexia may ask for a more subtle differentiation.

Other examples are very context dependant, but you will often hear comments such as &quot;I think the navigation should be at the top because other sites do that&quot;, when you know that the problem they had was due to the sheer number of links and the design of the navigation, not &lt;strong&gt;where&lt;/strong&gt; it was.

It&#039;s the usual things you find from usability testing (where observation trumps self-reporting every time), but with some of the newer accessibility oriented services, you don&#039;t necessarily have the rigour that experienced usability people will bring. That&#039;s why I&#039;m sceptical that regular site owners will have the best information to make decisions with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An obvious one is contrast, where people with visual impairments may ask for maximum contrast (e.g. black on white), whilst people with cognitive impairments such as dyslexia may ask for a more subtle differentiation.</p>
<p>Other examples are very context dependant, but you will often hear comments such as &#8220;I think the navigation should be at the top because other sites do that&#8221;, when you know that the problem they had was due to the sheer number of links and the design of the navigation, not <strong>where</strong> it was.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the usual things you find from usability testing (where observation trumps self-reporting every time), but with some of the newer accessibility oriented services, you don&#8217;t necessarily have the rigour that experienced usability people will bring. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m sceptical that regular site owners will have the best information to make decisions with.</p>
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		<title>By: Harry</title>
		<link>http://alastairc.ac/2006/07/expert-usability-participants/comment-page-1/#comment-9575</link>
		<dc:creator>Harry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m really interested to know more about the &#039;fixes&#039; you&#039;ve experienced that can help certain users but negatively effect others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m really interested to know more about the &#8216;fixes&#8217; you&#8217;ve experienced that can help certain users but negatively effect others.</p>
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