User Experience & Usability Resources

Additional Resources

• Calendar Embed Shortcodes
  Source: theeventscalendar

  Events Calendar Pro‘s calendar shortcode gives you the ability to embed full calendar views in places other than the main calendar page. If you have a post or page on your site where shortcodes can be used, you can embed full calendar views there!

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• F-Shape Pattern And How Users Read
  Source: Smashing Magazine

  Scrolling, scanning, skipping: How do users consume content online? Here’s what you need to know about reading behavior and design strategies to prevent harmful scanning patterns.

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources, Writing for the Web Resources
• How to Stop Opening Links in New Windows without Warning
  Source: Knowbility

  Links opening in new windows are an accessibility barrier we find on most websites we audit. Opening links in new windows (or tabs) changes the context. Opening a link in a new window can be disorienting for someone who isn’t able to perceive the change. They may not understand that they can’t use the “back” button on their browser to return to previous content.

  Categories: Accessibility Resources, Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Images Tutorial
  Source: W3

  This tutorial demonstrates how to provide appropriate text alternatives based on the purpose of the image.

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Opening New Browser Windows
  Source: Nielsen Norman Group

  From: The Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 1999
  Don’t break the Back button.

  Categories: Accessibility Resources, Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Opening new windows and tabs from a link only when necessary
  Source: WCAG Techniques

  The objective of this technique is to limit the use of links or buttons that open new windows or tabs within Web content. In general, it is better not to open new windows and tabs since they can be disorienting for people, especially people who have difficulty perceiving visual content. 

  Categories: Accessibility Resources, Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Shortcodes Overview
  Source: theeventscalendar

  Shortcodes are a convenient way to embed content, code, and other assets without touching code yourself. Our plugins include many shortcodes that do everything from embedding the calendar and events on a page or post to displaying attendee and ticket sales reports anywhere you’d like them.

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Should I use a carousel?
  Source: Should I Use A Carousel?:

  Lots of useful information (quotes and links) about the usage of carousels.

  Categories: Accessibility Resources, Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Text/Typographical Layout
  Source: WebAIM

  Text Alignment, Margins, Padding, and White Spacing, Line Length, and Text Decorations

  Categories: Accessibility Resources, Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources, Writing for the Web Resources
• The Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 1999
  Source: Nielsen Norman Group

  New technology and conventions have led to several new classes of usability problems in Web design. Consider reading these sections, Breaking or Slowing Down the Back Button, Opening New Browser Windows, and Headlines That Make No Sense Out of Context.

  Categories: Accessibility Resources, Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources, Writing for the Web Resources
• Web Guidance
  Source: WSU Brand

  Web design Dos and Don’ts.

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Why HTML and Not PDF
  Source: GOV.UK

  Why GOV.UK content should be published in HTML and not PDF.

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Zoom Sharing Toolbar: Meeting Controls
  Source: Marilyn Wetterer

  How to Move or Hide Zoom Meeting Controls

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources
• Zoom Sharing Toolbar: Share Screen
  Source: Zoom

  Sharing your screen or Desktop on Zoom

  Categories: Resources, User Experience & Usability Resources