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David Newton, St. Michael’s Hospital 1 Universal Web Design How to create an awesome experience for every user Open Source Bridge, 2015-06-24 Twitter: @newtron Github: @nwtn Email: david@davidnewton.ca Slides: http://nwtn.ca/c

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2 #uwd

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3 What is universal design? Part 1

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“ 4 Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible… —Ronald L. Mace

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7 —Photo by Beast

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8 —Image by the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)

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9 —Photo by Naquib Hossain

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10 The web.

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11 Why should I even care? Part 2

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12 Why do you have a website?

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16 —Photo by Petr Novák, Wikipedia

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18 Who are your users?

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19 You are not the user.

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20 Users are diverse

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22 —Chart by US Census Bureau

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23 —Chart by OpenSignal

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24 —Photo by Luke Wroblewski

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25 —Chart by PewResearchCenter

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26 —Chart by OpenSignal

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28 —Data from Jana Hours of minimum wage work needed to pay for a 500 MB mobile data plan Brazil Mexico Nigeria South Africa India Turkey Indonesia Vietnam Philippines United States Italy Germany 0 10 20 30 40 1 2.2 5.7 9.7 10.5 13.2 13.4 17 18 28.2 33.9 34.4

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29 All users are important

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30 Design with empathy

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31 I care! Now what? Part 3

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32 1. Equitable use 2. Flexibility in use 3. Simple and intuitive 4. Perceptible information 5. Tolerance for error 6. Low physical effort 7. Size and space for approach and use

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33 Equitable use

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34 Make one version of your site. Do this:

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35 Flexibility in use

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36 Provide choice in methods of use. Do this:

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37 Simple and intuitive

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38 Do this: Eliminate unnecessary complexity.

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39 Do this: Be consistent.

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40 Do this: Accommodate a wide range of skills.

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41 Perceptible information

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42 Do this: Use different modes for presentation of information.

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43 Do this: Provide adequate contrast and maximize legibility.

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44 Do this: Support assistive technologies.

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45 Tolerance for error

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46 Do this: Provide warnings and fail safe features.

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47 Low physical effort

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Minimize repetitive actions & sustained physical effort. 48 Do this:

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49 Size and space for approach and use

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50 P.A.PE.R. Part 4

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51 P.A.PE.R. Part 4

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52 P.A.PE.R. Part 4 because remembering four things is easier than remembering seven things

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53 Performance Accessibility Progressive Enhancement Responsive web design

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54 Performance Deliver a great experience to all users, regardless of their connection.

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55 Accessibility Deliver a great experience to all users, regardless of their ability.

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56 Progressive enhancement Deliver a great experience to all users, regardless of their browser’s ability.

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Deliver a great experience to all users, regardless of their viewing context. 57 Responsive web design

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58 Accessibility Progressive enhancement Responsive web design Web performance Universal web design Accessibility Progressive enhancement Responsive web design Web performance

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58 Accessibility Progressive enhancement Responsive web design Web performance Universal web design Accessibility Progressive enhancement Responsive web design Web performance

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58 Universal web design Accessibility Progressive enhancement Responsive web design Web performance

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Deliver a great experience to all users. 59 Universal web design

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60 Even more tips! Bonus

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Render content server-side. 61 Do this:

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“ 64 MVC stands for ‘Maybe Viewable Content.’ —Scott Jehl

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Use semantic markup. 65 Do this:

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66 Button Don’t do this:

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67 Button Link Do this:

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70 The HTML5 document outline is a lie.

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73 Detect features. Do this:

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Cut the mustard. 76 Do this:

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77 1. The “oh crap!” version: just HTML

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79 1. The “oh crap!” version: just HTML 2. The basic version: simple CSS, no JS

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81 1. The “oh crap!” version: just HTML 2. The basic version: simple CSS, no JS 3. The whiz-bang version: all the things

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82 if( 'querySelector' in document && 'localStorage' in window && 'addEventListener' in window ) { // load things }

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83 https://github.com/filamentgroup/loadCSS https://github.com/filamentgroup/loadJS

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Test. A lot. Do this: 84

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Listen to your users. Do this: 96

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98 —Photo by Big Lot Pet Supplies

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Remove barriers. 99 Do this:

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100 make things easier for your users

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101 make things easier for your users, even if it’s harder for you

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David Newton, St. Michael’s Hospital 102 Universal Web Design How to create an awesome experience for every user Open Source Bridge, 2015-06-24 Twitter: @newtron Github: @nwtn Email: david@davidnewton.ca Slides: http://nwtn.ca/c