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www.UsabilityOne.com May 2010 Newsletter
 
 
WCAG 2.0 - A year later
One year after the introduction of the new WCAG 2.0 web accessibility guidelines, it is positive to see more and more organisations, both government and private, are making changes to their websites to comply against WCAG 2.0. Read full article
 
 
What we've been up to...
UsabilityOne's Sydney team expands Congratulations Mum! Accessibility Rush
Having started at UsabilityOne six weeks ago, Jonathan Duxbury is now an invaluable member of the Sydney team. Prior to joining UsabilityOne, Jonathan completed his Bachelor of Science (Psyc) down in Wollongong focused greatly on research. In his fourth year he conducted a research project involving episodic memory and the new Microsoft Sensecam.

More personally, Jonathan enjoys every sport under the sun, mainly soccer (football), cricket, rugby league, rugby union, and golf. He also loves music and reading, as well as brewing his own beer.

UsabilityOne Research Manager, Michelle Daniels and partner Chris are now the proud parents of little baby Benjamin. They came to visit the office last week and it won’t be long before we get Benjamin to conduct his own user testing. The team here at UsabilityOne have been madly conducting accessibility reviews for both the public and private sector. It is great to see organisations realising the importance of allowing their content to be accessible to all. For more information read our lead article WCAG 2.0 - A year later. If you would like an accessibility review on your website please Contact Us.
 
 
Below are a few recent articles that caught our eye:
 
Are people draw to faces on web pages?
We came across this short, yet interesting presentation by Tom Tullis, on an eye tracking study which looks at the use of faces on web pages. Whilst users tend to be drawn to faces when browsing a web page, the more task driven they are, the less likely they are to pay attention to anything that resembles advertising, and faces usually mean advertising. Well worth a watch! Watch video (5.34 mins)
 
 
The decline of the homepage
There has been a lot of discussion lately around the way users browse and the new role the homepage plays. More and more customers are going straight to specific pages on your site, rather than the homepage.
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