Comments on: Colorblindness & Usability: A Case Study of Microsoft, Amazon & IBM http://thecontentwrangler.com/2007/03/08/colorblindness_usability_a_case_study_of_microsoft_amazon_ibm/ Content is a business asset worthy of being managed Fri, 18 May 2012 01:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ScottAbel http://thecontentwrangler.com/2007/03/08/colorblindness_usability_a_case_study_of_microsoft_amazon_ibm/comment-page-1/#comment-112 ScottAbel Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:34:51 +0000 http://localhost:8888/ee/?p=545#comment-112 <p>Susan: </p> <p> Tom’s article could have been edited a bit for readability. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. You are correct. </p> <p> Readability isn’t the only rule we broke when we published this article, as several readers correctly point out, TheContentWrangler.com violates some of the very same rules that Tom mentions. We plan to correct these accessibility issues in our site redesign (coming soon!) </p> <p> Thanks for your comments. </p> <p> Scott Abel <br /> TheContentWrangler.com </p> Susan:

Tom’s article could have been edited a bit for readability. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. You are correct.

Readability isn’t the only rule we broke when we published this article, as several readers correctly point out, TheContentWrangler.com violates some of the very same rules that Tom mentions. We plan to correct these accessibility issues in our site redesign (coming soon!)

Thanks for your comments.

Scott Abel

TheContentWrangler.com

]]> By: susanj01 http://thecontentwrangler.com/2007/03/08/colorblindness_usability_a_case_study_of_microsoft_amazon_ibm/comment-page-1/#comment-111 susanj01 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:04:02 +0000 http://localhost:8888/ee/?p=545#comment-111 <p>While I enjoyed reading the content in your article, it was a painful experience. The first block of text is more than 220 words, without a break. Surely, a Usability Expert would know to use “chunks” of text when displaying content on the Web and spare his reader from long paragraphs. Remember your reader! </p> While I enjoyed reading the content in your article, it was a painful experience. The first block of text is more than 220 words, without a break. Surely, a Usability Expert would know to use “chunks” of text when displaying content on the Web and spare his reader from long paragraphs. Remember your reader!

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