usability.codegraffiti.com

Usability stretches behind the scenes and into the structure of the code beneath your stylish websites. Screen readers and search engines see only this code and we can design with these users in mind too. I briefly cover some areas that you can work on here:

Pretty URLs

URLs provide users and search engines with direct links to your websites and making them pretty can ensure a user feels safe following links. I show how they can be used effectively and how they must be used to allow bookmarkable websites.

Semantic HTML

HTML is built up of many tags that have specific meanings. By using these instead of nameless constructions we improve the maintainability of our websites and make them more accessible to screen readers and other tools.

It is all too easy to forget about the back-end of your website as the casual user will never come across it. The specialised users that do be highly affected by how you treat these areas and these usability tweaks are usually straight forward to achieve.