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‘Thinking pink’ is not thinking at all

Posted on March 18th, 2008 in Accessibility, Design, TH UK. No comments.del.icio.us:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  digg:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  spurl:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  wists:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  simpy:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  newsvine:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  blinklist:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  furl:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  reddit:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  fark:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  blogmarks:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  Y!:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all  smarking:'Thinking pink' is not thinking at all

Many Web designers and marketers have a simple strategy to appeal to women: “Think Pink.” Often this is a good opening strategy if women are your target market because they do tend to favour pink and purple hues. But colour preferences are affected by a variety of factors other than gender, including age, personal bias, […]

FTSE 250 Co’s Not Accessible

Posted on December 6th, 2006 in Accessibility, FTSE 250 Accessibity, TH UK, Website Development. 2 comments.del.icio.us:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  digg:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  spurl:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  wists:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  simpy:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  newsvine:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  blinklist:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  furl:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  reddit:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  fark:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  blogmarks:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  Y!:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible  smarking:FTSE 250 Co's Not Accessible

FTSE 250 companies’ websites are slowly edging towards meeting the minimum legal Accessibility requirements.
FTSE 250 companies seem to be discarding the financial incentives of making their websites available to an audience, estimated at having an annual spend of £80bn.
B2B consultants Front of Mind’s survey of the FTSE 250 companies websites, highlight that just 22% now […]

Search, for Visually Impaired People

Posted on July 21st, 2006 in Accessibility, SEO. No comments.del.icio.us:Search, for Visually Impaired People  digg:Search, for Visually Impaired People  spurl:Search, for Visually Impaired People  wists:Search, for Visually Impaired People  simpy:Search, for Visually Impaired People  newsvine:Search, for Visually Impaired People  blinklist:Search, for Visually Impaired People  furl:Search, for Visually Impaired People  reddit:Search, for Visually Impaired People  fark:Search, for Visually Impaired People  blogmarks:Search, for Visually Impaired People  Y!:Search, for Visually Impaired People  smarking:Search, for Visually Impaired People

Google has launched an experimental version of its search for visually impaired people. This not only presents its results in a manner that is more useful for screen readers and other tools used by disabled people. It will prefer accessible sites, to poorly designed sites.
In general, sites which are accessible, are also search engine friendly, […]