On 4 Aug 2005 at 13:55, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Me wrote: > Actually no, that particular site we only tested with disabled people, > although I have to add the range of impairments was extremely wide, so > I don't think we would have found many other results had we tested > people without disabilities. > > I agree with you that the navigation groupings might have added to the > users' need for additional information. But the users that did request > the dropdowns mentioned following reasons: > > - Reduce mouse-clicks (especially on machines with slow Internet > connection) - Get a quick, detailed overview of the content in all > sections - Less content to read through > > The last point was in particular valuable for deaf users and users > with reading impairment. As the website we tested had a lot of content > on it, some users felt uncomortable with pages of long content. > That's interesting. Except for the example you gave (in a later post about deafness and the resulting learning difficulties) I wouldn't like to infer a general link between hearing impairment and content length.
Your learnings entirely reflect my experiences usability testing with people without an impairment, so I'd take the comments as general usability issues, not particular issues for people with a hearing impairment. Donna -- Donna Maurer Maadmob Interaction Design e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: http://maadmob.com.au/ blog: http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/ AOL IM: maadmob ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
