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Usability Samples

"Usability" refers to the ease with which people can use our website in order to achieve their goal. Principles of usability help people of all abilities, using any web browser, to make the most of the content we provide.

Links

• Meaningful Links (do not use "click here")
• Brief Links (try for 1-3 words)

Related Content

• Limited Callouts (fewer callouts = bigger impact)
• Brief Callouts (related content font styles are good for impact, bad for reading comprehension)

Headers and Bullets

• White Space (your reader's best friend for quick scanning)
• Meaningful Headers (don't make your reader "work")

Fonts

• Limited Bold (bold text causes eye fatigue)
• Plain Links (underlined text is already harder to read)
• Lower Case (don't "shout" at your readers while reducing their comprehension)

Images

• Best Images (some images lend themselves to web use better than others)
• Brief Captions (bold text causes eye fatigue)

For more information contact web@uua.org.

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