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POUR: Designing for Accessibility with Operable in Mind

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“POUR” has become mainstream lingo for the four main principles (Perceivable, Operable, Understand, and Robust) of web accessibility. Now we’re going to cover the second term of POUR: Operable. Why Your Designs Should be Operable. How to Create Operable Experiences. For example, guideline 2.1

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The Beauty of Simplicity: The Key to Accessible Web Design

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Whether it be a product, graphic, interaction, or even user experience and user interface (UX/UI), we see designs with too much visual information or functionality, leaving users distracted, confused, or even frustrated. What Does “Simple” Really Mean? While these P.O.U.R.

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POUR: Designing for Accessibility with Perceivability in Mind

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It outlines a set of guidelines for designers, content developers, and front-end developers to use to design for accessibility, known as “POUR” – perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust – and furthers the idea that functionality enhances design. To be perceivable, information then needs to be presented in more than one format.

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Fashion App ASOS Adds Image Search Feature

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Through an unnamed third party helping to deliver this new feature, it’s currently only available to those with Apple operating systems, but the company has confirmed it will be rolling this out to Android users soon. ASOS’ head of product and UX, Richard Jones, commented to Forbes on the company’s decision to add on the image search feature.

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Prepare Your App for iOS 14

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Now that iOS 14 is available, there has never been a better time to get your app up and running with the latest operating system. Widgets can be presented in many customizations and sizes. The iPad Mini 4 and iPad Air 2 will not be compatible with the new operating system. iOS 14 gives a redesigned widget experience.

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Is a Zombie Core Eating Your Bank’s Brain?

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Vendors may roll out a new user experience (UX) in an effort to extend the life of the core, but unless this fresh makeup is accompanied by meaningful product enhancements and architectural upgrades, the effect is simply postponing an inevitable “living dead” state. Are you somewhere in between?

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Why The Bank-FinTech Relationship Is More Complicated Than Conflicted

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report: “The rise of digital innovators in financial services presents a significant threat to the traditional business models of retail banks.”. Among the latest chronicles of that struggle came this week via a CNBC article , which includes this quote from a 2016 McKinsey & Co.

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