Human-centered design and accessibility

Human-centered design is a way of building technology around the people who will use it, not around what is easiest to build. Designers observe and talk with real users to learn their goals and frustrations, sketch ideas and build quick prototypes, test those prototypes with users, and use what they learn to improve the design, repeating the cycle. Usable designs are consistent, make clear what each control does, give quick feedback, and forgive mistakes, for example with an undo button. Accessibility means designing so that people with disabilities can use the technology too. Common practices include alt text that describes images for people using screen readers, captions for videos, strong color contrast, never using color alone to show meaning, making everything work with a keyboard, and letting users enlarge text. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a widely used standard for accessible websites. Features built for accessibility often help everyone, like captions in a noisy room, an idea called universal design.

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