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Chapter 2 - General Design Considerations
This chapter discusses several areas to consider as you begin your development process. These considerations cover three broad areas:
- worldwide compatibility--support for multiple script systems and multicultural sensitivity to your target audience
- universal access--provisions for people with disabilities to use your software by means of alternative input devices or output devices
- collaborative computing--support for people working in groups on
local networks or people using computers over remote networks
If you are aware of the factors that influence worldwide compatibility, universal access, and collaborative computing, you can plan ahead. By incorporating support for these capabilities from the beginning of your development process, you can save time, money, and development problems and end up with a product that is immediately useful to a wide range
of people.
Chapter Contents
- Worldwide Compatibility
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- Cultural Values
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- Resources
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- Language Differences
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- Text Display and Text Editing
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- Default Alignment of Interface Elements
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- Keyboards
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- Fonts
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- Universal Access
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- People With a Physical Disability
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- People With a Visual Disability
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- People With a Hearing Disability
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- People With a Speech or Language Disability
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- People With a Seizure Disorder
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- Collaborative Computing
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- Concern for Other Users
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- User Identification
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- Access Privileges
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- Passwords
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- Data Encryption for Security
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- Clear Communications
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- Displaying the Current State of Data
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- Communicating With Other Environments
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- Network Transparency
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