Presentation by Jennifer Krul and Janna Cameron at AccessConf in May 2018, Guelph ON

1. Beyond average:
Designing for everyone
Janna Cameron
@jannacameron
Jennifer Krul
@jenniferlkrul

2. Meet Janna

3. Meet Jen

4. The details are not the details.
They make the product.
Charles Eames

5. Typing can be so satisfying!
ooh la la!

6. Clear, concise questions
Is that for 10 am in
the morning or the
evening?

7. Being smart

8. How do you know?

9. Errrrrrr!
What do
you want,
a medal?

10. Visibility of
system status
Match between
system and the
real world
User control and
freedom Consistency and
standards
Recognition
rather than recall

11. So it looks like you
got this.. moving on..

12. Our secret to getting feedback
about details… shhh…

13. Creativity is often stimulated when
there is a conflict to resolve, and it may
be that these successful designers
recognize this and seek out conflict.
Nigel Cross

14. Lessons from the boundaries

15. How to clear clutter

16. Focus on what matters

17. Focus on what matters
Embrace white space

18. Focus on what matters
Embrace white space
Use bold, solid colours

19. How to refine copy

21. Don’t use new words for the sake of using new words

22. Don’t use new words for the sake of using new words
Get it across in as few words as possible

23. Don’t use new words for the sake of using new words
Get it across in as few words as possible
Provide content in bite-size pieces

24. How to give good feedback

26. Make feedback big

27. Make feedback big
Provide feedback in context

28. Make feedback big
Provide feedback in context
Move cursor focus

29. How to design great nav

30. Use consistent UI patterns

31. Use consistent UI patterns
Provide clear sign posts

32. Use consistent UI patterns
Provide clear sign posts
Use text & image combos

33. How to create flexible responsive
designs

35. Space links apart

36. Space links apart
Limit the number of click targets

37. DIY
(no duct tape required)

38. When to look to the margins…

40. You got this. Really.

41. Want to chat?
Janna Cameron
@jannacameron
Jennifer Krul
@jenniferlkrul

42. How to draw like a pro
Check out Ed Emberley’s amazing books!