All, Good to see some new people at the last meeting. Following our discussion here is a link to some AbilityNet videos of assistive technology users http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3CD45E862B50C925 Some of these are also available on Easy Youtube which was developed by Chris Heilmann http://scriptingenabed.pbwiki.com/AbilityNet-Videos Judith
Continue Reading →Transport: Can public transport be a better experience than the car?
For our next meeting I’ll be talking about a pet topic of mine. I’ll be looking at the car user’s experience and seeing why it’s so difficult to get people to switch to public transport. Then I’ll be looking at how we might design a public transport system in such a way as to make […]
Continue Reading →October, November and December Meetings – Confirmation of Dates and Venues
I’m delighted to confirm that I’ve had final clarification from Manchester Digital and Manchester Digital Development Agency that we can use the Portland Street offices (for FREE) for our next 3 monthly meetings. Thanks to John Keys at the MDDA for his assistance on this.. Dates The dates are confirmed as: Tuesday October 28th Tuesday […]
Continue Reading →next few meetings
We are going to be able to use Manchester Digital/MDDA offices on Portland Street for our next meetings. – Thanks for sorting venues Paul. I’ve set up a poll on Doodle to see what dates are the best for everyone, we are still looking at meeting every month. http://www.doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=b4ss63xhtx24m8iw We’ve also had offers […]
Continue Reading →Negative Influence
I encountered this pop-up notice on a Flash-based T-Shirt editor application last night. It reads Loading Error A loading error occured [sic]. This might negatively influence the use of the application. Please reload the application if this occurs. Beside the spelling mistake, the euphemism for ‘the application might break’, it’s also not clear after which […]
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