It's Importance
Accessibility is a necessity in the web developing world. It broadens the consumer umbrella to bring in new and reoccurring users. By aiding websites with easier and quicker obtainability, we give users the capability to reach the content they need. That’s why our main focus of this project is to help the overall flow of the website, to make it more effortless for everyone.
How It's Shown in this Project
Home Page
Like we said in the Home page, we added many forms of interactivity to the website. Even the Home page of the project has features that guide the eyes to maintain interest. The Home page has a button to automatically scroll you down to the project’s About section. In the About section, there are many short clips that demonstrate the passage next and below it, keeping the user’s interest by visualizing the paragraphs.
Dictionary Page
In the Dictionary page, we didn’t want to draw too much attention away from the terms like in the original page, since its purpose is to just define terms. To make things easier for those looking for specific terms, we added the alphabetical filter. The filter’s main objective is to shorten scrolling distance for those who have limited mobility and those who need a quick search.
Deductible Page
The Deductible page is linked from the Dictionary page to provide further information. This page really lacked interactive media. It is also where we put more variety in our pursuit of accessibility. We first added a progress bar that appears after the user starts to scroll, and it stays at the top of the screen as it grows. That and the image placed strategically lower than the users screen height will encourage the user to scroll. Soon enough, the user will find a menu of closed drop-down questions. If the user is interested, they have the option to reveal one or more answers. This drop-down helps the page seem shorter for less scrolling. The last thing on the Deductible page is the Related Topics section we added, providing links to other topics the user might find convenient.
The Whole Website
Lastly, the entire web project has a menu bar stuck to the top of the screen that disappears when scrolling down, but then reappears when scrolling up. The whole webpage also has paragraphs stretching the whole width of the screen to minimize height. The Dictionary page is the only exception in order to maintain the “quick and easy” feel to the definitions.