creating beautiful, accessible websites
Usability and Accessibility
Build it and they will come.
Are they there yet?
If your site is not accessible, they've come, and left. It is an epidemic: other web designers are not concerned about usability and accessibility. Profit generating sales, and leads are conducted online, yet, most of designers have an illusion that users are only looking for a flashy site-- not to spend money. When was the last time you were stuck at a window saying "10%-- 20%-- Please Wait While Loading-- 30%-- 40%--"? These sites take too much time to load *even on broadband* and are not accessible. Do not wait for your site to load, because your customers won't.
Have everything that your customers need at their fingertips, in a moments notice. Good content, good structure, and good navigation? If your audience can't find what they are looking for, they will never become customers. Accessibility and usability lead informed, loyal, users and more business.
Usability Testing
You've put money, time and effort into your website. Are you getting the best return? Many web developers only employ snazzy designs and cool effects-- websites that confuse and scare your audience. At Hitchcock Creations, it's only cool if you get more leads, signups and sales.
- Discover what brings people to your website and how to get them to come back
- A/B testing - scientifically discover what's best for your audience
- Organize, develop, and present more content - increasing your audience as well as your search rankings
- Hitchcock Creations implements and delivers results-- Ask some of our past customers...
Accessibility Testing
Your site may look great to you-- but not to everyone, if its not standards compliant, some people might not even be able to view it. Your audience includes users with disabilities: color blind, hard of seeing or blind, and deaf. Your audience is also using a PDA or mobile phone, old web browsers, new web browsers or a dial up connection. Why do standards help? Because if they don't have the latest and greatest new technology, your site will still look great. Standards help ensure that a website degrades gracefully. Our services include:
- Ensure that your site meets or exceeds Section 508 guidelines for accessibility
- Ensure that your site meets or exceeds WAI guidelines for accessibility
- Test your website on a variety of web browsers, operating systems, and other platforms
- Bring your site up to standard compliance (which reduces page load times and helps your search rankings)