Resources

Welcome to Nomensa Resources. We regularly add to this section of our web site to help our clients and associates understand how we can make the Internet more effective, more useful and more enjoyable.

Nomensa Insights

There are a number of Nomensa Articles that offer real insight into both the work that we pioneer and the disciplines that we follow. We are always interested to hear from like minded people and companies who may wish to add to this section or provide feedback, please contact us.

A Christmas Tale about Accessible Shopping

Léonie Watson, 10th December 2004.
Outlines the difficulties with online shopping

What are Skip Links?

Emily Coward, 2nd December 2004.
Outlines what skip links are and a best practise method of implementation.

Configuring the Individual Voice Settings in Jaws

Léonie Watson, 14th July 2003.
The third article in this series takes a more in-depth look at the Voice Settings in Jaws - the Individual Voice Settings.

When is the right time to spend your usability budget?

David Ellender, 31st Mar 2003.
Spending a small proportion of a development budget on usability provides great return-on-investment, this article seeks to answer the question "when is the best time to spend your usability budget".

Tools

There are many tools available for assessing the accessibility of web sites. Accessibility problems tend to be technical in nature and some aspects can be assessed by computerised tools. There are some useful tools that you can use to assess web site technology. Usability is difficult to assess automatically.

Useful Links

Interested in learning more about Accessibility, Usability, Design or Technology? Nomensa have provided a list of useful links to help you get started.

Glossary

Nomensa firmly believe that technology should not be a test. Sometimes the biggest barrier to understanding is the language used, which can be very confusing if you have never dealt with these concepts before. As a result of this we have decided to start a Nomensa Glossary for all the terms that may prove problematic. Please let us know of any terms that we may have missed as we will continue to add to this resource over time.