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Web Accessibility: Designing for Inclusivity and Compliance Tag: usability

Est. reading time 4 minutes

Designing a website is all about providing the best user experience for its visitors, but that can often assume a universal experience that ignores the different accessibility challenges and issues many people face. For web designers and businesses, providing the best experience possible means...

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Set Goals for Your Business – Make 2024 a Success! Tag: usability

Est. reading time 5 minutes

Setting defined goals is one of the most important things that can be done for the success of a business. It's not about lofty resolutions or wishful thinking, but rather create a pragmatic roadmap to what you want to accomplish. In this blog we look at the practical benefits of creating goals...

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Make Sure Your Website Is the Centre of Your Marketing Strategy Tag: usability

Est. reading time 4 minutes

When it comes to your online presence, your website should be the focal point of your overall strategy. Not only is it the most common point of contact for most customers, but it’s also the one area where you exert a higher degree of control and influence, being able to tweak visuals, messaging,...

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Don't Let Your Domain Put Your Website in Limbo Tag: usability

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Recently there was an Internet domain registrar that went out of business and put untold thousands of websites into limbo. These websites were no longer visible and there was no contact with the registrar to fix it. A terrible and stressful situation for everyone involved. Two of our clients...

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Interaction Cost and Creating a Website Menu Tag: usability

Est. reading time 5 minutes

Developing a website involves juggling a wide range of design elements, trying to build something that not only reflects what a business offers and embodies, but also provides a satisfactory customer experience.  Here we take a deep dive into the idea of interaction cost, how it impacts...

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How to Have an Accessible Website Tag: usability

Est. reading time 3 minutes

Whether it’s visual impairment, hearing impairments, neurodivergence, or countless other things — the notion of a universal user experience can be a harmful myth, that prevents everyone from enjoying and using your website.  To have a fully accessible website there are numerous factors that...

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Why Your Business Needs An E-Commerce Website Tag: usability

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E-commerce has been an exponentially growing industry in recent years, and as most businesses were forced to move online, that trend spiked.  Online shopping isn’t something that will go away. In fact, an e-commerce presence is going to be absolutely vital for all retail businesses going...

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Net Neutrality – Help Keep It Tag: usability

Est. reading time 2 minutes

You’ve probably heard a lot about Net Neutrality in the last few years, and recently it is back in the news. Canada, and the world, will be affected in many different ways if Net Neutrality in the USA ends. But what does it mean exactly? What is Net Neutrality?

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Then and Now Part 1: Responsive Websites Tag: usability

Est. reading time 6 minutes

Why Have a Responsive Site? Radar Hill has been in business for 16 years, and the magnitude of change in the 21st century when it comes to websites is staggering. What was a shiny new website just 5 years ago can now be outdated and leave your business with a huge potential gap in visitors and...

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Accessibility for Deaf Users: Why it's worth it. Tag: usability

Est. reading time 2 minutes

I (Shannon) am a programmer here at Radar Hill and I have been hard of hearing since, as far as I know, age 5. I was blessed to be taught how to read and speak before my inability to hear made it too difficult, so written text has always been my workaround for communicating with a hearing...

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