Catriona Campbell, our CEO and an increasingly popular speaker, has been busy presenting to packed audiences at The New Media Age Show on both usability and accessibility. Those of you that attended would have heard the interesting case studies and offerings that usability and industry experts had to offer.
Catriona was thrown in at the deep end, discussing the importance of usability to 'creatives.' Catriona stood out amongst the 'creative teams' sighing and groaning at her insistence of designs, which are usable. After explaining that a usable site does not necessarily stunt all creativity the crowd began to relax. As Joe Noburn of The Royal Bank of Scotland pointed out, designers should still: 'push the boundaries. You can still use rotating banners, Pop-Ups, Pop-Unders' DHTML, and Flash but only if it has a purpose.'
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