Monday, May 31, 2010

4 Easy Steps to Make Your Site More Usable to Older People

A gray-haired old woman from the United Kingdom.Image via Wikipedia

by Tom Babinszki

When you find a huge population of Internet users, you definitely want to target them and make them want to visit your site. And one of the major groups that many web developers are aiming to target is that of the aging population.

More and more senior citizens are using the Internet at a regular basis. And no matter what your niche is, you can be sure that there will always be older people who would find your site and would want to read what you have in store.

This is more than enough reason to make your site more usable and accessible to the aging population. So to help you get started, here are 4 easy steps to make your site usable and accessible to older people.
Make Your Text Easy to Read

Apply Good Color Contrast

Make Everything Accessible Via the Keyboard

Caption Your Videos
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