This year the United States celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, an achievement of Herculean proportions. The US won the space race by reaching the lunar surface before the Soviet Union. But this victory was not…

If your software products are like most others, they are complex, data intensive, and functionality dense. At the same time, real people use those software products for critical day-to-day work. Creating complex software is difficult. Balancing that kind of complexity…

Many organizations still use desktop applications, largely because they are deeply important for day-to-day operations. While they are mission critical, they are also complex, often horribly outdated, and even more often extremely difficult to use. Modernity calls, change is necessary,…

Part of the Accessibility for Developers Whitepaper This article is one part of a comprehensive whitepaper about building accessible digital products, written in partnership between truematter and Progress. You can download the full whitepaper from the Progress site. ———— Just because someone has a visual…

You should always, always, always test digital products with the actual people who would use the them. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to find the time, budget, and resources to do a full-blown usability test every time. But that doesn’t…