In September we launched ComicA11y, an experiment aiming to achieve an all-inclusive online comic reading experience. This meant tackling an age-old accessibility challenge — how to make visual elements work with assistive technologies. The ...
A black rimmed frame. Artwork. Bubble. Text. These are the building blocks commonly used to construct visual stories commonly known as comics. We’re all familiar with them and for almost a hundred years mainstream comics and manga have ...
When I began my career the web industry was very different to today. I entered the workplace, fresh from university, eager to plant my flag in the metaphorical summit of web. That ambitious determination took a downhill tumble when I realised ...
If you missed it, last month we at Humaan released a social aggregation platform called Waaffle. The marketing site features an animation sequence which is bound to the natural scrolling of the page. Because this animation received an ...
While I’ve always been human, four years ago I was thrilled at the opportunity to become a Humaan. It wasn’t hard to notice the fine work Jay and Karen had been doing at the time but I never thought I realistically stood a chance at winning a ...
The day is finally here. You and your team have slaved over the latest website for months and your boss is nodding smugly as the QA gives the all clear. Everyone’s high fiving and the champagne cork is about to fly across the room to hit ...
Telling stories is inherently human; they are entrenched into our culture and history. More importantly though, we relate to stories. It can sometimes be a struggle to recall and explain factual information from memory. However, it’s a lot ...
The old saying is not necessarily true. Rather than feeling contempt, web users tend to react positively toward familiar elements within a website or application. This familiarity bias can be exploited to make radically new ideas and approaches ...