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March 14, 2005

Low-Literacy Users

Jakob Nielsen's current Alertbox column: Low-Literacy Users has implications for users with disabilities and a host of others as well. More:

Long experience shows that improving usability for users with disabilities typically increases usability for non-disabled users as well. Similarly, improving websites for lower-literacy users can also help higher-literacy users. That said, some sites are targeted mainly at higher-literacy users:

    * B2B sites that target business professionals, managers, and decision-makers
    * E-commerce sites that sell expensive or intellectual products
    * The public relations and investor relations areas of corporate sites
    * Content sites that cover scientific or other advanced topics
    * Intranets for knowledge workers

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