When your graphic designer costs you money…Written by Granny's Mettle
So how do you know when your graphic designer costs you financially and emotionally? When a file is not prepared correctly… When you go to press and have your media material produced in prints, and find out that file was built incorrectly, then that's time when your graphic designer will cost you money. Many pre-press operators have complained about having to correct graphic designers work. To have a file prepared incorrectly can have drastic financial and emotional consequences to owner. The time needed to rectify problem can cause major delays and additional expense. This is due to graphic designer's understanding that his job is done when he produces design that you require. It is therefore necessary for a graphic designer to understand basic principle of what you see on screen may not be same when it comes off press. A designer should know how to correctly build a bleed; check that panels fold correctly; and that color separation is well understood. The list goes on an on. If these issues are not properly addressed, customer will most likely pay for additional costs because a print house or service provider will definitely charge extra for fixing problem. When no press check is done… Not only that customer would be paying dearly, he or she will also suffer emotionally when no press check is done. The job would definitely come out less or even worse than what owner is expecting. The customer will be left with frustration of having no alternative but to accept additional job for revision of graphic designer's output. This is particularly stressful and definitely teeth-grinding when it is a last-minute job for a presentation or a trade show. The customer is left with nothing.
| | Accessibility... The BasicsWritten by Alan Cole
An accessible website is one that allows as many people as possible to access infomation contained within it. An inportant subset of accessibility is allowing people with visual, aural, or physical disabilities full access to information and services available in same way as able-bodied people. Ensuring that your website is not dependant on particular hardware or software is also an important consideration when building accessible websites.Is it worth it? - At least 10% of population in most countries has disabilities; visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities can all affect access to Web.
- Average age of population in many countries is increasing; aging sometimes results in combinations of accessibility issues; vision & hearing changes, changes in dexterity & memory.
- Many elderly and disabled people rely increasingly on internet to obtain their goods and services.
Few organizations can afford to deliberately miss this market sector. On top of this, accessible web design contributes to advantages for able-bodies users too. Accessible websites: - Allow access to users of mobile phones, small display scress, Web-TV and web-kiosks and other new web=enabled devices.
- Increases usability in low bandwidth or slow connection situations.
- Provide access across a wider range of computer hardware and software.
Other extremely important benefits that make accessible websites worthwhile are that: - Many governments now require certain websites to conform to accessibility guidellines.
- Accessible websites are easier to index by search engines and therefore help drive traffic to your site.
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