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		<title>Sins of Restaurant Websites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flash is often misused on restaurant websites. Learn the sins that restaurant websites commit, and how to avoid them.  "Think of flash as a spice and not an entree." ]]></description>
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		<title>Password Masking Usability</title>
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Usability Consultant Jakob Nielsen published a proposal to  stop password masking, as he believes it causes reduced usability. Password masking is the automatic process of displaying asterisks or bullets instead of your typed characters. Nielsen supports his arguments by offering research from his mobile usability study.  

The venerable publication A List Apart, published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is A11Y?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn the meaning of a11y? and where it comes from.]]></description>
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		<title>The Color And The Shape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Color has multiple uses in the world.  However, when the context changes, the meaning can be lost or altered. Learn how you can increase accessibility for color blind users.]]></description>
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