Originally Posted by espmartin

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1. Load my page, and squint my eyes (Yes, I'm serious). Can I still read the content, and differentiate between background/foreground colors?
2. Next I move my mouse out of reach (like behind my desk). Now, just using my keyboard, can I navigate my entire site?

Of course, this is an extremely simple test...but what do you all do for your
usability testing?

color combinations, font-family, and font size extremely important and I always pay great attention to it...

Just a little tip - you should ALWAYS define font-family and font-size for your pages and that includes <h> tags, otherwise browser will use default user settings and You have no idea how people will see your site in different browsers...

With keyboard - you got me here... The only time I use it - to type something in. Without mouse I will be lost even on perfectly accessible/usable site...

Excellent tips!

Originally Posted by SkinnerW

...With keyboard - you got me here... The only time I use it - to type something in. Without mouse I will be lost even on perfectly accessible/usable site...

And this is perfectly fine. It's just that many designers design for themselves
(as with the example you give of how you use your browser) - without
thinking of disabled users. Just as many designers who have a 24",
wide-screen monitor will design their layouts based on how it looks on their
screens, and not the typical 1024x768, 18" monitor user.

I have a 21" monitor, but I use web development extensions that test screen
resolutions and such for my designs before I roll them out.

Excellent tips by skinner..thanx for info

Great tips guys, what i do is ask my friends to test out the website and make sure all the links are working as well. I think its better to get other people to test out your website and then get feedback on them.

thanks for information