Forsy - UX and accessibility for research software
UX and accessibility for research software
Design & UXOpen accessPublished 3 Oct 2026
Covers user experience and accessibility for research software: UX disciplines, accessibility practice, Design Thinking, scoping a Minimum Viable Product versus a Minimum Loveable Product, Nielsen's usability heuristics, and prototyping with tools like Figma and Miro. Also covers WCAG conformance for web-facing tools, accessibility testing, CLI usability guidelines and inclusive defaults. Use PROACTIVELY when creating or reshaping a user-facing interface (CLI, GUI, web), and when the user designs a research tool's interface (web, GUI or CLI), asks how to make research software usable or accessible, plans user testing or prototyping, or mentions usability heuristics, WCAG,…