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Digg It - Web Accessibility: Web Design for the Mobility-Impaired
Mobility impairment isn’t always as obvious as you might think it is. You don’t have to imagine extremes of disability like paralysis or missing limbs. Try imagining a simple fall or o
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
ther accident that results in both hands in a cast and unable to use a mouse. Now, with that in mind, open your website in your browser, put an unsharpened pencil in your mouth, and tr
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
y to use the eraser to push the TAB key till you get all the way to the main content of your page. With a properly placed "skipnav", one TAB key click gets you to the link, and a click
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
on the ENTER key gets you to the main content. That’s accessibility. It’s the web equivalent of an entry ramp.
A skipnav is a link placed at the very beginning of the page (before any
A skipnav is a link placed at the very beginning of the page (before any
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
other page content) that allows a user to skip all the top-bar and sidebar navigation links and go straight to the main content. It’s generally a simple text link placed either in the
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
beginning of the header or in a separate DIV prior to the header. It’s one of the very few pieces of page content considered acceptable for cloaking (matching text color to the backgro
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
und color or using CSS to size it or slide it off-screen to make it invisible to the user.) Like most accessibility options, it exists primarily for disabled users and doesn’t have to
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
be visible to be useful.
Web design for limited mobility also includes checking your scripts to see if your behaviors are mouse-centric. Without touching your mouse, try to get around
Web design for limited mobility also includes checking your scripts to see if your behaviors are mouse-centric. Without touching your mouse, try to get around
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
your site. There aren’t perfect keyboard equivalents of all mouse events, but the major ones are pretty basic. If you have a CLICK event, add the same KEYPRESS event. If you have a MOU
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
SEOVER event, add the same FOCUS event. If you have a MOUSEOUT event, add the same BLUR event. Accessibility is about making the page useful to everyone no matter how they get to it or
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
have to get around it.
The ACCESSKEY value of the anchor tag is another good and far underused feature to add to your navigation system. Even though it’s not currently supported in so
The ACCESSKEY value of the anchor tag is another good and far underused feature to add to your navigation system. Even though it’s not currently supported in so
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
me browsers and browser versions, it’s one of those things that doesn’t hurt your page by being there. Browsers that don’t support it just ignore it. Users hold the ALT key (the CONTRO
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
L key for Mac users) and press the specified, single, alphanumeric character to either set focus on or activate a link depending on the browser. It allows you to set keyboard shortcuts
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
for primary site navigation.
Other aspects of mobility impairment related to computer usage may not occur to you initially. These include slowed reflexes, lack of coordination, tremor
Other aspects of mobility impairment related to computer usage may not occur to you initially. These include slowed reflexes, lack of coordination, tremor
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
s, ticks, palsy, arthritis, and anything else that might make a user’s hands uncooperative. I, for one, have a hard time double-clicking fast enough (due to nerve damage) for the compu
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
er to register it as such. Therefore, avoid page design that relies on a site visitor’s speed and eye/hand coordination–unless, of course, you want your page to feel like a video game.
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Avoid single character or single digit hyperlinks on a page or image maps with tiny hot spots. (I know, scripted image maps are a whole other issue.)
You would not believe the number
You would not believe the number
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
of web pages I’ve been to that use words like "I" or the number "1" as important content links. Try to hit that after six cups of coffee. Our goal isn’t to make it harder for site vis
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
tors to use our sites; it’s about making it easier and more intuitive. That’s usability. It’s the web equivalent of a well-ordered office directory posted clearly on the wall with neat
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
ly labeled signs on every door.
I know that these things will require a little extra time and effort, but they’re worth it. It’s just not that hard to imagine yourself in need of them
I know that these things will require a little extra time and effort, but they’re worth it. It’s just not that hard to imagine yourself in need of them
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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