Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Laddering Method(also: Laddering Technique, Laddering Interview)
- A qualitative-quantitative research method used in user experience research to understand why users value certain product features. Rooted in Means-End theory, the technique involves asking participants what they liked or disliked about an experience, then probing with follow-up…
- Learnability
- A usability attribute measuring how easy it is for users to accomplish basic tasks the first time they encounter a design. High learnability means new users can quickly become productive with a system. For accessibility, learnability is particularly important because users with…
- Link Annotation(also: Link Augmentation, Link Labelling)
- The practice of adding supplementary information to hyperlinks to help users make informed navigation decisions before clicking. In web accessibility, link annotations may include the accessibility level of the target page, the file type and size of linked documents, or…
- Link Preview(also: Link Destination Preview, Link Target Preview)
- Information about the content or nature of a hypertext link's destination page, provided to users before they follow the link. Link previews help users make informed navigation decisions, reducing the costly trial-and-error of following links to discover their content and then…
- Loss Aversion
- A cognitive bias in which people experience the pain of losing something more intensely than the pleasure of gaining something of equal value. In the context of technology accessibility and aging, loss aversion significantly influences older adults' adoption of digital tools,…
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