“The medium, or process, of our time—electric technology—is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and reevaluate practically every thought, every action, and every institution formerly taken for granted.”
— Marshall McLuhan
Developing and maintaining an accessible website requires a lot of work. Traditionally, accessibility testing has been a manual process involving browser plug-ins, and web services. But recently, automated accssibility testing tools have become a staple in the worklfow of testing and maintaining large, feature-rich websites.
Drupal excels at empowering people to manage data and curate their content. With the initiative towards further decoupled architectures, we can serve that content in a variety of new and interesting ways. Drupal is already really really good at storing and maintaining lots of data. Now imagine the possibilities of analyzing that data with machine learning tools. From predictively serving content based on event data and algorithms that study user trends to sentiment analysis, and beyond.
Imagine the capability to:
In a user-first world, content is the basis for ensuring great user experience. A content audit lays the groundwork for aligning organizational objectives with site visitor needs. It is the preparatory work for the site architecture, content model, and page layouts. It addresses content governance and the content creation process.
Understanding user journeys will help us to analyze a person's feelings, thoughts, and touchpoints as they move through different stages in the awareness, consideration, and conversion phases of a funnel. Incorporating the information gathered from a user persona and other user research can help us to identify areas where we can improve user experience on a website. This kind of understanding can lead to more efficient and higher converting digital experiences.
Portable scan stations can be used at conferences, meetings, offices, buildings, or any access-controlled points. Within one second of scanning, the Drupal backend is consulted and a decision is announced: Enter, Your Meeting is in Room 1024, or See the Service Desk or any other message that you want.