Site Redesign

Today the RedWeek.com development team launched a complete redesign of our site. This includes the visual presentation of the site as well as accessibility and usability aspects of the pages themselves. The content and functionality you have come to expect remain unchanged. So think of it as the same great site, but more user-friendly, accessible to people with visual and other impairments, and probably a bit faster too.

One of the accessibility improvements may also be of interest as a usability feature for all of our users: the use of accesskeys. If you are not familiar with them, unsighted users and/or users who cannot use a mouse will assign specific pages in a site to corresponding letter on their keyboard. A common example is "h" for the home page. However, this means they must assign them for all of their favorite sites. What we have done is establish these for them on RedWeek.com. If you look at our top navigation bar, you will see that one letter in each word is underlined, like "Timeshares for Rent & Sale". This lets the user know that "t" is the accesskey to browse timeshare rentals and resales. Try it for yourself by holding down the Alt (control on a Mac), and pressing the letter "t". Pretty neat, right? For someone unable to use a mouse, this is a requirement. But any user may find this to be an easier way to move around the main areas of our site, since you can leave both hands on your keyboard.

Please let us know your thoughts on our redesign and send us any suggestions as to how we can improve your experience on RedWeek.com.