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With logical grouping, appropriate field formats, and polished workflows, we can make the entry process for even the longest forms manageable and intuitive. 

In our first post, we saw the big difference that switching our Drupal website to the Gin admin theme can make for sighted users. Gin’s approach to spacing, its clean icons and soft color palette allows the elements on the page to breathe more freely (and we authors as well!). There are so many elements on this page, however, that the interface can still feel overwhelming. We have some tips to help make things better. 

Something as simple as switching the administrative theme can have a big impact on the usability of your website for sighted users, thanks to the law of the aesthetic-usability effect.

We knew through analytics that "Resources" on Bay Area Legal Services were not reaching as many people as they should be. We used usability testing to make small changes that greatly improved user engagement. 

We want our websites to be able to reach as many people as possible. If done right, your site's visual design and theme will ensure that color contrasts work for the vast majority of people, that screen reader users and keyboard navigators can use your menus, and that other accessibility benchmarks are met. So, when all is said and done, remaining accessibility issues usually come down to the content that editors add to a site. This is where accessibility checkers prove useful.