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And it's not just for websites. Analogy: the doorframe is of a standard width so that a wheelchair can get through. This means manufacturers can make equipment
by timnetworks 19d ago
And it's not just for websites.
Analogy: the doorframe is of a standard width so that a wheelchair can get through. This means manufacturers can make equipment that will fit in your house without calling you first! You never have to worry you bought a new refrigerator that needs to be pulled into a hole in the roof because it won't fit through the door. You never have to worry about delivering food to a grocer because your hand truck and boxes will fit, and there is a ramp instead of oddly shaped stairs. Nobody needs to be in a wheelchair for this.
- _kb 19d agoWithin built environment and industrial design that's termed universal design. The canonical example is ramps on footpaths providing equivalent benefit to people in wheelchairs, parents with strollers, and commuters on bikes, scooters or skateboards. The door width example you provide is another perfect case. There are many aspects of things we design and build where a small focus of accessibility for one group brings benefits to many.
- bethekidyouwant 19d agoThe standard doorway width came before the standard wheelchair width
- timnetworks 18d agoty for the correction and my sudden urge to research doorframe design