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Technical Design |
- Most pages download very slowly and does not fit in 1024 x 768 window.
- Excessive scrolling is necessary.
- Inappropriate use of tables.
- Page weight is above 200 KB
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- Pages download in a reasonable length of time and fits most windows.
- Scrolling is not excessive.
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- Pages download in quickly and the wait time is minimal.
- Someone using a 800 X 600 monitor doesn't have to scroll to the right.
- Meta descriptions and keywords match headings.
- Site has been checked on multiple browsers/platforms:
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari (Mac)
- Google Chrome
- IE (6 and above)
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Aesthetics |
- Background and colors conflict with text- not enough contrast, text too small, busy patterns, flourescent colors, more than 15 words within a text box, leading and kerning are too tight or loose, inappopriate margins and padding.
- Bad color harmonies- imbalanced, too many color conflicts.
- Too many widows and orphans.
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- Graphics download quickly and are relevant, text is easy to read.
- Background is subdued and coordinate with text colors and graphics.
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- Good color harmonies.
- Color palettes appropriate for intended audience.
- Well-balanced.
- Good use of white space.
- Clean font styling.
- Good branding (use of logo and banner, etc.)
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Organization
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- No style consistency (each page is different) nor consistant links on each page.
- Site is hard to navigate and easy to get lost in.
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- Site is organized and it's structure and style makes sense.
- Mostly easy to navigate.
- Some pages with no return links.
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- Site is well-organized and intuitive.
- Easy to navigate. Multi-pages exhibit consistency.
- Good hierarchy of links.
- Structurally sound HTML.
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Usability |
- Too many broken links.
- No return links or buttons.
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- Links provided to other pages and sites operate efficiently.
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- Users will find pages interlinked, with every page having a working link to another on the site.
- Location marker (breadcrumbs, link color change, etc.)
- Navigation is obvious.
- Good accessibility (meets section 508 standards- alt tags, background images text, for forms; label tag with for attribute, fieldset, legend, etc.)
- Site map is present for larger sites (SEO)
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Use of graphics
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- Graphics detract from site.
- No graphics or overload of graphics.
- Some graphics too large and load too slowly.
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- Graphics are used to illustrate content and are appropriate in number and style.
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- The graphics aid users in using this site and aesthetically enhance it.
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Currency
and availability of further information
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- No sign of currency.
- No contact person/author or email address.
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- Pages appear current but few are dated.
- A contact person/author or email address is available.
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- The site was recently revised and dated.
- A contact person/author and email address is readily available.
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