Manual evaluation report

For a full description of each step and the tools required, please refer to my Manual accessibility evaluation page. (www.tomjewett.com/accessibility/evaluation.html)

Page
Reviewed by
  1. Visual check.
    1. Is the text legible in size and font selection?
      — if no, difficulty to repair:
    2. Is there sufficient visual contrast between text and background colors?
      — if no, difficulty to repair:
    3. Are page elements positioned in a logical, organized, easy-to-find layout?
      — if no, difficulty to repair:
    4. Are any page elements moving or blinking at an unhealthy rate?
      — if yes, difficulty to repair:
    5. Does the page require frames, image maps, timed response, or active content such as video, audio, applets, or scripts?
      — if yes, please refer to the specialized evaluation guides for those elements (to be developed).
  2. Browser: View -> Text Size, enlarge, and shrink window width.
    1. Does all text (except in banner graphics) respond to the change in size? (fix no)
    2. Does test wrap within columns as the width is changed? (fix no)
    3. Is text hidden past the right side of the page? (fix yes)
    4. Do columns, page elements, or text lines overlap each other when enlarged? (fix yes)
  3. Keyboard Tab key, through all links and form elements.
    1. Is there a logical progression from element to element? (fix no)
    2. Does the tab order between form elements make sense? (fix no)
  4. Firefox toolbar: Information -> View Document Outline.
    1. Are headings properly nested by level? (fix no)
    2. Do headings make sense in the context of the document? (fix no)
  5. Information -> Display Link Details.
    1. Do all links look "clickable"? (fix no)
    2. Are images of text (other than banners) used as links? (fix yes)
    3. Do any links contain "href='javascript..."? (fix yes)
  6. Images -> Display Alt Attributes.
    1. Do images that convey content have equivalent alt-text? (fix no)
    2. Do images that convey complex content have longdesc attributes or equivalent text content elsewhere on the page? (fix no)
    3. Do purely decorative images have empty alt-text (alt="")? (fix no)
  7. Information -> Display Table Information.
    1. Are column and row headers identified (with scope) in tables that contain data? (fix no)
    2. Do complex tables associate the headers with data cells? (fix no)
    3. Is a summary attribute provided for data tables if their meaning is not clear from context? (fix no)
    4. Do tables used for layout only have summary or headers? (fix yes)
  8. CSS -> Disable Styles -> All Styles.
    1. Is color and font information rendered in the browser's default style? (fix no)
    2. Are headings, paragraphs, and lists obvious and sensible? (fix no)
    3. Is most text (other than logos and banners) rendered in text rather than images? (fix no)
    4. Does any content appear that was invisible before? (fix yes)
  9. Images -> Disable Images -> All Images.
    1. Does any text content disappear entirely? (fix yes)
    2. Does alternate text make sense in the context of the page? (fix no)
    3. Is there still sufficient contrast between text and background colors? (fix no)
  10. Images still disabled: CSS -> Disable Styles -> All Styles, then Miscellaneous -> Linearize Page.
    1. Does the reading order of headings and page elements make sense? (fix no)
    2. Does each group of navigation links have a way to skip reading? (fix no)
    3. Do multiple groups of links have easy navigation from one to the other? (fix no)
  11. Tools -> Validate HTML.
    1. Does the HTML code pass the automated validation? (fix no)
  12. Tools -> Validate CSS.
    1. Does the CSS code pass the automated validation? (fix no)
  13. Tools -> View Speed Report.
    1. Is the overall page size and download time reasonable for its intended use? (fix no)
    2. Are images reasonably sized for download? (fix no)
    3. Is there an excessive number of images? (fix yes)
  14. Color analyzer, foreground and background.
    1. Does the normal vision foreground/background contrast meet standards? (fix no)
    2. Do the color-blindness tests meet standards? (fix no)
  15. Color, Simulations -> Select window (List).
    1. Is all information on the page intelligible in each simulation? (fix no)
  16. Firefox toolbar: View Source -> View Source.
    1. Are styles used to simulate headings or other semantic markup? (fix yes)
    2. Is the code free of extraneous elements used for layout or decoration? (fix no)
    3. Does each form input have an associated <label> element or other appropriate grouping element? (fix no)
    4. Does each data table column (and row, if applicable) have a head element with the scope attribute? (fix no)
    5. Do tables with multiple-level headings include id= attributes in the headings and headers= attributes in the data cells? (fix no)
    6. Do layout-only tables contain any markup other than row and cell elements? (fix yes)
    7. Are there any other items identified by automated evaluation that the code confirms to be problems? (fix yes)
  17. Low vision user test.

  18. Voice reader user test.