| Name: Justin Maryniaks | URL: http://www.geocities.com/breakdown_crew/project2/project2.html | Pages: 14 | Images: 12 | Date: 12.10.00 |
| YES | NO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Impression on first entry, | |||
| The URL/Domain Name is appropriate and meaningful | N | ||
| The surfer sees something meaningful within 8 seconds | Y | ||
| The Site Name and Product/Purpose come up instantly | Y | ||
| The first page is less than 20K, and images are kept small | Y | ||
| Text is visible (and held steady) while graphics are loaded | Y | ||
| Graphics are named (using ALT=) with useful text content | N | ||
| If an Entrance Tunnel, this is avoidable | N | ||
| The Homepage is exciting, interesting, attention-grabbing | |||
| There is useful information on the Homepage | Y | ||
| The Homepage looks good, and has a clean, uncluttered look | Y | ||
| Important information is 'above the fold' (top 600 x 300) | Y | ||
| Not distracted by excessive animation or flash | Y | ||
| The Homepage contains the key facts | |||
| Name of Organisation (preferably in H1 text heading) | N | ||
| Shows business, products, where based | N | ||
| Style appropriate for target audience | Y | ||
| Shows the sort of information available in the site | Y | ||
| Shows name, address, telephone, fax, Email | N | ||
| TITLE is meaningful | N | ||
| META statements are correct | Y | ||
| If frames are used, correct text links and METAs are provided | |||
| Shopping Experience | |||
| Friendly and quick route to buy | N | ||
| Secure handling of credit card information | N | ||
| Order ccknowledged with delivery date stated | N | ||
| Order tracking provided | N | ||
| Delivery reliable | N | ||
| Returns policy stated | N | ||
| Certificates obtained from trade bodies | N | ||
| Privacy of Data statement | N | ||
| Appropriate use of cookies | N | ||
| YES | NO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Back Office Support | |||
| Email response address on every page | N | ||
| What to do about faults, comments, suggestions, feedback | N | ||
| Same day acknowledgement of all Emails | |||
| Timely and full answer to Emails | |||
| Links are clear and meaningful | |||
| Not more than 7 options in any menu | |||
| Image-links are appropriate and consistent | Y | ||
| Image-links habe ALT words and supported by text-links | N | ||
| The whole site has a structure | |||
| It is clear what the structure of the site is | Y | ||
| Useful content is not more than three clicks from the homepage | Y | ||
| There is a List of Contents or a Site-Map with links to every page | N | ||
| Each web-page has links back to the Contents or Site-Map | Y | ||
| There are appropriate links on to other useful pages | Y | ||
| Search tool is provided if appropriate | N | ||
| All the pages obey the same rules | |||
| Each web-page has a proper title | N | ||
| The title shows why users should look at this page | Y | ||
| Titles are consistent with the words used to links to it | N | ||
| META statements are provided on key pages | N | ||
| Text is shown in centered tables (say 550 pixels wide) | N | ||
| Long web-pages have their own structure | |||
| Long web-pages are used when it is useful to print as a whole | Y | ||
| Avoid long tables, use several short ones | Y | ||
| Users are warned if access time is likely to be long | N | ||
| Each displayed part of the web-page has a heading or colour | Y | ||
| There is a list of contents for the page | Y | ||
| At useful intervals there is an escape-link back to the contents | Y | ||
| All Web-Pages have a reference | |||
| Author and name of organisation on each web-page | N | ||
| Accreditation or acknowledgement of the source of data shown | N | ||
| Web-Page URL shown for reference if the page is printed | N | ||
| Date created or last updated on each web-page | N | ||
| Pages that may be printed have company and contact information | N | ||
| YES | NO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Useful External Links are provided | |||
| Links are provided to relevant sources of information | Y | ||
| Links to associated organisations are provided | N | ||
| Information readily available elsewhere is not repeated | Y | ||
| There is a description of who the link is to, and why | N | ||
| External links are shown with the full URL | Y | ||
| The Website achieves its purpose | |||
| It is clear what the purpose of this website is | Y | ||
| The apparent purpose has been achieved | Y | ||
| There are appropriate images and colour | Y | ||
| It has a professional, planned, workmanlike, friendly image | Y | ||
| There is appropriate user interaction for Key Action Points | Y | ||
| There is incentive to take action | Y | ||
| The reply forms were easy to use and relevant to the need | Y | ||
| There is some humour or light-relief | Y | ||
| I am tempted to return in the future | Y | ||
| Browser compatibility and Accessibility | |||
| Works with Netscape, Internet Explorer, Opera, Lynx versions | Y | ||
| Appropriate colours, contrast, font size | Y | ||
| Handles variation in colors and font size | Y | ||
| Works with Text to Speech devices | N | ||
| Total Number of Yes answers | 37 | ||
Score 40-50 is excellent. 20-40 is only average. Less than 20 you have a problem here