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The background does not interrupt the text.
The text is big enough to read, but not too big.
Columns of text are narrower than a book, to make reading on the
screen easier.
Navigation system is easy to understand and use.
Navigation is consistent throughout the site.
Large sites have an index or map.
Link colours coordinate with page
colours.
Links are underlined, so they are clear to a visitor.
Buttons are not too big.
Every graphic has an alt label.
Every graphic link has a text alternative.
Animated graphics turn off by themselves, or better still are not
used.
Pages download quickly.
All pages have good visual impact within a 640 x 460 screen size.
Every web page in the web site looks like it belongs to the same
web site.
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Default
gray backgrounds.
Backgrounds that distract and make the text hard to read.
Text too small to read.
Text stuffed up against the left edge.
Text that stretches across the full page. Its hard to read on
screen.
Paragraphs in all bold, all capitals, all italic or all at once.
Underlined text that is not a link.
Default blue links.
Blue link borders around images.
Dead links.
Large graphic files that take forever to load.
Meaningless or useless graphics.
Missing graphics, especially with no alt labels.
Graphics that do not fit on the screen in 640 x 460.
Borders turned on in tables when not required, especially with
unsightly borders.
Anything that blinks, multiple things that blink
Rainbow rules, especially if they blink.
Under construction signs, especially if they represent little men
or machines, and worse still if they are animated.
Counters on pages - who cares.
Junky advertising
Having to scroll side ways on a 640 x 460 screen
Too many pictures of meaningless awards on the first page.
Unclear navigation.
Orphan pages, basically no way back.
No focal point on a page, or too many focal points on a page. |
