Web Site Usability Checklist
There are many simple ways to evaluate the usability of a web-site without the involvement of users. To make this assessment has been standardized and, if possible, eliminated the human factors evaluators recommend using a predetermined evaluation forms.
This form allows you to increase the usability of the developed web-site, or to quickly assess the current resource.
Architecture and Navigation
- Whether the structure of the website aims to achieve its intended use?
- Is it clear navigation scheme?
- Is it possible to determine where in the website you are?
- How do you find the site that you want?
- Is it reasonable number of items in the navigation bar?
- Is it logical to sort the navigation bars?
- The names of the hyperlinks correspond to the titles page?
- Hyperlinks are marked clearly?
- Is there a clearly dedicated link on the homepage?
- Is there a possibility to find information on the site?
- Is there a site map?
- Does every page to see which site you are?
- Can a user to navigate the site?
Planning and Design
- The page size exceeds the size of the window?
- The scheme layout is repeated on all pages?
- Is there a clear focus on each page?
- Visual layout is visible?
- Effectively used if the alignment?
- Effective if used grouping?
- Is there good contrast?
- Do not cumbersome planning?
- Do you like the site aesthetically pleasing?
Contents
- Texts on the site are clear and concise?
- Has the text in the form of small blocks?
- Occur if the text of grammatical and spelling errors and typos?
- Both contain the same page introductory text?
- Do the multimedia components of the problem user?
- Are the units used to clear the site and will not cause difficulties when they use them foreigners?
- Does the site presents the time and date of page creation?
- Presented a site contact telephone numbers?
- Presented a site address with zip code?
Forms and Interaction
- Are the forms of tasks a user?
- Do dialogues logical sequence of steps?
- Do dialogues clear button or link to skip to the next step?
- Are the dialogues consistent and concise?
- Are all the form elements used as intended?
- Whether grouped form elements in nature?
- Clearly there seems button submitting the form?
Graphics
- Is the quality of graphics used acceptable?
- Are all graphic elements have alternative text labels?
- Do the graphic elements of information about file size?
- Do the graphic elements optimized for transmission over the Internet?
- React if the graphic elements on the movements of the mouse? It is useful?
- Do you use animation? It’s not too much? The size of files acceptable?
Colors
- Whether the appropriate choice of colors for the site?
- Whether you use too many colors?
- Colors are used logically and consistently?
- Are adequately different colors used in black and white?
Making the text
- Is the writing clear?
- Font size large enough?
- Font color, suitable and adequate contrast?
- Whether the text is formatted so that the line was 10 to 12 words?
- Is there enough width around the text?
- Typeface is used properly and consistently?
Robustness
- Should the user something to remember, passing between pages?
- Does the warning when trying to commit irreversible or costly actions?
- Can I cancel a risky or costly activities?
- Whether the errors are caught locally, without reference to the server?
- Contain a page with a message about errors generated useful information?
- Contain a page with an empty search results tips on expanding your search terms?
- Is there a help system (help)?
- Whether assistance is structured by the tasks of user? Explains whether it is the user how to accomplish something, or that action?
- System using context-sensitive?
Platform Features and Implementation
- Loading pages is fast enough? Whether it takes from 3 to 15 seconds?
- Are all hyperlinks are working correctly?
- Are there bad graphics?
- Whether to write the text of pages so that they could find the search engines?
- Does the site with a user’s browser?
- Does the site with equipment that uses a user?
- Does the site to monitor high and low resolution?
- Are non-standard plug-ins? Whether they are necessary and useful?
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