Web Accessibility of the Presidential Candidate Sites, December 9, 1999

The Candidates' Sites as Viewed in Netscape

These sites were visited from November 29 to December 4, 1999

		Bauer's was the candidate site created most to look like a paper brochure. It looks contiguous and attractive in Netscape, presenting few problems for the browser. (d) Gary Bauer's front door in Netscape Bauer site evaluation summary
Gary Bauer

		Bradley's site was created in the popular newsmagazine style, with left-hand index and two-column format. The fixed-paper approach creates a narrow column for wide-screen visitors. (d) Bill Bradley's front door in Netscape Bradley site evaluation summary
Bill Bradley

		Buchanan had an oddly cluttered page, with important links on all four sides of the main text. Here, even the fixed-paper approach is not successful in guiding the visitor. (d) Pat Buchanan's front door in Netscape Buchanan site evaluation summary
Pat Buchanan

		In George W. Bush's site, the centering of the page and the tight magazine-style presentation lead to a crampiness. Like Buchanan, Bush has links almost everywhere. (d) George W. Bush's front door in Netscape Bush site evaluation summary
George W. Bush

		Forbes's page was a minefield of icons, images, fonts, and unclear links. Another tight fixed-paper presentation, the site crowds its own text with design details. (d) Steve Forbes's front door in Netscape Forbes site evaluation summary
Steve Forbes

		Gore's main point of interest--it, too, is a fixed-paper design--is that the bulk of the links are to the right. This isn't web tradition, but it keeps them out of the way, as well as carrying an accessibility benefit of being read last, not ahead of important text. (d) Al Gore's front door in Netscape Gore site evaluation summary
Al Gore

		Hatch's page has a brash front door with links and images and decoratons, but no information. Its cartoonlike quality is its image, sporting "Hatch toons" and "Skinny cats". (d) Orrin Hatch's front door in Netscape Hatch site evaluation summary
Orrin Hatch

		Alan Keyes has a site that has, in Web age, an old-fashioned feel, with bulleted images and Microsoft's "Comic" font. For graphical browsers, the front page works, not setting the accessibility traps it does for other browsers. (d) Alan Keyes's front door in Netscape Keyes site evaluation summary
Alan Keyes

		John McCain makes full use of advanced features to determine browser capabilities and present a fully used page with a clear layout. (d) John McCain's front door in Netscape McCain site evaluation summary
John McCain

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