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

Summary: Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley

http://www.billbradley.com/
Server: Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) mod_perl/1.21

Site Building Tool: Unknown

Status: NOT APPROVED for Level 1 Access

Bobby, with manual check:

• Level 1 evaluation revealed 2 problems:
  • Missing ALT for 6 images.
  • Missing 2 frame titles.
• Manual check was performed:
  • Missing ALT for 1 script. Not critical (ornamental).
  • No LONGDESC for 6 images.
  • No d links for 6 images
  • No headers for 4 tables (used for layout)
• Browser compatibility errors found: 3
• Download time: 5.4 seconds

IBM Home Page Reader:

• Front door: 15 links, 7 meaningless
• Home page: 22 links, 4 without context ("more"), 11 meaningless

Lynx:

• Front door was frame with NOFRAMES

OrbitAccess:

• Link clarity: C (40%-60%)
• Page clarity: B

Suggestions for improvements:

• Include ALT, including empty ALT, for all images.
• Include LONGDESC or d links for main images.
• Give titles to frames.
• Place all links in context.
• Eliminate browser compatibility problems by using valid HTML.

Candidate Bradley's page used table-based layout and presented few major obstacles. However, the quantity of meaningless and out-of-context links was excessive

OrbitAccess rating: Fourth

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