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

Summary: Pat Buchanan

Pat Buchanan

http://www.gopatgo2000.com/
Server: Microsoft-IIS/4.0

Site Building Tool: Microsoft FrontPage 4.0

Status: NOT APPROVED for Level 1 Access

Bobby, with manual check:

• Level 1 evaluation revealed 2 problems:
  • Missing ALT for 1 form button.
  • Missing ALT for 136 images.
• Manual check was performed:
  • No LONGDESC for 136 images.
  • No d links for 136 images.
  • No headers for 11 tables (used for layout).
• Browser compatibility errors found: 6
• Download time: 24.3 seconds

IBM Home Page Reader:

• 62 links, 11 meaningless, 23 without context

Lynx:

• 90 voiced images on front door

OrbitAccess:

• Link clarity: A (80% or more)
• Page clarity: F

Suggestions for improvements:

• Include ALT, including empty ALT, for all images and forms.
• Include LONGDESC or d links for main images.
• Eliminate browser compatibility problems by using valid HTML.

Candidate Buchanan's site often showed good clarity of links in context, but stumbled on image texts and the gratuitous use of images without empty ALT texts that would instruct the screen reader or text browser to avoid them. The sites clutter and lack of clarity were also troublesome.

OrbitAccess Rating: Sixth

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