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

Summary: Alan Keyes

Alan Keyes

http://www.keyes2000.org/
Server: Apache/1.3.9 (Unix)

Site Building Tool: GoLive CyberStudio

Status: NOT APPROVED for Level 1 Access

Bobby, with manual check:

• Level 1 evaluation revealed 2 problems:
  • Missing ALT for 8 image map links.
  • Missing ALT for 3 images.
• Manual check was performed:
  • No LONGDESC for 5 images.
  • No d links for 5 images.
  • No headers for tables (used for layout).
• Browser compatibility errors found: 6
• Download time: 22.9 seconds

IBM Home Page Reader:

• 10 links, 8 map links not replicated as text links.
• Image links are voiced by filename.

Lynx:

• Frame links on front door, 1 as 'menu'
• 7 voiced image map positions on menu page
• 3 frame links on next page

OrbitAccess:

• Link clarity: F (under 20%)
• Page clarity: F

Suggestions for improvements:

• Include ALT, including empty ALT, for all images.
• Include LONGDESC or d links for main images.
• Include frame names and eliminate looping frame menus.
• Clarify page organization and include links on all page.
• Eliminate browser compatibility problems by using valid HTML.

The Keyes site did almost everything wrong. Site frames had no alternative version. On Home Page Reader, auto-refresh looped endlessly back to the start. Links were sometimes described, usually not. Frames were without descriptive titles; even the news page was just called "footer". There were no text links to previous pages in frames; once on a page, it was difficult to leave it.

OrbitAccess Rating: Last

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