Scsi's "Perfect 10" Web Site Standard Test Criteria Evaluation Worksheet
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Step 1 -- Check for the presence or absence of each of the ten
Usability and Accessibility features on any given Web page,
scoring ten points for each feature that you can answer with a "Yes."

Best Practice #1. Every Web page is fast loading. 

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Don’t the designers
respect a person’s time, having users wait for so long for
a given Web page to finish loading?"

Best Practice #2. Every Web page is viewable with any type of browser.

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Why have the designers failed
to address such environmental facts of life, such as my browser tools
may be either Web- or text-based, and the Operating System I use might
be UNIX, Mac, Linux, Windows, or whatever --- not just Windows?"

Best Practice #3. Every Web page incorporates meaningful, descriptive
'balloon help' text for every hyperlink (both text- and graphics-based).

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Don’t designers know that I want
to know where each and every navigational choice will be taking me
--- if I do make a specific hyperlink selection?"

Best Practice #4. Every Web page's navigation always remains under user
control, thereby allowing use of any combination of keyboard,
mouse, or other pointing devices as hyperlink selection tools.

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Am I willing to be restricted
by the designers from being able to make use of the keyboard for
site navigation? … and … Why do they force me to put up with cumbersome
“one-to-many” mouse-dependent menu navigation schemes?"

Best Practice #5. Every Web page incorporates an integral and effective
dual-domain search window.

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Why isn’t there a Search window?
… and … How come the design forces me to open another browser window?
… and … Why haven’t the designers provided the dual functionality
searching which Scsi has so convincingly demonstrated is both
possible and practical?"

Best Practice #6. Every Web page's text viewing size selections remain
under user control at all times — according to the particular
browser tool's available selections.
 
If the answer is no, ask yourself, "How come --- even when the
browser’s menu allows for changing text size selections
--- the designers actually prevent me from being able
to apply that desired feature?"

Best Practice #7. Every Web page's contents will always automatically
resize widthwise to fill the entire browser window — no matter
what screen resolution settings or window sizes are in effect
at any time.
 
If the answer is no, ask yourself, "If I’ve got a large display
screen and high screen resolution settings in effect, then why
must I put up with ‘lost real estate’ (blank areas) around
the displayed page’s contents?"

Best Practice #8. Every 'Print this page' operation automatically
results in an intelligently wordwrapped, truncation-free,
black-on-white printout of that Web page's main body contents
--- regardless of the page orientation and user-specified
text size selection in effect at that time.
 
If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Why am I putting up with
so many nuisance items --- especially truncated paragraphs
of text --- by these designers when I now know that they
really could give me the kind of intelligent printing
that Scsi has demonstrated I should get every time I choose
to execute a Print-This-Page operation?"

Best Practice #9. Every Web page incorporates readily accessible
contact information.

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Why is such an obvious
courtesy either not provided at all, or is frequently so
hard to locate, or doesn’t even provide me with the
information I really am seeking?"

Best Practice #10. Every Web page validates against the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications for Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS),
and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Content
Guidelines (WCAG).

If the answer is no, ask yourself, "Why can’t all Web
site designers decide first to always take the time
to do all the right things to create a rock-solid
foundation upon which to build their Web page
content for both my as well as for their benefit?
Don’t they get it?"

Step 2 -- Add together the points you have assessed
to come up with the final score for the Web page
you are currently testing.

Step 3 -- Determine that Web page's conformance to
Scsi's "Perfect 10" Web Site Standard according to
the following scale: 0 points reflects Total Failure,
10 or 20 points is considered Abysmal,
30 or 40 points is Poor, 50 or 60 points is Fair,
70 or 80 points is Good, 90 points is Excellent,
and 100 points is Perfect and would equate to
World Class Level Quality.

Step 4 -- Repeat Steps 1 through 3 for any other
Web pages of interest to you at this time.

Step 5 -- When done with all of your testing, ask
yourself, "Does any other Web site's pages even come
close to perfection?" And if you find that you really
do need professional help to improve your Web site's
score, call 859-261-5908 for prompt assistance.
 
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