Accessibility & Usability Checks

Is the organisation name & logo displayed prominently? (Top left?)

Is there a tag line? How many words? Is it relevant?

Are the main user tasks emphasised?

Is this an obvious homepage?

Is there an "About Us" link?

Is there a "Contact Us" link?

Is there a "Privacy Policy" link?

Is there any internal organisation information?

Is there any marketing jargon?

Are style / fonts / colours consistent?

Are there any single-item lists?

Are abbreviations / acronyms explained?

Is any UPPERCASE text used?

Are there any exclamation marks?

Are there any "Click Here" links?

Are there any "More .." links?

Is the word "Link" used to show a list of links?

Is the navigation system consistent?

Does the homepage include a link to the homepage?

Are category/link names obvious?

Is there a "Simple Search" feature on homepage?

Is the Search input box at least 20 characters?

Does the Search automatically search the whole site?

Is there a link to an advanced Search feature?

Is there any irrelevant content?

Is there a good contrast between the text and background?

Are absolute fonts used?

Is CSS used?

Is the page design Liquid / Flexible?

is there horizontal scrolling at a screen size of 800 x 600 pixels?

Does the page linearise correctly?

Does page look OK in 4 main browsers?

Will page download in less than 10 secs on 56K modem? (<50K)

Do ALL images include "Alt" text?

Are there "Title" tags on text links?

Does page include animated logo / headlines?

Is there any scrolling text?

Are the date and time formats understandable?

Are there any drop down lists?

Does page head include meta tags?

Will page title bookmark corretctly?

Are there any "pop-up" windows?

Does page begin with "Welcome to .."

Is any advertising clearly labelled?

Does page include link to Guestbook? Is it relevant?

Does page include "Last updated" information in clear date format?

Is there a Site Map?

Does site have custom 404 errors?

Is there a "Splash" page?

Is page WCAG (or S508) Compliant? (WCAG AA)

Does HTML validate? (HTML 4 Transitional)

Is the DTD declared?

Is "Lang" attribute present?

Does page have autoplay music? Can you turn it off?

Do links make sense when read out of context?

Does page use frames?

Do main links have access keys?

Is there a "Skip Navigation" link?