Assistive Technologies Oral Presentation by Ahmed Alarifi

Outlines Introduction Evaluated Websites Evaluated Softwares

Introduction

Evaluated Websites

Evaluated Softwares

Websites Evaluated Websites evaluated are www.digg.com : the social bookmarking website www.kau.edu.sa : King Abdulaziz University website (the English version)

Websites evaluated are

www.digg.com : the social bookmarking website

www.kau.edu.sa : King Abdulaziz University website (the English version)

Softwares Evaluated Softwares evaluated are: Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox.

Softwares evaluated are:

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox.

Digg.com Accessibility evaluation Passed/failed WCAG1 guidelines failed priority 3 failed priority 2 passed priority 1

Accessibility evaluation

Digg.com Designing to standards evaluation: Passed/failed Standard failed XHTML standards failed CSS standards

Designing to standards evaluation:

Digg.com usability To study the usability for digg.com I have used “Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability” by Jakob nielsen which can be found here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html Digg.com has passed all of the guidelines

To study the usability for digg.com I have used “Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability” by Jakob nielsen which can be found here:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html

Digg.com has passed all of the guidelines

Digg browsers compatibility The same for all major browsers except: Opera 7.54 Not compatible with 800X2084 screen dimensions.

The same for all major browsers except: Opera 7.54

Not compatible with 800X2084 screen dimensions.

Kau.edu.sa Accessibility evaluation Passed/failed WCAG1 guidelines failed priority 3 failed priority 2 failed priority 1

Accessibility evaluation

Kau.edu.sa Designing to standards evaluation: Passed/failed Standard failed XHTML standards failed CSS standards

Designing to standards evaluation:

Kau.edu.sa usability To study the usability for king abdulaziz university I have used “Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability” by Jakob nielsen which can be found here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html KAU website has passed 4 out of ten from guidelines

To study the usability for king abdulaziz university I have used “Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability” by Jakob nielsen which can be found here:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html

KAU website has passed 4 out of ten from guidelines

KAU browsers compatibility The same for all major browsers Except: Internet explorer 4.01 in Windows XP Firefox 2.0.0.14 in Fedora 7

The same for all major browsers

Except:

Internet explorer 4.01 in Windows XP

Firefox 2.0.0.14 in Fedora 7

Google chrome Accessibility Here I evaluated the accessibility for Google chrome using IBM Software Accessibility Checklist - Version 3.5.1 which can be found here http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/software/accesssoftware.html The result is google chrome failed in 4 of the points in the checklist.

Here I evaluated the accessibility for Google chrome using IBM Software Accessibility Checklist - Version 3.5.1 which can be found here http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/software/accesssoftware.html

The result is google chrome failed in 4 of the points in the checklist.

Google chrome usability Google Chrome is a usable web browser Easy installation process Drag and drop features Less alert boxes = Less annoying

Google Chrome is a usable web browser

Easy installation process

Drag and drop features

Less alert boxes = Less annoying

Firefox Accessibility Here I evaluated the accessibility for Firefox using IBM Software Accessibility Checklist - Version 3.5.1 which can be found here http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/software/accesssoftware.html The result is firefox failed in 1 of the points in the checklist.

Here I evaluated the accessibility for Firefox using IBM Software Accessibility Checklist - Version 3.5.1 which can be found here http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/software/accesssoftware.html

The result is firefox failed in 1 of the points in the checklist.

Firefox usability Firefox is a usable web browser Drag and drop features Customizable interface

Firefox is a usable web browser

Drag and drop features

Customizable interface