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| − | + | Can you read the words easily? Are the colors outside this recommendation? That's worth mentioning. | |
| − | === Journal, Post, Read & Network View Regions | + | === Text sizing === |
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| + | Can you read the words? If the font is too small, can you size it up without words breaking out of their bounds or overlapping? | ||
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| + | === Layout === | ||
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| + | Is content overlapping? Are there blank areas that hold content in other browsers? Are there horizontal scrollbars? | ||
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| + | === Links === | ||
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| + | Can you click on the links? Can you tell what text are links? Can you tell what links you have visited? | ||
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| + | == Checklist: Journal, Post, Read & Network View Regions == | ||
Check the five regions in order, asking the key usability questions about each area. | Check the five regions in order, asking the key usability questions about each area. | ||
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* Banner | * Banner | ||
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* Subtitle | * Subtitle | ||
| − | + | === Main Navigation === | |
Links to all views: | Links to all views: | ||
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* Tags (user.dreamwidth.org/tag) | * Tags (user.dreamwidth.org/tag) | ||
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Try the layout with one sidebar, two sidebars, and no sidebars. In each configuration, does content overlap? Do you get horizontal scrollbars? Can you click on the links? | Try the layout with one sidebar, two sidebars, and no sidebars. In each configuration, does content overlap? Do you get horizontal scrollbars? Can you click on the links? | ||
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* calendar table | * calendar table | ||
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Can you post a comment? Turn on custom comment pages. In post view, can you read the comments easily? Can you understand who is making each comment, and where it fits in the thread? If there are lots of nested comments, does the layout break? | Can you post a comment? Turn on custom comment pages. In post view, can you read the comments easily? Can you understand who is making each comment, and where it fits in the thread? If there are lots of nested comments, does the layout break? | ||
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Normally there are some skip links here. There might also be some journal credits or journal actions, like a search or an RSS subscription button. | Normally there are some skip links here. There might also be some journal credits or journal actions, like a search or an RSS subscription button. | ||
| − | + | === Archive View Regions === | |
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Revision as of 06:11, 8 June 2010
Contents
Key Usability
Contrast
Can you read the words easily? Are the colors outside this recommendation? That's worth mentioning.
Text sizing
Can you read the words? If the font is too small, can you size it up without words breaking out of their bounds or overlapping?
Layout
Is content overlapping? Are there blank areas that hold content in other browsers? Are there horizontal scrollbars?
Links
Can you click on the links? Can you tell what text are links? Can you tell what links you have visited?
Checklist: Journal, Post, Read & Network View Regions
Check the five regions in order, asking the key usability questions about each area.
Header
- Banner
- Title
- Subtitle
Links to all views:
- Journal (user.dreamwidth.org)
- Single Post (user.dreamwidth.org/1234.html)
- Reading List (user.dreamwidth.org/read)
- Network (user.dreamwidth.org/network)
- Archive (user.dreamwidth.org/archive)
- Subjects (user.dreamwidth.org/2009/01)
- Tags (user.dreamwidth.org/tag)
Sidebars
Try the layout with one sidebar, two sidebars, and no sidebars. In each configuration, does content overlap? Do you get horizontal scrollbars? Can you click on the links?
(Probable content to look at:)
- title
- module
- links list
- page summary
- calendar table
Main Content
- subject
- date
- userpic
- post contents
- meta data:
- mood
- music
- other
- actions:
- memory entry
- share entry
- track entry
- permalink
- read # comments
- post comment
- spacers
Can you post a comment? Turn on custom comment pages. In post view, can you read the comments easily? Can you understand who is making each comment, and where it fits in the thread? If there are lots of nested comments, does the layout break?
Normally there are some skip links here. There might also be some journal credits or journal actions, like a search or an RSS subscription button.
Archive View Regions
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Subjects View Regions
tba
Tags View Regions
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