Review of Facebook
Facebook
Reviewed 04 Jan 2011
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Average score 68%
Summary
It is a nice experience but it requires many tools to be installed in order to make a good evaluation.
Detailed Results
| # | Test | Outcome | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible | 67% | The application can be used with the keyboard. (arrows and tabs)\r\nWAVE:Errors,Features and Alerts found many errors\r\nNVDA can be used to access the application but it is not effective for the images, possibly due to omission of \\\'alt\\\' attributes. |
| 2 | Image ALT Attributes | 0% | Almost no image has the \\\'alt\\\' attribute set.\r\n. |
| 3 | Link Target Definitions | 33% | WAVE: Text-only showed that images do not contain alternatives\r\nHowever, the text links are understandable and NVDA can assist users. |
| 4 | Frame Titles and Layout | 67% | WAVE:Text only shows that frame titles are in place.\r\nThe titles are descriptive. |
| 5 | Removal of Stylesheet | 100% | The application can be used even when the styles are removed with WAVE:Disable Styles. |
| 6 | Audio/Video Features | 0% | There are not provided any \\\'alt\\\' attributes to describe multimedia content.\r\nMoreover there is not any way to them. |
| 7 | Video/animations - audio descriptions | 33% | There is not any way to include descriptions of multimedia content.\r\nComments could be used to add descriptions, but they usually have a rating scope instead of a descriptive one. |
| 8 | Appropriate use of Tables | 100% | Page layout does not use tables. |
| 9 | Tab Orderings Correct and Logical | 67% | Satisfactory navigation to the page using the tabs. Some failures only.\r\n. |
| 10 | Page Functionality with Keyboard | 100% | Efficient navigation using only the keyboard.\r\nEfficient navigation using keyboard and NVDA (problems caused by the omission of \\\'alt\\\' attributes but they do not relate to this test). |
| 11 | Accessibility of Text Editors | 100% | The application uses only simple user-generated text. No rich text is used. |
| 12 | Appropriate Feedback with Forms | 100% | Good text feedback. NVDA can read the feedback. |
| 13 | Contrast and Colour Check | 67% | Good colour contast (http://juicystudio.com/services/luminositycontrastratio.php was used)\r\nIn some cases, failed to satisfy the Level AAA WCAG.\r\nSome user-generated content may have low contrast. |
| 14 | Page Integrity when Zooming | 100% | The layout and readability of the application are unaffected when zooming.\r\n. |
| 15 | Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability | 100% | Acceptable font sizes (in most cases > 10px) and font-families (Lucida Grande and other sans-serif fonts). |