Review of CoverItLive

CoverItLive Reviewed 10 Aug 2009 · Average score 66%

Summary

This site has a Flash menu at the top but it does not prevent you from being able to add blogs. The colours on the site may be considered unhelpful by some and hard to read by others plus the text editor cannot be used with keyboard only access.

Detailed Results

# Test Outcome Notes
1 Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible 67% Sign-in is labelled - sign-up is not labelled.
2 Image ALT Attributes 33% Alt tags not enforced and none found throughout featured blogs.
3 Link Target Definitions 100% All links, including images which would otherwise be ambiguous, have titles to uniquely identify them.
4 Frame Titles and Layout 67% Poor iframe names in broadcaster.
5 Removal of Stylesheet 100% The page is still understandable and functional when it is viewed as a linear document, with no styles.
6 Audio/Video Features 67% Adding videos and audio is controlled by the editor and captioning needs to be already available within the video. Text descriptions can be part of the blog.
7 Video/animations - audio descriptions 67% Adding videos and audio is controlled by the editor and audio descriptions need to be already available within the video. Text descriptions can be part of the blog.
8 Appropriate use of Tables 100% Tables are not used for the design of this website.
9 Tab Orderings Correct and Logical 67% Tab order is generally logical but some non-critical sections are not.
10 Page Functionality with Keyboard 67% Blog pages are fine. Main site uses a Flash menu - site is not navigable with a keyboard.
11 Accessibility of Text Editors 0% Text editor (FCK Editor) is not accessible with the screenreader or keyboard.
12 Appropriate Feedback with Forms 100% The product provides suitable feedback when the user performs an action.
13 Contrast and Colour Check 33% Few contrast issues. Would depend upon template used by blog owners. Poor contrast in bloggers control panel. Text in input fields turns red when focussed - maybe difficult to read.
14 Page Integrity when Zooming 100% The website maintains the layout and usability of all critical areas perfectly when zoomed.
15 Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability 33% Particularly small text prevalent throughout the site, which may be difficult to view without zooming the page.