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Evaluation Of Automated Web Usability Tools

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USABILITY ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT -2

Evaluation of Automated Web Usability Tools

1. Web Site Accessibility Inspection

The world population is aging. Today over 20 percent of the population is over 55 and that percentage is growing rapidly. With enlarged fonts that the browsers support, the middle-distance computer screen becomes much easier and less stressful to read. The Web page must be designed for accessibility for those enlarged fonts to work correctly.

1.1 Information Provided by the Webtool

If the website is accessible that means that people with disabilities can use it. A blind person using a screen reader or a talking browser can navigate the information and interact with it. A deaf person will not have …show more content…

All images need an ‘alt’ attribute. If the ‘alt’ attribute is not present in an image means that users who cannot see the image will not understand what the image conveys.

We must make sure that the ‘alt’ attribute value is a useful, concise, and a clear description of the image. Since the webtool analysis the entire webpage for issues and points out the reason behind the issue, it was very helpful and easy to understand.
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1.4 Report in terms of Changes/Recommendations for a Website
Manager

The Report that is generated by the Tenon Webtool not only helps the user to understand the accessibility issues but also helps the developer or manager of the website to make corrections to improve the accessibility of the webpage. In the below Figure 4, we can see the option of Recommended Fix which provides solution to the issues faced in the webpage

Figure 4 Recommended Fix

When the developer or the Website Manager clicks the link, it will display the code that must be changed in the webpage to overcome the accessibility issue.

Figure 4 Solution to the Problem

As per the above Figure 4 if the attribute ‘alt’ was added to the code it could solve the accessibility issue and by this way, this tool is very helpful to the website managers and developers who are creating or working on a webpage.
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2. Web Site Speed and Performance Inspection

Web Site Speed is the measure

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