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Website
Evaluation
Content Organization
- Site organization
is acceptable, but is overwhelmed with the dynamic HTML presentation.
Navigation
- There is
no global navigation. It is impossible to get from one section
of the site to another without going back to the home page.
- Inconsistent
placement of "home" button. Sometimes it appears
at the bottom left of the frame, sometimes not. When on the
careers home page, there is a box at the top left labeled "home." That
box does not appear on any other pages. The user never knows
what to expect.
- Local navigation
is inconsistently placed. In "Environment" within "Careers" navigation
is by a series of boxes on the left of the active frame. At
other times, the local nav is at the top of the frame.
- Lack of
consistent breadcrumb or pointer makes it difficult for the
user to get an idea of where they are on the site.
Labeling
- Inconsistent:
Within the case study area, three pages are titled with a generic
description of the client company. The fourth page is titled
with a project description
- Misleading: "Mission" leads
to a fact sheet or "About Us" information, as well
as "Mission." Note that the same label is used on
two different levels of the hierarchy, in addition to the top-level "Mission" not
indicating that the fact sheet information is included under
it.
Usability
- Changing
illustrations on home page confuse the users as to their location
within the site. It is not immediately clear that one is on
the home page when the illustration is different than when
one started.
- Because
of implementation using dynamic HTML, functionality is not
optimized when using Netscape. For many pages, the global navigation
items are lost below the fold.
- The internal
back button on the site does not always work.
- On some
pages, such as "Current Openings," the content grows
to fit the entire frame; all local navigation items are lost.
- The "Home" button
at the top left does not always work.
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site and its contents © 2002, Fred Leise
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