"WEBSITE USABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF OSLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY"
Anna Brzeska
Master Thesis 2004
GOALS
ANALYSIS
>>Library Users
>>UBO Website
>>UBO Site Map
>>Broken Links
METHODS
Questionnaires
>>Part A
>>Part B
>>Part C
>>Questions for the students
Interviews
>Answers empoyees
>Answers students
Card Sort
>>Result Cart Sort
Web servers logs
Usability testing
Accessibility testing
UBO website blind
Accessibility design
PROTOTYPE
WEBSITE REDESIGN
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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REPORT
References
>>Books
Glossary
Appendixs
Software
Supervisor
Examiner
The internet has the potential to increase the independence of people with disabilities. For library users who can be physically as well as socially isolated, access to the UBO website is very important. But, as this accessibility testing demonstrate, not as many people with disabilities are able to take advantage of these possibilities, in large part because their needs have not been addressed by the web designers.
Automatic accessibility testing of UBO website meets accessibility guidelines , saving time by eliminating manual evaluation of HTML. For other accessibility testing tool look Software in my website. This test was done only on UBO home page http://www.ub.uio.no
LIFTaccessibility tesing failed
LIFT Evaluation Report of http://www.ub.uio.no 
LIFT Evaluation Report of http://www.ub.uio.no/english CYNTHIA SAYS accessibility testing failed
BOBBY accessibility test failedBOBBY accessibility report of http://www.ub.uio.no
UBO website color contrast analyser test
Results:
The difference in brightness between the two colours: #ffffff and #000000 on the UBO website is sufficient. The threshold is 125, and the result of the foreground and background colours is 255.
The difference in colour between the two colours is sufficient. The threshold is 500, and the result of the foreground and background colours is 765.
Source:Color contrast Analyser
Test UBO website responce to the serverSource: http://www.websitepulse.com/
UBO Web Page Speed Report&bt; URL: http://www.ub.uio.no
&bt;Title: Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo
&bt; Date: Report run on Thu Oct 21 12:19:50CDT2004
Diagnosis Global Statistics
| Total HTTP Requests: | 5 |
| Total Size: | 17103 bytes |
Object Size Totals
| Object type | Size (bytes) |
|---|---|
| HTML: | 11560 |
| Images: | 5543 |
| Javascript: | 0 |
| CSS: | 0 |
| Multimedia: | 0 |
| Other: | 0 |
Download Times*
| Connection Rate | Download Time |
|---|---|
| 14.4K | 13.26 seconds |
| 28.8K | 6.63 seconds |
| 33.6K | 5.68 seconds |
| 56K | 3.41 seconds |
| ISDN 128K | 1.04 seconds |
| T1 1.44Mbps | 0.09 seconds |
Page Objects
| QTY | SIZE# | TYPE | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11560 | HTML | http://www.ub.uio.no |
| 1 | 3187 | IMG | http://www.uio.no/icons/img/banner_bibliotek.gif |
| 1 | 1325 | IMG | http://www.uio.no/icons/img/logo_sortbg.gif |
| 1 | 922 | IMG | http://www.uio.no/icons/img/uio.gif |
| 4 | 109 | IMG | http://www.uio.no/icons/img/hvit.gif |
| 5 | 17103 | Total |
Analysis and Recommendations
TOTAL OBJECTS , the total objects on this page (including the HTML) is 5 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization.
TOTAL_IMAGES , the total number of images on this page is 4 . Most browsers can send multiple requests, which can speed display of multiple images.
TOTAL_SIZE , the total size of this page is 17103 bytes. This page should load in less than eight seconds on a 56Kbps connection - or 3.41 seconds. But there's always room for improvement.
HTML SIZE , the total size of this HTML file is 11560 bytes, which less than 20K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your page to display content in well under 8 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.
IMAGES SIZE , the total size of all your images is 5543 bytes, which is less than 15K. Ideally each image should be less than 1160 bytes, to easily fit into one TCP/IP packet.
Source: http://www.websiteoptimization.com
Glossary for more information about accessibility
Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
W3C
Here is what UBO web site looks like to the search engines
| Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo Bibliotekstjenester ved Universitetet i Oslo http://www.ub.uio.no/ - size 11 Kilobytes - last updated 15 Nov 2004 |
Source: http://www.anybrowser.com/EngineViewOutput.html?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ub.uio.no&submit=View+
Search engine compatability:UBE website have a 5-word description of your site in a META tag, good!
It have a nice, short list of 2 important keywords in a META tag, good!
Source: http://watson.addy.com/
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