Assessment for Regs4Ships by Georgian - Module 3: Interface Structure

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Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Context is sometimes provided. Use of Acronyms is inhibiting to understanding menus and links. Other times link information is clearly stated.
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most elements can be found using keyboard tabs and arrow keys. However, the left-hand menu, side navigation is impossible to enter via keyboard control and once in the left-hand menu, one cannot cycle back through.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: When tabbing through the left-hand side menu, it escapes that left-hand menu and goes through the rest of the homepage. Additionally, the right-hand Updates menu is navigated before the left-hand links, on the homepage. This is not logical or intuitive.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: No, not all interactive functionality works via keyboard.
Sometimes it behaves consistently and as expected. Major areas that do not work as expected are the 'Subject Index' and the 'Classification Categories'.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
eResource: Regs4Ships
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: OneOcean
Institution: Georgian
Score: D-

Navigation Links

Question Answer Notes Images
Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context? Sometimes Context is sometimes provided. Use of Acronyms is inhibiting to understanding menus and links. Other times link information is clearly stated.

Keyboard Navigation

Question Answer Notes Images
Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements? Sometimes Most elements can be found using keyboard tabs and arrow keys. However, the left-hand menu, side navigation is impossible to enter via keyboard control and once in the left-hand menu, one cannot cycle back through.
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page? Never
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above? Sometimes When tabbing through the left-hand side menu, it escapes that left-hand menu and goes through the rest of the homepage. Additionally, the right-hand Updates menu is navigated before the left-hand links, on the homepage. This is not logical or intuitive.
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible? Always
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected? Sometimes No, not all interactive functionality works via keyboard. Sometimes it behaves consistently and as expected. Major areas that do not work as expected are the 'Subject Index' and the 'Classification Categories'.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields? Not Applicable

Skip Links

Question Answer Notes Images
Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)? Never
Are skip links visible or invisible? Not Applicable
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page? Not Applicable
Are skip links labelled properly? Not Applicable
Are skip links accessible via keyboard? Not Applicable
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content? Not Applicable
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page? Not Applicable

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows? Always

Frames

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another? Not Applicable
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame? Not Applicable
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next? Not Applicable
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