Assessment for Plumb's Veterinary Drugs by Georgian - Module 2: Interface Navigation

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Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The text "Search all content" is inside a placeholder attribute
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: However, the input box has no label tag. Same with the page "Drug Interaction Checker", there are 2 input boxes, both of them don't have label tags, only placeholders.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No label tags associated with input boxes.
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: The site only has a search box for most pages. Drug Interaction checker has an addtional input box, but no mention of coloured controls.
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: In Drug interaction checker, if you type in Aspirin in the 2nd input box, it will have buttons to "Clear All" or a pill button "Aspirin" as a closeable tag. Nothing about required form fields though.
Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable.
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: When using the main search box, It's reversible, the user can return and revise the info.
As far as Checked - as soon as you press 3 characters it will start searching, if it finds nothing, then it tells you it found 0 results. As far as Confirmed, the submission process happens as soon as you press 3 characters.
Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: If there's no drugs found it will say "0 results found in Drug Monographs and Appendix"
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There's only 1 field anyway.
On Drug Interaction Checker, there's a 2nd box, and alert messages will stay within that context so it's clear which field it's related to.
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: In Drug Interaction Checker, for the 2nd box, it doesn't offer a spell check, however if it doesn't find anything, then it will say "No results. Check your spelling or use a different search term"
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: In Drug Monographs, the blue circle icon to download the PDF is consistently in the top right corner of each entry.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: However, those same blue circle icons are svg images, and don't have any alternative text. For svgs, usually that would occur with an aria-label attribute inside the svg, but no such attribute exists here.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”.
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: couldn't find any examples
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The blue circle icon doesn't really indicate it's leading to a PDF.
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Navigation header, Help page, and footer is consistent throughout
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: If you click the blue circle icon, then it opens a PDF in a new browser tab.
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: no issues with database loading popups.
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: If you click the blue circle icon, then it opens a PDF in a new browser tab with no way to postpone/suppress it.
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Database avoids the lone window.
Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Wave says there's only 2 Structural Elements, but also says "This page has no heading structure".
When I examine the big middle heading "Drug Monographs", it's a div tag, not an h1 tag.
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The search box has a dropdown menu on the left that only has 3 items.
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The search box has a dropdown menu on the left that only has 3 items.
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The top main navigation has to be tabbed 3 times before I can click enter to access that particular page.
The dropdown menu for the search box is accessible via keyboard if I tab to it, and press enter, then tab again until I select the menu I want, then press enter to choose it.
Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: the results page avoids opening in a new tab initially. (only if you click a blue circle icon will it open in a new tab)
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: For the main top search box, there is no update button since it will automatically search after 3 characters are entered.
Does the database avoid automatic redirection?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: database avoids auto-redirection
Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no submit button
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: In Drug Monographs, if I choose Acarbose, it will display that info on the same page (no new windows)
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: no issues with focus
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: It's keyboard navigable
eResource: Plumb's Veterinary Drugs
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: Brief Media
Institution: Georgian
Score: B+

Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements

Question Answer Notes Images
Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form? Always The text "Search all content" is inside a placeholder attribute
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above? Never However, the input box has no label tag. Same with the page "Drug Interaction Checker", there are 2 input boxes, both of them don't have label tags, only placeholders.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand? Always
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field? Never No label tags associated with input boxes.
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available? Not Applicable The site only has a search box for most pages. Drug Interaction checker has an addtional input box, but no mention of coloured controls.
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields? Always In Drug interaction checker, if you type in Aspirin in the 2nd input box, it will have buttons to "Clear All" or a pill button "Aspirin" as a closeable tag. Nothing about required form fields though.

Error Prevention

Question Answer Notes Images
Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable. Always When using the main search box, It's reversible, the user can return and revise the info. As far as Checked - as soon as you press 3 characters it will start searching, if it finds nothing, then it tells you it found 0 results. As far as Confirmed, the submission process happens as soon as you press 3 characters.

Error Reports

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box? Always If there's no drugs found it will say "0 results found in Drug Monographs and Appendix"
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix? Always There's only 1 field anyway. On Drug Interaction Checker, there's a 2nd box, and alert messages will stay within that context so it's clear which field it's related to.
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error? Always
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission? Always
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order? Always

Search function spell-check

Question Answer Notes Images
When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms? Sometimes In Drug Interaction Checker, for the 2nd box, it doesn't offer a spell check, however if it doesn't find anything, then it will say "No results. Check your spelling or use a different search term"

Functionality of Interactive Elements

Question Answer Notes Images
Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site? Always In Drug Monographs, the blue circle icon to download the PDF is consistently in the top right corner of each entry.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type? Never However, those same blue circle icons are svg images, and don't have any alternative text. For svgs, usually that would occur with an aria-label attribute inside the svg, but no such attribute exists here.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”. Always
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent? Not Applicable couldn't find any examples
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone? Sometimes The blue circle icon doesn't really indicate it's leading to a PDF.

Consistent Navigation

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages? Always
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website? Always
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website? Always Navigation header, Help page, and footer is consistent throughout
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently? Always

Pop-up windows/Interruptions

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button? Sometimes If you click the blue circle icon, then it opens a PDF in a new browser tab.
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded? Always no issues with database loading popups.
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups? Never If you click the blue circle icon, then it opens a PDF in a new browser tab with no way to postpone/suppress it.
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing? Always Database avoids the lone window.

Headers

Question Answer Notes Images
Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately? Never Wave says there's only 2 Structural Elements, but also says "This page has no heading structure". When I examine the big middle heading "Drug Monographs", it's a div tag, not an h1 tag.
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading? Always

Menus

Question Answer Notes Images
Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options? Always The search box has a dropdown menu on the left that only has 3 items.
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items? Always The search box has a dropdown menu on the left that only has 3 items.
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation? Sometimes The top main navigation has to be tabbed 3 times before I can click enter to access that particular page. The dropdown menu for the search box is accessible via keyboard if I tab to it, and press enter, then tab again until I select the menu I want, then press enter to choose it.

Change of context

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning? Always the results page avoids opening in a new tab initially. (only if you click a blue circle icon will it open in a new tab)
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content? Never For the main top search box, there is no update button since it will automatically search after 3 characters are entered.
Does the database avoid automatic redirection? Always database avoids auto-redirection

Change of Context: Focus

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus? Not Applicable There is no submit button
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus? Always In Drug Monographs, if I choose Acarbose, it will display that info on the same page (no new windows)
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus? Always no issues with focus
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control? Always It's keyboard navigable
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