Bobby Accessibility Report

URL: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/GailsCCQarticle.html, April 20, 1999 3:37:47 PM EDT
Bobby Version: 3.0b3, build: 002
Browser Compatibility: HTML 4.0
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Accessibility Errors

This page has not been rated for accessibility. You must choose the "Accessibility Evaluation and Rating" option to get an accessibility rating.

No accessibility errors found.

Accessibility Recommendations

This section contains a list of accessibility recommendations that you should fix in order to improve accessibility. Accessibility recommendations do not affect the Bobby Approved rating.
  1. Use the LANG attribute to identify the language of the text

  2. Specify a logical tab order among form controls
    Line 519: Document Type (check one): <select name="dtype"><option>Thesis
    Line 527: <textarea name="abstract" rows=6 cols=65></textarea>
    Line 545: <B>Files delivered via:</B> <INPUT NAME="ttype" TYPE=radio VALUE="Appleshare" checked> Appleshare <INPUT NAME="ttype" TYPE=radio VALUE="FTP"> FTP
    Line 554: <INPUT NAME="Clear" TYPE=reset VALUE="Clear">
    Line 555: <INPUT NAME="Submit" TYPE=submit VALUE="Send">

  3. Associate labels with their form controls
    Line 519: Document Type (check one): <select name="dtype"><option>Thesis
    Line 527: <textarea name="abstract" rows=6 cols=65></textarea>
    Line 545: <B>Files delivered via:</B> <INPUT NAME="ttype" TYPE=radio VALUE="Appleshare" checked> Appleshare <INPUT NAME="ttype" TYPE=radio VALUE="FTP"> FTP

Accessibility Questions

This section contains a list of accessibility questions. Bobby is unable to determine if these questions are satisfied so it is important for you to check each item carefully.
  1. If this table contains data, have you identified headers for the table rows and columns?
    Line 258: <table border>
    Line 426: <table border>

Accessibility Tips

This section contains a list of accessibility tips that you should review. Please note that there are some aspects of page design that are important to accessibility but can not be tested automatically by Bobby. Some of these may appear below in the accessibility tips section.
  1. Encode list structures and list items properly

  2. Use the ABBR and ACRONYM elements to denote abbreviations and acronyms

  3. Make sure that document structure is supported by the proper use of structural elements

  4. Make sure that headings are nested properly

  5. For long lists of selections, group items into a hierarchy

  6. Style sheets should be used to control layout and presentation wherever possible

  7. Considered adding keyboard shortcuts to important links

  8. Furnish keyboard shortcuts for form elements

  9. Provide summaries for tables of data

  10. Avoid ASCII art. Replace it with an image and alternative text

Browser Compatibility Errors.

The following section contains a list of 4 browser compatibility errors. Browser compatibility errors help to determine when HTML tags and their attributes are not compatible with certain web browsers or HTML specifications. Problems here do not mean that this page is necessarily inaccessible. Browser compatibility errors do not affect the accessibility rating of a page.
  1. Attribute BORDER in element TABLE is assigned an incorrect value for browser(s): HTML 4.0
    Line 258: <table border>
    Line 426: <table border>

  2. Unknown element name !/FORM for browser(s): HTML 4.0
    Line 556: <!/FORM>

  3. Unknown element name !FORM for browser(s): HTML 4.0
    Line 513: <!FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/cgi-bin/Theses1.pl">

  4. Unknown element name TD
    Line 491: <td>Desc: a = cataloged according to AACR2r; i = preAACR2r</td</tr>

Download Time

The following three column table gives download time statistics for the images, applets, and objects on this page. The first column contains the URL of each item, the second column the item size in kilobytes, and the third column the approximate download time for each item when using a 28,800 baud modem. At the end of the report, an arbitrary delay of 0.5 seconds is added for each file to account for slow-downs caused by HTTP connection times.

URL
Size
Time (seconds)
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/GailsCCQarticle.html 45.51 K 12.64
Total
45.51 K
12.64
HTTP Request Delays

0.50
Total + Delays

13.14