Bobby Accessibility Report

URL: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/survey/survey.html, April 20, 1999 3:34:49 PM EDT
Bobby Version: 3.0b3, build: 002
Browser Compatibility: HTML 4.0
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Accessibility Errors

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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. If possible, avoid using tables to format text documents in columns

  2. Use the LANG attribute to identify the language of the text

  3. Specify a logical tab order among form controls
    Line 34: <SELECT NAME="Q2"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One
    Line 39: <SELECT NAME="Q3"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One
    Line 44: <SELECT NAME="Q4"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One
    Line 49: <SELECT NAME="Q5"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>PC<OPTION>Mac<OPTION>Unix Based<OPTION>Other<OPTION>Don't Know</SELECT>
    Line 53: <SELECT NAME="Q6"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes</SELECT>
    Line 57: <SELECT NAME="Q7"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes</SELECT>
    Line 66: <SELECT NAME="Q8"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Not from a university<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes<OPTION>Don't Know</SELECT>
    Line 71: <SELECT NAME="Q9"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>They already accept them<OPTION>No Opininon<OPTION>Yes<OPTION>No</SELECT>
    Line 75: <SELECT NAME="Q10"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes</SELECT>
    Line 84: <SELECT NAME="Q11"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Research<OPTION>Job Related<OPTION>Personal Interest<OPTION>Learning about ETDs<OPTION>Other</SELECT>
    Line 88: <SELECT NAME="Q12"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>None<OPTION>1-5<OPTION>5-10<OPTION>11-15<OPTION>16+</SELECT>
    Line 92: <SELECT NAME="Q14"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Very easy<OPTION>Easy<OPTION>Fair<OPTION>Difficult<OPTION>Very difficult<OPTION>Haven't searched</SELECT>
    Line 96: <SELECT NAME="Q15"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Very fast<OPTION>Fast<OPTION>Fair<OPTION>Slow<OPTION>Very slow<OPTION>Haven't searched</SELECT>
    Line 100: <SELECT NAME="Q16"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Daily<OPTION>Weekly<OPTION>Monthly<OPTION>Rarely</SELECT>
    Line 104: <SELECT NAME="Q16"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Daily<OPTION>Weekly<OPTION>Monthly<OPTION>Rarely<OPTION>There are others?</SELECT>
    Line 113: <SELECT NAME="Q18"><OPTION SELECTED>Yes<OPTION>No</SELECT>
    Line 117: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="EMAIL" SIZE="40">
    Line 121: <TEXTAREA WRAP=VIRTUAL ROWS=4 COLS=60 NAME="COMMENTS"></TEXTAREA>
    Line 123: <CENTER><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit"></CENTER>

  4. Associate labels with their form controls
    Line 34: <SELECT NAME="Q2"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One
    Line 39: <SELECT NAME="Q3"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One
    Line 44: <SELECT NAME="Q4"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One
    Line 49: <SELECT NAME="Q5"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>PC<OPTION>Mac<OPTION>Unix Based<OPTION>Other<OPTION>Don't Know</SELECT>
    Line 53: <SELECT NAME="Q6"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes</SELECT>
    Line 57: <SELECT NAME="Q7"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes</SELECT>
    Line 66: <SELECT NAME="Q8"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Not from a university<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes<OPTION>Don't Know</SELECT>
    Line 71: <SELECT NAME="Q9"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>They already accept them<OPTION>No Opininon<OPTION>Yes<OPTION>No</SELECT>
    Line 75: <SELECT NAME="Q10"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>No<OPTION>Yes</SELECT>
    Line 84: <SELECT NAME="Q11"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Research<OPTION>Job Related<OPTION>Personal Interest<OPTION>Learning about ETDs<OPTION>Other</SELECT>
    Line 88: <SELECT NAME="Q12"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>None<OPTION>1-5<OPTION>5-10<OPTION>11-15<OPTION>16+</SELECT>
    Line 92: <SELECT NAME="Q14"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Very easy<OPTION>Easy<OPTION>Fair<OPTION>Difficult<OPTION>Very difficult<OPTION>Haven't searched</SELECT>
    Line 96: <SELECT NAME="Q15"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Very fast<OPTION>Fast<OPTION>Fair<OPTION>Slow<OPTION>Very slow<OPTION>Haven't searched</SELECT>
    Line 100: <SELECT NAME="Q16"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Daily<OPTION>Weekly<OPTION>Monthly<OPTION>Rarely</SELECT>
    Line 104: <SELECT NAME="Q16"><OPTION SELECTED>Choose One<OPTION>Daily<OPTION>Weekly<OPTION>Monthly<OPTION>Rarely<OPTION>There are others?</SELECT>
    Line 113: <SELECT NAME="Q18"><OPTION SELECTED>Yes<OPTION>No</SELECT>
    Line 117: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="EMAIL" SIZE="40">
    Line 121: <TEXTAREA WRAP=VIRTUAL ROWS=4 COLS=60 NAME="COMMENTS"></TEXTAREA>

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 5: <TABLE border=1>
    Line 11: <table width=90%>
    Line 31: <TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>
    Line 63: <TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>
    Line 68: <TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>
    Line 81: <TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>
    Line 110: <TABLE><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>
    Line 126: <hr><center><table border=0><tr><td width=20% align=left valign=top>

  2. Does this image convey important information beyond what is in its alternative text description?
    Line 6: <TR><TD><IMG src="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/images/logobar.gif" alt="Scholarly Communications Project"></TD>
    Line 14: <img src="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/images/etd-lock.gif" alt="ETD \"lock\" image">
    Line 128: <img src="/images/etd-lock-sm.gif" alt="[ETD main page]" border=0></a></td>
    Line 130: <img src="/images/etd-find-sm.gif" alt="[Search ETDs]" border=0></a></td>
    Line 132: <img src="/images/new-etd.gif" alt="[etd.vt.edu]" border=0></a></td>
    Line 135: <img src="/images/new-piece.gif" alt="[SCP home page]" border=0></a></td>
    Line 138: <img src="/images/Newman-icon-sm.gif" alt="[library home page]" border=0></a>

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. Group related controls and label each group

  2. Make sure that text, image, and background colors contrast well and that color is not used as the sole means of conveying important information

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

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

  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 3 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. Unknown attribute WRAP in element TEXTAREA for browser(s): HTML 4.0
    Line 121: <TEXTAREA WRAP=VIRTUAL ROWS=4 COLS=60 NAME="COMMENTS"></TEXTAREA>

  2. Unknown attribute LOCK\" in element IMG for browser(s): HTML 4.0
    Line 14: <img src="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/images/etd-lock.gif" alt="ETD \"lock\" image">

  3. Unknown attribute IMAGE" in element IMG for browser(s): HTML 4.0
    Line 14: <img src="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/images/etd-lock.gif" alt="ETD \"lock\" image">

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/survey/survey.html 5.78 K 1.61
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/images/logobar.gif 5.14 K 1.43
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/images/etd-lock.gif 4.24 K 1.18
/images/etd-lock-sm.gif 1.11 K 0.31
/images/etd-find-sm.gif 2.16 K 0.60
/images/new-etd.gif 0.57 K 0.16
/images/new-piece.gif 0.52 K 0.14
/images/Newman-icon-sm.gif 1.26 K 0.35
Total
20.78 K
5.77
HTTP Request Delays

4.00
Total + Delays

9.77