Checklist for Checking of Performance Considerations of Websites
Performance checking checklist is a very powerful fact-gathering tool deployed to ensure that our new web application behaves as expected from several performances related considerations.
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Check Point |
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Check Points related to Navigation |
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Navigation supports user scenarios gathered in the User Task Assessment phase (prior to design). | |
2. | Users can see all levels of navigation leading to any page. | |
3. | Breadcrumb navigation is present (for larger and some smaller sites). | |
4. | Site uses DHTML pop-up to show alternative destinations for that navigation level. | |
5. | Navigation can be easily learned. | |
6. | Navigation is consistently placed and changes in response to rollover or selection. | |
7. | Navigation is available when needed (especially when the user is finished doing something). | |
8. | Supplimental navigation is offered appropriately (links on each page, a site map/index, a search engine). | |
9. | Navigation uses visual hierarchies like movement, color, position, size, etc., to differentiate it from other page elements. | |
10. | Navigation uses precise, descriptive labels in the user’s language. Icon navigation is accompanied by text descriptors. | |
11. | Navigation answers: Where am I (relative to site structure); Where have I been (obvious visited links); Where can I go (embedded, structural, and associative links)? | |
12. | Redundant navigation is avoided. | |
Check Points related to Functional Items |
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1. | Terms like “previous/back” and “next” are replaced by more descriptive labels indicating the information to be found. | |
2. | Pull-down menus include a go button.
Logins are brief. |
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3. | Forms are short and on one page (or demonstrate step X of Y, and why collecting a larger amount of data is important and how the user will benefit). | |
4. | Documentation pages are searchable and have an abundance of examples. | |
5. | Instructions are task-oriented and step-by-step. | |
6. | A short conceptual model of the system is available, including a diagram that explains how the different parts work together. | |
7. | Terms or difficult concepts are linked to a glossary. | |
Check Points related to Linking |
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1. | Links are underlined. | |
2. | Size of large pages and multi-media files is indicated next to the link, with estimated download times. | |
3. | Important links are above the fold. | |
4. | Links to related information appear at bottom of content or above / near the top. | |
5. | Linked titles make sense out of context. | |
6. | If site requires registration or subscription, provides special URLs for free linking. | |
7. | Indicates the pages are freely linkable, and includes and easy method to discover the URL. | |
8. | If site is running an ad, it links to a page with the relevant content, not the corporate home page. | |
Check Points related to Search Capabilities |
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1. | A search feature appears on every page (exceptions include pop-up forms and the like). | |
2. | Search box is wide to allow for visible search parameters. | |
3. | Advanced Search, if included, is named just that (to scare off novices). | |
4. | Search system performs a spelling check and offers synonym expansion. | |
5. | Site avoids scoped searching. If included it indicates scope at top of both query and results pages, and additionally offers an automatic extended site search immediately with the same parameters. | |
6. | Results do not include a visible scoring system. | |
7. | Eliminates duplicate occurrences of the same results (e.g., abc.com/xyz versus abc.com/xyz/ versus abc.com/xyz/index.html). | |
Check Points related to Multimedia |
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1. | Any files taking longer than 10 seconds to download include a size warning (> 50kb on a 56kbps modem, > 200kb on fast connections). Also includes the running time of video clips or animations, and indicate any non-standard formats. | |
2. | Includes a short summary (and a still clip) of the linked object. | |
3. | If appropriate to the content, includes links to helper applications, like Adobe Acrobat Reader if the file is a .pdf. | |
Check Points related to Documentation and Help |
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1. | When using screen shots, browser chrome was cropped out. | |
2. | Hired a professional to write help sections (a technical writer). | |
3. | Documentation pages are searchable. | |
4. | Documentation section has an abundance of examples. | |
5. | Instructions are task-oriented and step-by-step. | |
6. | A short conceptual model of the system is provided, including a diagram that explains how the different parts work together. | |
7. | Terms or difficult concepts are linked to a glossary. | |
8. | Site has procedures in place to remove outdated information immediately (such as calendar events, which have passed). |
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