Web²Access

Results for CoverItLive

Description

Journal system with an instant-messaging style publishing and reading mechanism. Intended for writers who are at events and talking about them as they happen. Selling point is 'instant publishing' which is really a 'non-feature' as every blogging platform is instant if you can access the website! The real point is the instant messaging style reading and writing system.

Accessibility Testing Results

This site has a Flash menu at the top but it does not prevent you from being able to add blogs. The colours on the site may be considered unhelpful by some and hard to read by others plus the text editor cannot be used with keyboard only access.

#	Test	Score	Summary
1	Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible		Sign-in is labelled - sign-up is not labelled.
2	Image ALT Attributes		Alt tags not enforced and none found throughout featured blogs.
3	Link Target Definitions		All links, including images which would otherwise be ambiguous, have titles to uniquely identify them.
4	Frame Titles and Layout		Poor iframe names in broadcaster.
5	Removal of Stylesheet		The page is still understandable and functional when it is viewed as a linear document, with no styles.
6	Audio/Video Features		Adding videos and audio is controlled by the editor and captioning needs to be already available within the video. Text descriptions can be part of the blog.
7	Video/animations - audio descriptions		Adding videos and audio is controlled by the editor and audio descriptions need to be already available within the video. Text descriptions can be part of the blog.
8	Appropriate use of Tables		Tables are not used for the design of this website.
9	Tab Orderings Correct and Logical		Tab order is generally logical but some non-critical sections are not.
10	Page Functionality with Keyboard		Blog pages are fine. Main site uses a Flash menu - site is not navigable with a keyboard.
11	Accessibility of Text Editors		Text editor (FCK Editor) is not accessible with the screenreader or keyboard.
12	Appropriate Feedback with Forms		The product provides suitable feedback when the user performs an action.
13	Contrast and Colour Check		Few contrast issues. Would depend upon template used by blog owners. Poor contrast in bloggers control panel. Text in input fields turns red when focussed - maybe difficult to read.
14	Page Integrity when Zooming		The website maintains the layout and usability of all critical areas perfectly when zoomed.
15	Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability		Particularly small text prevalent throughout the site, which may be difficult to view without zooming the page.

Disability-Tailored Results

The following table shows how well the product performs for people with disabilities, as listed in the Disabilities section.

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Activities you can do with CoverItLive

• Journal Entries
• Comments and Sharing Views
• Embeddable Content Generation
• Real-Time Communication