Sakai 2.9 Login Page Welcome Tool Comprehensive Firefox Protocol Results

Browser/OS Used:

Firefox 6.0.2 / OS X 10.7.1

Sakai Tool:

Login Page Welcome Tool

Page(s) Tested:

Date:

2011.10.09

QA Server:

http://sakaicle1-trunk.uits.indiana.edu:8181/portal/

QA Server Environment:
(Copy from footer)

TRUNK - Sakai 2.9-SNAPSHOT (Kernel 1.3.0-SNAPSHOT)

Evaluator:

Brian Richwine

Images

OK - None

-

Linearized Content

OK

-

Reliance on Sensory Characteristics

OK - None

-

Use of Color

OK - No color is used to convey information

-

Sufficient Contrast

OK

-

Resizable Text

OK - Can double the default font size and all looks well. Can run the page zoom tool all the way up and the page is still usable.

-

Semantics

Minor Fail - "Message Of The Day" tool is generating an empty list:
   <div class="portletBody">
     <ul class="synopticList"></ul>
     <p class="instruction">There are currently no messages at this location.</p>
   </div> 

Minor

Keyboard Operatibility

OK - Nothing to operate.

-

Time Limits

OK - None found other than the portal

-

Control of Updates

OK - No auto updates detected

-

Prevent Seizures

OK - No flashing content present as supplied by Sakai

-

Bypass Blocks - Headings

OK - All sections are denoted by headings

-

Bypass Blocks - Skip Content Links

OK

-

Bypass Blocks - Group Links

OK - No groups of links are presented

-

Bypass Blocks - Frame / Page Titles

OK - All frames have a unique, meaningful, and descriptive title

-

Page Titles

OK - Page title contains both "Gateway" (since we are not logged in) and the tool name "Welcome"

-

Focus

OK - Nothing to focus on!

-

Links

FAIL - "Help for Message of The Day" link takes the user to the "Announcements" help page which might confuse the user who doesn't know they are one and the same.

Major

SAK-21270

Links

FAIL - Help Links do not alert the user that they will open in a new window.

Critical

SAK-21270

Links

FAIL - "Help for Welcome!" link takes the user to the "Welcome to Help" page instead of a page specific to the "Welcome!" tool.

When no tool specific help page exists, don't show the help icon in the tool's title bar. (Non-context aware Help is already available from the tools list).

Major

SAK-21676

Headings

OK

-

Labels

OK - None present

-

Language Identification

OK - All html elements declare English as the default text language.

-

Change of Context

OK - Change of context only occurred by activating links

-

Consistency

None of the displayed tools display an action bar. Some Sakai tools display the action bar even when it is blank. The tool specific help links do not take the user to a tool specific help page.

Put change the help page title or a note in the help page that indicates this help document applies to both tools...

Major

Access keys

OK - All portal skip to content links work as expected. None are supplied by the Welcome tool itself.

-

Change of Context Notification

FAIL - The tool specific help links open in a new window without notifying the user.

Critical

SAK-21270

Error Notices

OK - No interactive content / forms found.

-

Required Field Notification

OK - No interactive content / forms found.

-

Error Prevention

OK - No interactive content / forms found.

-

Help

FAIL - "Help for Message of The Day" link takes the user to the "Announcements" help page which might confuse the user who doesn't know they are one and the same.

Major

SAK-21270

Help

FAIL - "Help for Welcome!" link takes the user to the "Welcome to Help" page instead of a page specific to the "Welcome!" tool.

Major

SAK-21676

Validation

FAIL - Document type is XHTML 1.0 Transitional which requires all elements/tags to be explicitly closed. However many elements in the head section are not closed.

At least as found in Firebug. Could be misleading.

Minor

Validation

FAIL - the "Message of The Day" tool has an empty ul element (missing required child elements).

Minor