Ewing Center Site Heuristic Evaluation
Match Between System and Real World
No problems. All the wording used on the site is intuitive and the site uses naming, organization,
and graphical conventions to convey information.
H0 - No Usability Problem
User Control And Freedom
No dead ends in the site, navigation tools are clearly marked. Home button present on all pages
and the photo view has an obvious exit button.
H0 - No Usability Problem
Consistency and Standards
The history tab, which exists in a menu tab, leads to three links and nothing else. This page
could be made redundant if you were to nest the three links in the main navigation menu.
Between this and “Hazel Buck Ewing” page, the blocks of text that are colored green appear to
be links, but the average person might not be able to pick them out. One change could be to
simply underline the text, or to turn each link into a button which clearly can be clicked. The
muted green does not make the text pop very well. It may fit the color scheme, but it does not
appear out of place, at all. Otherwise, the header and uniformity of font and layout are good,
and the site follows conventions well.
H1 - Slight Usability Problem
Flexibility and Ease of Use
System is easily used by both inexperienced and experienced users. Clear cut navigation
menu- there is also a home screen that helps speeds up navigation.
Link size needs to be bigger on History screen- on a mobile site, it is very easy to “fat finger”
small text. May want to consider making the font size bigger and moving the links further apart
from each other, to avoid any issues with clicking.
H1- Slight Usability Problem
Aesthetic and minimalist design
Though maybe not a major problem, the home button isn’t in a fixed location in the various
screens. It appears to jump. From the images we received, it seemed that if the text stayed this
size it would be too small and difficult to read. Another problem was that in the home screen,
the menus near the top dropped down, while the ones on the bottom went up, so that might
confuse some people. Also in the home screen, the white text on the gray background in the
drop-down boxes might be difficult to read.
H3 - Major usability problem
Summary
In all, the site is very aesthetically pleasing and does a good job following conventions and
standards of site design. However, there are several small problems which add up. The links
are not very well defined and do not stand out as being links. The buttons, links and text itself
are quite small when they’re scaled down to phone size. In addition, the color scheme in the
dropdown menu on the main page of the site uses a white on grey could put a strain on people
with poor eyesight or colorblindness.