Tag Archives: Best Practices
Fixit – Structure
March 28, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
All but the most simple documents should indicate their structure through the use of headings and sub-headings. Headings should not be used solely to create font effects. This test checks that your document has been written with a logical structure... Read More
Fixit – Provide defaults
March 21, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
When you have a form on your page you should include preset defaults. Doing this may reduced the amount of input the user may have to enter, thus providing a better user-experience. This test checks that you have provided defaults in your form elements where appropriate. The test is not run if the page does not contain a form... Read More
Fixit – Alt Texts
March 20, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
You should consider how your page will render when the images are not available. Making a page readable in text-only mode can help a user assess its usefulness before images arrive. With alt text you can specify a text alternative to an image. This tests determines if you have provided an alternative text for each image in your markup... Read More
Fixit – Caching
March 16, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Caching information can help to reduce the number of resources downloaded by a device. This test determines if cache information has been included with your page... Read More
Fixit – Character encoding
March 15, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
The character encoding of a document specifies how the characters of the document should be interpreted. It is important to specify the correct character encoding for your document so that it will be rendered correctly by the browser. This test determines if you have used the correct character encoding... Read More
