Tag Archives: Fixit
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
Fixit – MIME types
March 14, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
The MIME type is an internet standard which indicates the format of a message. The MIME type sent by a server provides important information to browsers on how to treat a document. This test determines if your page is being sent with the correct MIME types... Read More
Fixit – Page size limit
March 13, 2007, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines how large your page is. There are two contributing factors to the outcome of this test: the size of the page markup itself, and the total size including markup plus all external stylesheets, images, objects and any other resources that might be referenced by your document... Read More
