DVM Newsmagazine's
HotSpot Home Page ContestDecember 1998
Judge's Score Sheet
Name of Clinic:URL of Clinic:
Mission Statement:
Add Points: Delete Points Range Score Range Score User-friendliness Home page down loads in less than 10 seconds. 00 50 Home page takes more than 30 seconds to download. 10 50 Easy to remember URL 00 20 Clear navigation everywhere 00 20 Bad navigation; broken links 10 20 Compatible with most browsers 10 25 Optimized for just one browser -- 10 Reader is forced to turn on backgrounds to read type -- 10 Site consistently crashes your browser -- 100 Mission Statement Has a mission statement - 10 Has no mission statement. -- 20 Publishes mission statement - 10 Has a lame mission statement. 00 10 Page Form All pages have descriptive titles 00 50 No titles; or unhelpful titles -- 20 Allows user to use his/her own font preferences 00 50 Type constrained to itty-bitty, teeny-weeny, sans-serif font -- 20 Consistent use of design elements throughout the site 00 25 "Site updated xx/xx/98" 00 25 Graphics Graphics optimized for easy download 00 25 Big hunking graphics that take forever to download 10 20 Cool animations that make sense and aren't too band-width intense 00 10 Useless, annoying animations 20 50 xxxxx Blinking text or popup windows -- 25 Few, or no graphics at all 00 25 Important graphics have alt="text" -- 20 Text downloads first, then graphics download in stages 00 25 Content Cool content 00 100 Lame content, more like a Yellow Pages ad -- 50 Helpful links page 00 50 Interactive features Useful site search engine 00 50 No attempt at interaction -- 50 Useful database 00 100 "Ask the DVM" with timely e-mail answers 00 100 Web cams or other way out service 00 100 Pages for clients to put up pictures or text 00 100 Total Plus Points: Total Negative Points: Total: Judge's Name:
Judge's Notes:
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