Meryl's Notes Blog

Since many in the US are probably in a Super Bowl frame of mind, we’ll talk about it. It looks like the site has missed too many practices as its receivers and running backs are slow according to Optimization Week’s review.

I’m on a broadband connection and the site’s home page loaded fast in under the required eight seconds. My issues are non-speed related. The repeated and fast animation is distracting. The text can’t be resized. When clicking on a video to view, it launches Real Player AND THEN asks me to sign in to see the video. I would like to know this BEFORE clicking on the link instead of waste time watching Real launch.

ALT tags are there and short (some sites make them too long, which is what longdesc is for), but not in all the places possible. Clicking on Fantasy opened a new window. I didn’t like that. Much of the above the fold space is wasted between the banner ad and the large Web site name logo. You want to get as much of the more important information above the fold (the part where no scrolling is necessary for viewing).

Super Bowl’s Web site is better than many of the sporting event Web sites I’ve seen in the past year or so. The navigation, for the most part, is easy to use and figure out. No getting lost and no noticing the site’s structure. If I notice a site’s structure, then it’s in trouble. Good structure goes unnoticed. Time to shop for chips and dip for Super Bowl Sunday. Go, Cats, beat the Pats! [ Posted on InformIT ]