Summary of Web Interface Measures

Prepared by: Melody Y. Ivory

 

Metric ID

 

Name

Description

Category

Aspect (I,N,G,E)

Hit Acc

Miss Acc

Avg Acc

GrpCnt

Graphic Count

Total images

Graphic Elements

G

--

--

100.0

GrpLnCnt

Graphic Link Count

Number of images that are links

Graphic Elements

G,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

AnGrpCnt

Animated Graphic Count

Number of animated images

Graphic Elements

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

GAdCnt

Graphic Ad Count

Number of images that possibly indicate ads

Graphic Elements

G

97.9

96.1

97

AGAdCnt

Animated Graphic Ad Count

Number of animated images that possibly indicate ads

Graphic Elements

G

97.2

99.9

98.6

RdGrpCnt

Redundant Graphic Count

Number of images that point to the same image files as other images

Graphic Elements

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

MnGrpHt

Minimum Graphic Height

Minimum image height (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

MxGrpHt

Maximum Graphic Height

Maximum image height (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

AvGrpHt

Average Graphic Height

Average image height (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

MnGrpWd

Minimum Graphic Width

Minimum image width (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

MxGrpWd

Maximum Graphic Width

Maximum image width (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

AvGrpWd

Average Graphic Width

Average image width (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

GrpPix

Graphic Pixels

Total page area covered by images (in pixels)

Graphic Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

LnkCnt

Link Count

Total number of links

Link Elements

N

--

--

99.8

TxLnkCnt

Text Link Count

Number of text links

Link Elements

N,I

99.7

100.0

99.9

LnGrpCnt

Link Graphic Count

Number of links that are images

Link Elements

N,G

100.0

100.0

100.0

PgLnkCnt

Page Link Count

Number of links to other sections (i.e., anchors) within the page

Link Elements

N

100.0

100.0

100.0

InLnkCnt

Internal Link Count

Number of links that point to destination pages within the site

Link Elements

N

100.0

100.0

100.0

RdLnkCnt

Redundant Link Count

Number of links that point to the same destination pages as other links on the page

Link Elements

N

100.0

100.0

100.0

NoLnkLn

Non-underlined Text Links

Whether there are text links without visible underlines (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Link Formatting

G,N,I

--

--

91.7

LnkCols

Link Color Count

Number of colors used for text links

Link Formatting

G,N

100.0

99.2

99.6

StLnkCol

Standard Link Color Count

Number of default browser colors used for text links

Link Formatting

G,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

ColCnt

Color Count

Number of colors used

 

Page Formatting

G

--

--

99.5

MnColUse

Minimum Color Use

Minimum number of times a color is used

Page Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

BrColCnt

Browser-Safe Color Count

Number of browser-safe colors used

 

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

GdTCmb

Good Text Color Combination

Number of good text or thin line color combinations

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

NTCmb

Neutral Text Color Combinations

Number of neutral text or thin line color combinations

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

BdTCmb

Bad Text Color Combinations

Number of bad text or thin line color combinations

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

GdPCmb

Good Panel Color Combinations

Number of good thick line or panel color combinations

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

NPCmb

Neutral Panel Color Combinations

Number of neutral thick line or panel color combinations

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

BdPCmb

Bad Panel Color Combinations

Number of bad thick line or panel color combinations

Page Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

FntCnt

Font Count

Number of fonts used

Page Formatting

G

--

--

95.7

SeFntCnt

Serif Font Count

Number of serif font faces used

Page Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

SSFntCnt

Sans Serif Font Count

Number of sans serif font faces used

Page Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

UdFntCnt

Undetermined Font Style Count

Number of undetermined font faces used

Page Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

PHgt

Page Height

Height of page in pixels (600 pixel screen height)

Page Formatting

G

--

--

88.2

PWid

Page Width

Width of page in pixels (800 pixel screen width)

Page Formatting

G

--

--

95.7

PPix

Page Pixels

Total screen area required to render the page

Page Formatting

G

--

--

84

VScrCnt

Vertical Scrolls

Number of vertical scrolls required to view the entire page

Page Formatting

E

--

--

85.9

HScrCnt

Horizontal Scrolls

Number of horizontal scrolls required to view the entire page

Page Formatting

E

--

--

100.0

IntObjs

Interactive Object Count

Number of text fields, radio boxes, buttons and other form objects

Page Formatting

E

--

--

100.0

NSearch

Search Object Count

Number of forms for performing a site search

Page Formatting

E

--

--

91.7

ExtSS

External Stylesheet Use

Whether an external stylesheet file is used to format the page (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Page Formatting

E

--

--

100.0

IntSS

Internal Stylesheet Use

Whether an internal stylesheet file is used within the head tag to format the page (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Page Formatting

E

--

--

100.0

FixWid

Fixed Page Width Use

Whether tables are used to create a specific page width (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Page Formatting

G

--

--

100.0

Depth

Page Depth

Level of the page within the site

Page Formatting

N

--

--

--

PageType

Page Type

Functional type (e.g., 0 -- home, 1 -- index, 2 -- content, 3 -- form, or 4 -- other)

Page Formatting

E

--

--

84.0

SelfCon

Self Containment

The degree to which all page elements are rendered solely via the HTML and image files (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Page Formatting

E

--

--

100.0

Spamming

Spamming Use

Whether the page uses invisible text or long page titles (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Page Formatting

E

--

--

100.0

TableCnt

Table Count

Number of HTML tables used to render the page

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

HFileCnt

HTML File Count

Number of HTML files, including stylesheet files

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

HSz

HTML Bytes

Total bytes for HTML tags, text, and stylesheet tags

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

GFileCnt

Graphic File Count

Number of image files

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

GrpSz

Graphic Bytes

Total bytes for image files

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

SFileCnt

Script File Count

Number of script files

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

ScSz

Script Bytes

Total bytes for scripts (embedded in script tags and in script files)

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

OFileCnt

Object File Count

Number of object files (e.g., for applets, layers, sound, etc.)

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

ObjSz

Object Bytes

Total bytes for object tags and object files (e.g., for applets, layers, sound, etc.)

Page Performance

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

ObjCnt

Object Count

Number of scripts, applets, objects, etc.

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

DownTime

Download Time

Time for a page to fully load over a 56.6K modem (41.2K connection speed)

Page Performance

E

--

--

86.0

BApp

Bobby Approved

Where the page was approved by Bobby as being accessible to people with disabilities (0 – No; 1 – Yes)

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

BP1Errs

Bobby Priority 1 Errors

Number of Bobby priority 1 errors reported

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

BP2Errs

Bobby Priority 2 Errors

Number of Bobby priority 2 errors reported

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

BP3Errs

Bobby Priority 3 Errors

Number of Bobby priority 3 errors reported

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

BBrErrs

Bobby Browser Errors

Number of Bobby browser compatibility errors reported

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

WLErrs

Weblint Errors

Number of HTML syntax errors reported by Weblint

Page Performance

E

--

--

100.0

PVTerms

Visible Page Text Terms

Maximum good visible words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

--

--

100.0

PVUTerms

Visible Unique Page Text Terms

Maximum good visible, unique words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

PVHits

Visible Page Text Hits

Common visible words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

PVScore

Visible Page Text Score

Score for common visible words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

PATerms

All Page Text Terms

Maximum good visible and invisible words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

--

--

100.0

PAUTerms

All Unique Page Text Terms

Maximum good visible and invisible, unique words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

PAHits

All Page Text Hits

Common visible and invisible words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

PAScore

All Page Text Score

Score for common visible and invisible words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

LVTerms

Visible Link Text Terms

Maximum good visible words in the link  textand destination page

Page Performance

I,N

--

--

100.0

LVUTerms

Visible Unique Link Text Terms

Maximum good visible, unique words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

LVHits

Visible Link Text Hits

Common visible words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

LVScore

Visible Link Text Score

Score for common visible words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

LATerms

All Link Text Terms

Maximum good visible and invisible words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

--

--

100.0

LAUTerms

All Unique Link Text Terms

Maximum good visible and invisible, unique words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

LAHits

All Link Text Hits

Common visible and invisible words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

LAScore

All Link Text Score

Score for common visible and invisible words in the link text and destination page

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

TtTerms

Page Title Terms

Maximum good page title on source and  destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

--

--

100.0

TtUTerms

Unique Page Title Terms

Maximum good, unique page title words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

TtHits

Page Title Hits

Common page title words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

TtScore

Page Title Score

Score for common page title words on source and destination pages

Page Performance

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

TEVar

Text Element Variation

Variance in text elements across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

PTVar

Page Title Variation

Variance in page titles across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

LEVar

Link Element Variation

Variance in link elements across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

GEVar

Graphic Element Variation

Variance in graphic elements across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

TFVar

Text Formatting Variation

Variance in text formatting across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

LFVar

Link Formatting Variation

Variance in link formatting across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

GFVar

Graphic Formatting Variation

Variance in graphic formatting across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

PFVar

Page Formatting Variation

Variance in page formatting across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

PPVar

Page Performance Variation

Variance in page performance across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

ElmVar

Overall Element Variation

Variance in all elements across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

ForVar

Overall Formatting Variation

Variance in all formatting across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

OvVar

Overall Variation

Variance in elements, formatting, and performance across pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

PgCnt

Page Count

Number of crawled pages

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

MaxDep

Maximum Page Depth

Maximum crawl depth

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

MaxBdth

Maximum Page Breadth

Maximum pages crawled at a level

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

MedBdth

Median Page Breadth

Median pages crawled at a level

Site Architecture

E

--

--

100.0

WdCnt

Word Count

Total visible words; also used for Reading Complexity over all text

Text Elements

I

--

--

99.8

PgTitWds

Page Title Word Count

Number of words in the page’s title (max of 64 chars)

Text Elements

I,N

--

--

100.0

TPTitWds

Overall Page Title Word Count

Total number of words in the page’s title (no character max)

Text Elements

I,N

--

--

100.0

InvWdCnt

Invisible Word Count

Number of invisible words

Text Elements

E

--

--

100.0

MTagWds

Meta Tag Word Count

Number of words in meta tags (keyword & description)

Text Elements

E

--

--

100.0

BdWdCnt

Body Word Count

Words that are body text

Text Elements

I

99.9

99.5

99.7

DisWdCnt

Display Word Count

Words that are display text (i.e., headings that are not links)

Text Elements

I

97.5

100.0

98.7

DLWdCnt

Display Link Word Count

Words that are both display and link text (i.e., link headings)

Text Elements

I,N

75.5

100.0

87.7

LnkWdCnt

Link Word Count

Words that are link text

Text Elements

I,N

99.7

99.5

99.6

AvLnkWds

Average Link Words

Average number of words in link text

Text Elements

N

--

--

100.0

GrpWdCnt

Graphic Word Count

Number of words from image alt text tags

Text Elements

I

--

--

100.0

AdWdCnt

Ad Word Count

Number of words possibly indicating ads (e.g., advertisement or sponsor)

Text Elements

I

100.0

100.0

100.0

ExclCnt

Exclamation Point Count

Number of exclamation points

Text Elements

I

--

--

100.0

SpErrs

Spelling Error Count

Number of spelling errors

Text Elements

E

100.0

99.9

100.0

GWds

Good Word Count

Total good visible words

Text Elements

I

100.0

100.0

100.0

GBdWds

Good Body Word Count

Good body text words (i.e., not stop words)

Text Elements

I

100.0

100.0

100.0

GDisWds

Good Display Word Count

Good display text words (i.e., not stop words)

Text Elements

I

100.0

100.0

100.0

GDLWds

Good Display Link Word Count

Good combined display and link text words (i.e., not stop words)

Text Elements

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

GLnkWds

Good Link Word Count

Good link text words (i.e., not stop words or ‘click’)

Text Elements

I,N

100.0

99.7

99.8

AGLnkWds

Average Good Link Words

Average number of good words in link text (i.e., not stop words or ‘click’)

Text Elements

N

100.0

100.0

100.0

GGrpWds

Good Graphic Word Count

Number of good words from image alt text tags

Text Elements

I

100.0

100.0

100.0

GPTWds

Good Page Title Word Count

Number of good page title words (max of 64 chars)

Text Elements

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

GTPTWds

Overall Good Page Title Word Count

Total number of good page title words (no character max)

Text Elements

I,N

100.0

100.0

100.0

GMTagWds

Good Meta Tag Word Count

Number of good meta tag words (i.e., not stop words)

Text Elements

E

100.0

100.0

100.0

ReadCmp

Reading Complexity

Gunning Fog Index (ratios of words, sentences and words with 3+ syllables); computed over prose

Text Elements

I

--

--

97.6

ReadCmpO

Overall Reading Complexity

Gunning Fog Index (ratios of words, sentences and words with 3+ syllables); computed over all text

Text Elements

I

 

 

97.9

FgWdCnt

Fog Word Count

Number of prose words (for Reading Complexity)

Text Elements

I

99.5

100.0

99.7

FgBWdCnt

Fog Big Word Count

Number of big prose words (for Reading Complexity)

Text Elements

I

94.9

97.6

96.2

FBWdCntO

Overall Fog Big Word Count

Number of big words (for Reading Complexity over all text)

Text Elements

I

96.5

98.5

97.5

FgSent

Fog Sentence Count

Number of sentences for prose words (for Reading Complexity measure over prose text)

Text Elements

I

--

--

98.6

FgSentO

Overall Fog Sentence Count

Number of sentences (for Reading Complexity measure over all text)

Text Elements

I

--

--

98.6

EBdWdCnt

Emphasized Body Word Count

Body text words that are emphasized (e.g., bolded, capitalized, near !’s)

Text Formatting

G,I

98.6

98.1

98.4

BBdWdCnt

Bolded Body Word Count

Body text words that are bolded

Text Formatting

G,I

100.0

99.9

99.9

CapBdWd

Capitalized Body Word Count

Body text words that are capitalized

Text Formatting

G,I

99.4

99.7

99.6

ColBdWd

Colored Body Word Count

Body text words that are a color other than the default text color

Text Formatting

G,I

96.8

95.1

96

ExclBdWd

Exclaimed Body Word Count

Body text words that are near exclamation points

Text Formatting

I

100.0

100.0

100.0

IBdWdCnt

Italicized Body Word Count

Body text words that are italicized

Text Formatting

G,I

100.0

99.5

99.8

UWdCnt

Underlined Word Count

Number of words that are underlined but are not links

Text Formatting

I,N,G

100.0

100.0

100.0

SeWdCnt

Serif Word Count

Number of words formatted with serif font faces

Text Formatting

G,I

99.9

100.0

99.9

SSWdCnt

Sans Serif Word Count

Number of words formatted with sans serif font faces

Text Formatting

G,I

99.9

91.7

95.8

UdWdCnt

Undetermined Font Style Word Count

Number of words formatted with undetermined font faces

Text Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

MxFntFa

Font Style

Whether text is predominately sans serif, serif, or undetermined font styles

Text Formatting

I,G

--

--

100.0

MnFntSz

Minimum Font Size

Smallest font size (in points) used for text

Text Formatting

I,G

--

--

100.0

MxFntSz

Maximum Font Size

Largest font size (in points) used for text

Text Formatting

I,G

--

--

100.0

AvFntSz

Average Font Size

Predominate font size (in points) used for text

Text Formatting

I,G

--

--

100.0

BdColCnt

Body Color Count

Number of colors used for body text

Text Formatting

G,I

100.0

95.6

97.8

DsColCnt

Display Color Count

Number of colors used for display text

Text Formatting

G

100.0

100.0

100.0

TxtPos

Text Positioning Count

Number of text areas that change position from flush left

Text Formatting

G

--

--

87.7

TxtCols

Text Column Count

Number of x positions (i.e., columns) where text starts

Text Formatting

G

--

--

95

TxtCls

Text Cluster Count

Number of text areas that are highlighted in some manner (with color, bordered regions, rules, or lists)

Text Formatting

G,I

--

--

68.3

LnkCls

Link Text Cluster Count

Number of link text areas that are highlighted in some manner (with color, bordered regions, rules, or lists)

Text Formatting

G,N,I

--

--

77.8

NBrdCls

Border Cluster Count

Number of text and link text areas that are highlighted with bordered regions

Text Formatting

G,I

77.8

100.0

88.9

NColCls

Color Cluster Count

Number of text and link text areas that are highlighted with colored regions

Text Formatting

G,I

93.6

84.7

89.2

NLisCls

List Cluster Count

Number of text and link text areas that are highlighted with lists

Text Formatting

G,I

91.7

100.0

95.8

NRuleCls

Rule Cluster Count

Number of text and link text areas that are highlighted with horizontal or vertical rules

Text Formatting

G,I

60.8

98.8

79.8