Site Usability
SIte usability is the extent to which a user can find and use
services and information from a website to achieve a goal. Simply
put it asks how
easy is it for people to get what they need from your site.
Usability is a specialist area and our Usability testing is provided by
University of Waikato Usability Laboratory.
| Website | Scores | Noted Best Practice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Elections NZ | 95.8 | Clarity of homepage layout and navigation, information chunking, written for the web, see also features |
| 2. | Census | 93.5 | Forms flow, feedback, logical layout |
| 3. | NZ Qualifications Authority | 91.1 | Multiple navigation, types including by user role, rich cross linking, clean online writing |
| 4. | Te Ara Encyclopedia of NZ | 90.7 | Strong visual layout, balanced navigation, rich cross-linking, excellent writing |
| 5= | NZ Teachers Council | 87.3 | Current location indicators, search layout, meaningful content, forms usability |
| 5= | Housing NZ Corporation | 87.3 | Balance of features, user-centric navigation, good cross-linking |
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