Release of siteSifter 2.10 (p21)

Release of siteSifter 2.10 (p21)

We are happy to announce the 21^st update of siteSifter journal version 2.10. Once again we have plenty of news.

This release focus on user interface improvements, as well as bugfixes. It is not likely that you will spot many changes, but they are there.

First, we’ve improved the user interface by

• For users who set their level to “beginner” through the user preferences editor, the UX will now be even more streamlined. The filter bars present on, for example, the project list is gone, the menus made easier to work with, and redundant options removed. It is up to you to chose which level, and with them added complexity, you prefer. The level is a user–preference, not a client preference.
• Several texts, such as on the project details page, are now clearer and hopefully less confusing. We’re tried to avoid the most dire of technical slang.
• The main header of each page is now structurally right before the main content, thereby making it easier for screen–reader users to navigate; we have also improved the CSS to avoid traps where user–set colours override our own and thereby make the contrast too low. Inline CSS has to a large extend been removed.
• It is now not only possible to turn UX elements on and off from the user preference editor, but you can also specify a preferred e–mail address, and whether to use it to fill in other e–mail fields throughout the application.
• A set of new JavaScript routines have been added to already existing non–JS functions to enhance functionality. An example of this is the ERM editor, where selecting a new user to assign a report to will automatically fill in the e–mail field — if any e–mail is set. Care has been taken to ensure this is both keyboard– and mouse accessible, and the feature is not essential.

Secondly, there are improvements to baselines and reports:

• The “Generic HTML” report generator has been redesigned, and the output is now hopefully far more useful, and easy to read. The statistics section is completely new, and contain not only tables of data but graphs for illustration.
• The Analytics baseline has been improved, with several bugfixes and feature enhancements.
• Several bespoke baselines are updated and improved.
• Projects can now be designated to a specific owner, with the person who create a project the default. This can then be used in various places, such as for example to filter the project list, showing only your own projects.

About Greytower

Greytower Technologies is a Swedish–based company with a UK presence, specialising in system development and automated quality auditing on and for the World Wide Web. We perform single and multiple site audits using a number of different tests suites, including accessibility guidelines.

Greytower has been registered with the Swedish Tax Office since 2002.

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About siteSifter

siteSifter is a web–based quality and accessibility testing system, complete with project management and workflow features. Monthly subscriptions are offered by Greytower Technologies.