Release Notes and Known Bugs

WebSAT is being released as Version 2.0. WebSAT provides the usability engineer with the capability to investigate web pages for any potential usability problems. The changes from Version 1.0 include:

new interface design
new design for reporting results
whole site evaluations
implementation of IEEE Std 2001-1999 guidelines according to specifications in its P2001/D8.01 Draft

There are some known bugs in this release and they are:

On occasion, the evaluation results of a web page produced by a single page evaluation flags something not indicated on the whole site evaluation.
Implied "breaks" before and after links are not detectable. See navigation rules.
Use of ActivePerl 5.6.1 builds is problematic for WebSAT's whole site option. If you use ActivePerl, it is suggested that you use version 5.6.0 build 623 or lower.

Note: WebSAT is a prototype tool for researching usability rules and uses only a subset of the guidelines available in many commercial packages. Therefore, WebSAT should NOT be used to test for Section 508 compliance.

Version 2.0
Page last modified: 15 May 2002
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