Cheklist to analyse the usability of music.lk website

Music does bring people together; it allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves we are the same. Music.lk Sri Lanka number one online music provider gives the opportunity to surf millions of songs, thousands of artists. Listen all you want, whenever you want… Music .lk has been highly successful due to its innovative offering and philosophy, which is widely hailed by the artists. The adventure continues, as the number of users increase with every passing day.

Accessibility

  • Site load time is extremely quick. It takes only 3 seconds to upload the home page.
  • Adequate text to background contrast is very much available. Background is with black and grey and we can see the music videos on the background and the images are changing in every 3 seconds.
  • Font size and spacing is easy to read. We can’t see bigger fonts but it’s very simple and easy to understand.
  • Flash and add-ons are used sparingly as we see a busy website here. It has so many advertisements and there are some direct links to go for other sites and chats.
  • Images have appropriate ALT tags.
  • Site hasn’t custom not found 404 page

Identity

  • Company logo is not prominently placed. It is surrounded by other advertisements and the color of the logo is not prominent because they have use blue and grey. 
  • Let the vibes of sri Lankan music take you to a higher level of consciousness’….is their tag line and it’s too long.
  • Home page is digestible in 3 seconds as I said before. By one look at it and with the eye catching flashy images and the videos available on top, we can digest what the content is all about.
  • When enter to the contacts we can find the company information and the company contacts.

Navigation

  • Main navigation is easily identifiable

  • Navigation labels are clear and concise as they are all in simple block capitals. They use small simple letters to mention the name of the artist.

  • Company logo is linked to the homepage as when we click on the logo it’ll automatically take us to the homepage.

  • Links are consistent and easy to identify as they appear in similar manner and in good font
  • Site search is easy to access as the search button is available at the top ribbon in the right corner.

Content

  • Major headings are clear and descriptive as said before the important tabs like Music videos, Audios, dj and Mixes, Tamil, Artist, Blogger and Contacts.
  • Styles and colors are consistent as I mentioned before.
  • Emphasis (bold.. etc) is used sparingly as everything is not in bold. The important titles are in bold, but the descriptions are in normal text.
  • URLs are meaningful and user friendly and describes the content as it is

When considering the above facts I can prefer this site is having a good usability and also the have to fix some areas to improve.The brand name has to be prominent and we can see so many advertisement which distract the consumers……

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