The Belgian Usability Awards 2010

For the Belgian Usability Awards 2010 are the following sites nominated:

1. www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be
2. www.kdg.be
3. www.newpharma.be
4. www.mobistar.be
5. www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be
6. www.agsob.be
7. www.middelkerke.be
8. www.kriskras.be
9. www.connections.be
10. www.sibelga.be

The scores according to the Dutch Web Guidelines are:

1. www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be 38 points;
2. www.kdg.be 37 points;
3. www.newpharma.be 35 points;
4. www.mobistar.be 34 points;
5. www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be 34 points;
6. www.agsob.be 40 points;
7. www.middelkerke.be 31 points;
8. www.kriskras.be 37 points;
9. www.connections.be 29 points;
10. www.sibelga.be/nl 37 points.

None of these sites got the same score as www.helenahoeve.nl (41 points).


The validation results of these sites are:

1. www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be Not valid, 6 errors;
2. www.kdg.be Not valid, 15 errors, 2 warnings;
3. www.newpharma.be Not valid, 19 errors;
4. www.mobistar.be Not valid, 1 error;
5. www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be Not valid, 14 errors, 21 warnings;
6. www.agsob.be Not valid, 2 errors;
7. www.middelkerke.be Not valid, 81 errors, 3 warnings;
8. www.kriskras.be Not valid, 27 errors, 2 warnings;
9. www.connections.be Not valid, 32 errors, 19 warnings;
10. www.sibelga.be/nl Not valid, 1 error.

Unlike the Helenahoeve none of the candidates validate.

The loadtime of these sites are:

1. www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be 7.9 seconds;
2. www.kdg.be 10.7 seconds;
3. www.newpharma.be 0.5 seconds;
4. www.mobistar.be 0.6 seconds;
5. www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be 7 seconds;
6. www.agsob.be 10.4 seconds;
7. www.middelkerke.be 2.2 seconds;
8. www.kriskras.be 5 seconds;
9. www.connections.be 4.7 seconds;
10. www.sibelga.be/nl 5.3 seconds;

How liguid are the designs (when does the horizontal scrollbar appear on a 1024x768 screen):

1. www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be 1 x "CTRL +";
2. www.kdg.be 1 x "CTRL +";
3. www.newpharma.be 1 x "CTRL +";
4. www.mobistar.be 0 x "CTRL +"!;
5. www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be 0 x "CTRL +"!;
6. www.agsob.be 1 x "CTRL +";
7. www.middelkerke.be 0 x "CTRL +"!;
8. www.kriskras.be No horizontal scroll at all!;
9. www.connections.be 1 x "CTRL +";
10. www.sibelga.be 1 x "CTRL +";

Is it easy to contact the organisation. Is there a real e-mail address or a contact form.

1. www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be  no e-mail address, there is a contact form;
2. www.kdg.be  e-mail address, no contact form;
3. www.newpharma.be  no e-mail address, there is a contact form;
4. www.mobistar.be  no e-mail address, there is a contact form wizard;
5. www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be  e-mail address and contact form;
6. www.agsob.be  e-mail address and contact form;
7. www.middelkerke.be  e-mail address, no contact form;
8. www.kriskras.be  e-mail address, no contact form;
9. www.connections.be e-mail address, but no link to the promised contact form;
10. www.sibelga.be  no e-mail address, there is a contact form;

So at the end I think that non of these sites should win the usability award seen from a technical perspective. When I browse the sites I think the winner will be www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be