Usability report for https://www.nytimes.com/

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Status	Summary
	Usability.gov Guidelines - Some pages violate these guidelines.
	W3C Best Practices - No issues found.
	Readability - No issues found.

Priority	Description and URL	Guideline and Line#	Count
Priority 1 1 issues on 1 pages
	Have a link labeled 'Home' on every page on the site, except for the home page.	Usability.gov 5:1	1 pages
	Many sites place the organization's logo on the top of every page and link it to the homepage. While many users expect logos are clickable, around 25% will not realize that links to the homepage. Therefore, include a link labeled 'Home' near the top of the page to help those users.
	https://www.nytimes.com/video	Line 1
Priority 2 1 issues on 8 pages
	Omitting IMG WIDTH or HEIGHT attributes means page text jumps about as images load.	Usability.gov 14:3	8 pages
	This makes the page very hard to read while it's loading, and the user may click on the wrong link if it moves as it's being clicked. Add width and height attributes to the img tag matching the image dimensions. Authoring tools like Dreamweaver can automate this process.
	http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html	Line 425 436 447
	https://www.nytimes.com/	Line 1203 2907 3120 3144 4816 ...
	https://www.nytimes.com/es/	Line 315 344 366 395 794 ...
	https://www.nytimes.com/video	Line 377 711 784 857 930
	This issue was found on another 4 pages. The trial version is limited to showing issues on 4 pages.
Priority 3 3 issues on 7 pages
	Create data entry fields that are large enough to show all of the entered data without scrolling. One study has shown that search fields should be at least 35-40 characters long to accommodate 95% percent of search terms.	Usability.gov 13:8	5 pages
	Make sure each search field holds at least 35 characters, which should accommodate 95% of search terms.
	https://www.nytimes.com/es/	Line 759
	https://www.nytimes.com/section/politics	Line 533
	https://www.nytimes.com/section/us	Line 656
	https://www.nytimes.com/section/world	Line 1719
	This issue was found on another 1 pages. The trial version is limited to showing issues on 4 pages.
	Use at least a 12-point font on all Web pages.	Usability.gov 11:8	6 pages
	For users over age 65, it may be better to use at least fourteen-point fonts. Never use less than nine-point font on a Web site. The following are all smaller than 12 point: <p style="font-size: 11pt;" > <p style="font-size: 15px;" > <p style="font-size: small;" > <font size="2" > <font size="-1" >
	https://www.nytimes.com/	Line 693 702 767 775 899 ...
	https://www.nytimes.com/es/	Line 111
	https://www.nytimes.com/section/us	Line 162
	https://www.nytimes.com/section/world	Line 162 2241 2320
	This issue was found on another 2 pages. The trial version is limited to showing issues on 4 pages.
	Use link text between 3 and 100 characters so it's long enough to be understood, but avoids line wrapping.	Usability.gov 10:11	7 pages
	A single word text link may not give enough information about the link's destination. A link that is a full sentence is difficult to read quickly, particularly if it wraps to another line.
	http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html	Line 156
	https://www.nytimes.com/	Line 1165 3372 3461 3474 4344
	https://www.nytimes.com/es/	Line 776 809 839 865 901 ...
	https://www.nytimes.com/section/world	Line 1749 1769 1788 1807 1826 ...
	This issue was found on another 3 pages. The trial version is limited to showing issues on 4 pages.
Priority 5 1 issues on 2 pages
	Capitalize the first letter of the first word in lists.	Usability.gov 12:9	2 pages
	Only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized unless the item contains another word that would normally be capitalized.
	https://www.nytimes.com/	Line 480
	https://www.nytimes.com/es/	Line 204
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