Comments on the McCain Site

Comments Associated with Ease of Finding Information Rating:

• It involved a lot of hunting and pecking. I did like the tax comparison widget. I found it by mistake.
• Other than the candidate waving, the other information I was looking for I either never found reference to at all (Social Security), or I found referenced to (taxes) but didn't find the specific information I was looking for.
• The site was slow, did not function well, and the information architecture made it difficult to guess where certain topics would be added.
• Surprisingly difficult. Simple questions that need simple answers...that are seemingly unavailable!
• After the first question, to which I answered did not find the answer I actually found a place which supposedly tells me where my voting location is - however when I clicked on the link the map came up blank!
• Info is divided up into categories that don't always make sense or give you the candidate's position on specific issues
• The pull-down menus were terrible-- they scrolled off the bottom of the page and I couldn't get to all of them. And I hated hearing the same video clip (in the economy area) auto-playing over and over.
• Map never loaded for polling place.
• The where to vote feature was very easy to find - but it didn't work
  

Comments Associated with Visual Appeal Rating:

• It's appealing but I didn't feel like it nailed McCain. It was very slow.
• As a big marketing site, it is relatively appealing. In some cases good use of RIA type behaviors. Disappointing content.
• Nice big pictures for each useless category
• Much too busy
  

Responses to Open-ended Question about Challenging or Frustrating Aspects of the Site

• It was very slow and there were too many visuals on the issues page. His stance was buried under the artifice and I shouldn't have to dig for it.
• The opening video got in the way. I was unable to stop it and the first question I was asked to answer resulted in a technical error message.
• navigation menus that did not work
• wasn't sure where to find some things; took a while to figure out pictures; vote now wouldn't work
• Navigation appeared straightforward; however, items I thought would be at the 2nd level just weren't there. It was difficult to find answers.
• not a lot of info on actual positons in accessible places
• Nav bar (pull-down menus); auto-play video clips; the gallery of photos; finding where to vote didn't work
• the extremely long menu at the top, too many selections that are too vague
• The response time on some of the pages was slow. I would abandon the site it this were for real. Some pages took nearly 20 seconds to display.
• Having to give my name, address, & email to find a location to vote
  

Responses to Open-ended Question about Effective or Intuitive Aspects of the Site

• The tax comparison widget was cool.
• The navigation labeling and behavior was clear and easily learned. I could quickly ascertain that what I was looking for wasn't there.
• liked the videos
• drop downs
• Nope.
• Liked the nice big clickable pictures for each issue category
• Not really
• the bricklet to sign up to volunteer (on the right hand side)
• "Decision Center" compares the two candidates' positions side by side