Korean J Urol.  2011 Feb;52(2):142-146.

Analysis of Content Legibility for Smartphones of Websites of the Korean Urological Association and Other Urological Societies in Korea

• Lee JY
• Kang DH
• Moon HS
• Kim YT
• Yoo TK
• Choi HY
• Lee TY
• Lee SW

Abstract

PURPOSE
We performed an analysis of the smartphone legibility of the websites of the Korean Urological Association (KUA) and other urological societies.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This study was conducted on the websites of the KUA and nine other urological societies. Each website was accessed via iPhone Safari and Android Chrome, respectively, to evaluate the establishment and readability of the mobile web pages. The provision of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds by the websites and whether the websites had Twitter and Facebook accounts were evaluated. In addition, a validation test on the web standards was performed by using the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C(R)) Markup Validation Service, and subsequently the numbers of errors and warnings that occurred were analyzed.
RESULTS
When accessed via Safari, two websites were legible, four were somewhat legible, and four were somewhat illegible. When accessed via Chrome, two websites were legible, six were somewhat legible, and two were somewhat illegible. One website provided an RSS feed and two websites managed members via separate Twitter accounts. No website supported mobile web pages. The result of the W3C(R) Markup Validation test on 10 websites showed a mean error rate of 221.6 (range, 13-1,477) and a mean warning rate of 127.13 (range, 0-655).
CONCLUSIONS
The smartphone legibility level of the websites of urological societies was relatively low. Improved smartphone legibility and web standard compliance of the websites of urological societies are required to keep up with the popularity of smartphones.

Keyword

Internet; Korea; Urology; Webcasts

MeSH Terms

Compliance
Comprehension
Internet
Korea
Urology

Figure

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  FIG. 1 The results of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C®) Markup Validation of the websites of urological societies in Korea. KUA: Korean Urological Association, KSSMA: Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, KUOS: Korean Urological Oncological Society, KSPU: Korean Society of Pediatric Urology, KCS: Korean Continence Society, KES: Korean Endourological Society, KPS: Korean Prostate Society, KAUPPC: Korean Association of Urological Practitioners in Private Clinic, KAUTII: Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation, KSUR: Korean Society of Urological Research.

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