zaobao.com.sg
readable
C Acceptable. Readable, but working against you
Loading speed is diagnostic only; it does not affect this grade or search ranking.
| Subject | Weight | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Interruption | 35.71% | 93 |
| Readability | 28.57% | not measured |
| Accessibility and keyboard | 21.43% | 44 |
| Stability and weight | 14.29% | 76 |
This letter rests on 71% of the grade. The subjects marked “not measured” are left out rather than scored as zero (which would fail a site for something nobody looked at) or as full marks (which would be a claim we have not earned). How this is worked out.
- Largest paint
- 1.4s
- Paywall
- none
- Ad requests
- 72
- Tracker requests
- 63
- Page weight
- 2.3 MB
- Readability
- not measured
- Accessibility
- 6 automated checks failed (5 serious)
- Green hosting
- not measured
- Measured
- 2026-09-01
Observed interruptions
Ad and tracker counts above are network requests, not counts of visible ads or separate companies. They do not affect the interruption score.
Assessed 3 sampled pages. The largest detected ad area was 7.3% of a sampled viewport. No qualifying obstructive prompts were detected.
This is a sample, not a promise that the whole site has no interruptions. Ad detection can miss formats and content outside the sampled view. Older scans did not check visibility or overlapping ad rectangles as thoroughly. The score uses the strongest observed deduction, so one panel is not penalized under multiple names. How interruptions are scored.
The type, and who can use it
Measured on 1 rendered page; latest measurement 2026-09-05. Every number is a mechanical fact about the page, not a judgment of its design.
| What | Measured | The bar |
|---|---|---|
| Body type size | not measured | 16px, the browser default |
| Characters per line | not measured | 45–90 |
| Line height | not measured | 1.5 (WCAG 1.4.8) |
| Text contrast | not measured | 4.5:1 (WCAG AA), 7:1 (AAA) |
| Text column | not measured | at least 45% |
| Reflows at phone width | yes | WCAG 1.4.10 |
| Dark mode | no | noted, not scored |
| Automated accessibility checks | 6 automated checks failed (5 serious): color-contrast, frame-title, image-alt, list, meta-viewport, nested-interactive | WCAG 2.1 A and AA, via axe-core |
| Keyboard | no trap; focus visible on 0% of stops | never trapped, always visible |
| Structure | main landmark, 1 h1, no skipped heading levels | a main landmark, one h1, no skips |
| Alt text | 100% of 9 content images described | every content image |
| Reader mode | parses | parses (Firefox’s Readability) |
Automated accessibility checks catch an estimated 30–40% of real problems, so “no automated violations detected” is a floor, not a certificate. We never say “accessible”. How these are scored.
Tripped on some pages, but not most
| Gate | What tripped |
|---|---|
| G1 | Hard paywall — the content requires payment |
At least one page we rendered failed this outright, but most did not, so the site is indexed. Which page you land on may well decide whether you can read it.
Measurement dates
Oldest evidence 50 days old. At least one subject is due for rechecking (30 days or older). Dates refer to the evidence, never the card rebuild.
- Access and interruptions:
- Readability and accessibility:
Measurement history
Newest 4 saved observations. Each describes a sampled page at that time; older, failed or held observations do not override the current reviewed card. Raw automated findings may have been superseded by later review or detector replay. No previous grade is inferred.
Read dated observations
- — Readability and accessibility observation; prose source blocks; phone overflow not observed
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime
Evidence source: readability-top5000.jsonl · observation 1b99b59acad8 - — Access observation: excluded; detected gates G1
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/forum/views/story20260831-9604259
Evidence source: verdicts-top5000.jsonl · observation 1f3e36e9e59a - — Access observation: pass
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/world/story20260831-9603248
Evidence source: verdicts-top5000.jsonl · observation 2cc3730d175b - — Access observation: pass
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/finance/singapore/story20260831-9604465
Evidence source: verdicts-top5000.jsonl · observation 29d983f870db
How we know
| Pages rendered | 3 |
|---|---|
| Site verdict | errors dropped; majority of remaining; ties to the stricter verdict; active reviewed exclusions override admission |
| Figures shown | numeric measurements generally use medians; interruption costs, overflow, keyboard traps and accessibility failures retain the strongest observed finding |
| Cited by | 1,409 encyclopedia articles |
Think this is wrong? It may well be — the measurements cover only a handful of pages. Any reviewed admission decision and its dated evidence are shown above. Re-measurement on request is not built yet, so there is no button here that would do anything. When it exists it will be free and it will be on this page.