Still, there are a few usability and accessibility errors. They take time to load but are invisible. I am quite aware of the uses of whitespace. It's just that this is the wrong way to get it. There are practically no alt texts anywhere on the site.
Words are preferable to numbers because they are easier to differentiate .
It's kind of ridiculous to force users who do not or cannot surf with graphics to load individual graphic files just to see a rating. We feel similar impatience when the browser loads every other graphic first. The system should automatically include an alt with a member's userID or real name when displaying a photo of the person. URLs URLs at Epinions should be predictable. A case can be made that there will be too many reviews of individual items to make them typable.