Day 18 – Using a color contrast tool

For this one I wanted to actually demonstrate a low contrast issue on a real site. I used aXe Chrome extension which is a great evaluation tool by Deque Systems. I didn't mention it in my Accessibility Testing Tools post since I wrote it a while back before I got used to it, but I definitely …

Accessibility Testing Tools

Introduction Before actually introducing the tools I just need to give a fair warning that those tools are not a replacement for a manual tester. No matter how good automated tools are, still most of the testing is done manually, by a tester who is familiar with accessibility principles and guidelines. So, use the tools …