New Info About FireEyes Installation Added January 2013
I bet my accessibility toolbelt is wider than yours! I’m always collecting free accessibility tools. Why? Because I like to see what each one does and how it can help me be a better tester. My current toolbelt includes:
- WAVE Toolbar
- Web Developer (Firefox Extension)
- HeadingsMap
- JIm Thatcher’s Favelets
- Jon Gunderson’s Accessibility Evaluator
- Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar
In a class by itself, is FireEyes. A free testing tool that will blow your socks off (once you get it installed in a compatible environment). I’ll admit, the installation process is delicate. FireEyes depends on having just the right versions of the following stack (updated Feb 22, 2013)
- FireFox
- FireBug
- Java
- FireEyes
Don’t forget to turn off automatic updates for FireFox and FireBug. And you must Disable the FireFox Blocklist (until we release the java-free version of FireEyes. coming soon).
Because this is such a moving target, we are centralizing the “how to” for FireEyes installation at FireEyes FAQ
I can’t wait for the java-free version of FireEyes to be in our hands.
Have you checked out the Chrome Accessibility Developer Tools recently released?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fpkknkljclfencbdbgkenhalefipecmb
Quite new, and needs an experimental flag flip in Chrome for it to get what it needs, but probably the handiest tool I’ve seen in a while. Worth taking a peek, at least.
Oooooo Shawn…that is super exciting! (scampering off to install it and give it a whirl).
I helped build the contrast checker at contrastchecker.com which is intended for graphic designers who need to create lists of color samples. It was meant to be easy to use. Hopefully it is.
http://contrastchecker.com/
Peter, I hadn’t tried contrastchecker.com until today. I will add that to my personal toolbelt for accessibility testing. Thanks!
Life! Saver!
Bookmarking this because I always run into the “which version of what?” question.