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Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers

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Re: Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers

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Post by mstade »

It'd be useful to see a sample report before signing up. It doesn't have to be a form where I put my own site URL in, it can be some representative examples, but just so I know what I'm buying into. The wall of text is fine – it gives plenty of information – but proof's in the pudding.

Re: Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers

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Post by fionatg »

mstade wrote: post #3

It'd be useful to see a sample report before signing up. It doesn't have to be a form where I put my own site URL in, it can be some representative examples, but just so I know what I'm buying into. The wall of text is fine – it gives plenty of information – but proof's in the pudding.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll work on getting this added to the page, I understand where you're coming from there

Re: Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers

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Post by fionatg »

onion2k wrote: post #2

The robot image on the home page doesn't have any alt text. Not a good start for an accessibility checking service.

The image is basically there to be decorative. In that scenario, an empty alt attribute is used to inform assistive technology that yes, there is an image here, but it isn't adding any further information. It's actually one of the main things that MAWD helps with right now.

Putting alt text on all the images of random cats on a website only adds value to people if the cats are at all relevant to the content :)

https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/H67

Re: Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers

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Post by fionatg »

nicolaslem wrote: post #7

Does it work for web applications having most of their content behind an auth wall?

Yes, because it captures the data using a Chrome Extension. You have to navigate to the page and use the extension to capture the data. This means it works on sites that aren't even on the public internet, localhost, you name it.

Re: Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers

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Post by frereubu »

fionatg wrote: post #9

This is a very spammy comment, but if anyone is interested but it's not a good time to sign up, you can sign up to my (totally not spammy) mailing list and get an accessibility poster as a bonus: https://myaccessible.website/subscribe

This link should be somewhere on the page - I didn't want to sign up to a beta but wanted to be notified about updates and couldn't see where to.
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