Accessibility Valet - Beta-testing Windows Desktop Edition
Nick Kew
for public testing at <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/access/>.
Anyone interested in trying it is invited to download the test
package, and (especially) to email me with bug reports or
suggestions for improvements.
Please note that it is not yet packaged with an installation "wizard",
so you have to read the instructions. If that's a problem, you should
either use a Linux or Unix edition or wait for the product release.
For those not familiar with the existing online or Unix/Linux desktop
versions, Accessibility Valet is a tool to analyse markup for compliance
with the WCAG or Section 508 standards, with additional functions
to clean up bad markup, and convert between HTML and XHTML.
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Nick Kew
brucie
Nick Kew said...
> A Windows desktop edition of Accessibility Valet is now available
> for public testing at <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/access/>.
have you seen a-prompt? http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
I much prefer a stand alone app rather than a plugin for a browser I
don't usually use.
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brucie
FAQs: http://allmyfaqs.com/ http://html-faq.com/ http://alt-html.org/
Nick Kew
at the keyboard of brucie <bruc...@alt-html.org> wrote:
> have you seen a-prompt? http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
I'm aware of its existence. I like to think Valet's reports are
far-and-away the most comprehensive and the clearest available,
but I'm not exactly an independent reviewer:-)
> I much prefer a stand alone app rather than a plugin for a browser I
> don't usually use.
The Unix, Linux and Mac versions are standalone. As regards the windows
version, it's your choice of course.
As for browser, I don't know what other browsers it'll work in, but
if you use Mozilla or Netscape 6 it could be worth a try.
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Nick Kew
Nick Kew
at the keyboard of ni...@fenris.webthing.com (Nick Kew) wrote:
> A Windows desktop edition of Accessibility Valet is now available
> for public testing at <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/access/>.
A second Beta is now available. There are a couple of fixes to the
library, but the main change is improved packaging and presentation.
You can now run the software as soon as you have unzipped it, simply
by selecting the RUNME supplied.
> Anyone interested in trying it is invited to download the test
> package, and (especially) to email me with bug reports or
> suggestions for improvements.
This comment still stands:-)
> For those not familiar with the existing online or Unix/Linux desktop
> versions, Accessibility Valet is a tool to analyse markup for compliance
> with the WCAG or Section 508 standards, with additional functions
> to clean up bad markup, and convert between HTML and XHTML.
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Nick Kew
Available for contract work - Programming, Unix, Networking, Markup, etc.
Pete Wilson
need, the page-to-test to be explicitly named. W3C validator allows:
<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">Valid markup?</a>
whereas Site Valet appears to want:
<a href="http://valet.webthing.com/access/htnorm.so?url=http://www.pwilson.net/htmlWORKAROUNDS.html&suite=WCAG1&xslt=compact">Accessible?</a>
A more general, portable scheme -- like "referer" -- lets me
copy-and-paste the W3C link fuss-free into any page I like.
-- Pete Wilson
Nick Kew
at the keyboard of pe...@pwilson.net (Pete Wilson) wrote:
> Would be very handy for me if Site Valet didn't need, as it seems to
> need, the page-to-test to be explicitly named.
Indeed (though that seems to be a comment about the online service rather
than the subject of the original post:-)
> W3C validator allows:
I know. I've contemplated that a few times, and may do it yet. There
is perhaps a stronger reason to do so with this than with some of the
other Valet tools, in that it doesn't have an equivalent (as with Page
Valet vs the W3C amd WDG validators).
> A more general, portable scheme -- like "referer" -- lets me
> copy-and-paste the W3C link fuss-free into any page I like.
No promises, but watch this space, and treat yourself to a desktop version.