Testing, testing, 1... 2... 3...
Our favourite tools and why we love them...
Website developer's toolbar for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application
=firefox&category=Developer%20Tools&numpg=10&id=60
Comes with the W3C validator and the Cynthia report for speed.
Fangs screen reader emulator for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application
=firefox&category=Developer%20Tools&numpg=10&id=402
Read, rather than listen to, screen reader assistive technology.
HTML validator for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application
=firefox&category=Developer%20Tools&numpg=10&id=249
WAI checklist:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html
Sloppy:
http://www.dallaway.com/sloppy/
Sloppy simulates various dail-up speeds. Check out how slow your page really is.
JAWS (for Windows):
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/
JAWS_HQ.asp#Downloads
Try the 40 minute demo to listen to your page.
Colour blindness tester:
http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
Colour contrast analyser (for Windows):
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=628
Website developer's toolbar for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application
=firefox&category=Developer%20Tools&numpg=10&id=60
Comes with the W3C validator and the Cynthia report for speed.
Fangs screen reader emulator for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application
=firefox&category=Developer%20Tools&numpg=10&id=402
Read, rather than listen to, screen reader assistive technology.
HTML validator for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application
=firefox&category=Developer%20Tools&numpg=10&id=249
WAI checklist:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html
Sloppy:
http://www.dallaway.com/sloppy/
Sloppy simulates various dail-up speeds. Check out how slow your page really is.
JAWS (for Windows):
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/
JAWS_HQ.asp#Downloads
Try the 40 minute demo to listen to your page.
Colour blindness tester:
http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
Colour contrast analyser (for Windows):
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=628
posted by CLC at 12:06 p.m.
6 Comments:
not for testing, but i use this sometimes:
Colormatch 5k
http://meddle.dzygn.com/tests/colors/
A colour matcher to help you develop palettes. Choose a colour and it will give you 5 other colours that match (more or less).
p.s. the colour matcher doesn't work in firefox. sorry.
Multiple versions of IE (for Windows):
www.quirksmode.org/browsers/multipleie.html
generate as much dummy text as necessary!
http://www.lipsum.org/
hmm, is there no way to edit old posts? i keep forgetting to put in the actual links to the links!
Colorzilla
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