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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 9, 2016 11:41AM

Hey guys
Good question JP.
Writing an article on this for www.bats.fyi is high on my to-do list
(too bad the list is so long).
Short answer, no 100% techniques, but there are a few tools and tricks
we can use to give us an idea.
Even with a pair of eyes, if we have a specified set of questions we
can ask them, it helps.
Another pair-of-eyes one is 2.1.1
How do you know that an element reveals additional info, even entire
menus, on mouse over without mousing over it.
Screen readers have some mous simulation mechanisms, but they are not reliable.
You can usually figure this out from looking at the html and Javscript
source, but it takes you about 50 times as long as it takes a pair of
eyes and a mouse widling hand to explore what, if any, info is
revealed when you hover over an element.
Cheers
-B


On 8/9/16, Jamous, JP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> That's another one Jim. How do you do the math for the ratio?
>
> Foreground Color divided by background color?
>