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From: JP Jamous
Date: Dec 17, 2016 1:19PM

I second Birkir on this one. I deal on daily bases with old code dated back to 2005.

I butt heads with UX teams because they get their analytics and they have zero information about people with ATs. That is why I trying to make changes to ensure we have the best user experience on our site.

Being a software and web developer in the past, I don't rely much on automated checkers. I want to test drive that sucker myself and get the user experience. Even iOS and Android emulators I try to stay away from. I want the actual device and I want to be on a fully opened network rather behind a proxy firewall.

All of the above, I learned that they can block what the customer experiences during a session. I want to be in that person's shoe despite the disability and get a feel for what is happening. I then do the automated checking.

I know I am weird, but I want to achieve 2 things.

1. Is the site providing an accessible and positive user experience?
2. How can I prioritize my work and establish proper documentations for developers based on what I am experiencing so they can remedy the issues.

If I am still getting some issues in the automated checker but the performance is excellent, then move on JP. That's how I like to approach those tasks. Relying on a program to make sense out of a pot of old, new and sloppy coding can frustrate the best decision maker. Of course, the checker will fail too many things.