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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 9:49AM
Subject: Contrast checker for Firefox?
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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a decent contrast analyser for Firefox that'll
work on the generated DOM?

Thanks as always, Lynn

From: Jared Smith
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 10:48AM
Subject: Re: Contrast checker for Firefox?
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Lynn -

WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) does contrast checking online with the
rendered DOM (as rendered at page load). A near-future update will
allow full DOM manipulation (even after page load) and real-time
evaluation of dynamic elements.

We're also working on an update to the Firefox extension to provide
this functionality, but there's a nasty Firefox bug
(https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792479, if you'd like to
go vote for it) that is making the updates impossible.

Jared

From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 11:35AM
Subject: Re: Contrast checker for Firefox?
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Jared

Exciting news.
Hope you will do tests with screen reader users to ensure that these
tools are accessible.
Lynn, FireEyes's color contrast checking is actually one of the best
ones for screen reader users, once set up. The set up takes a little
bit of work.
You can run a color contrast check specifically, and you will get
information that enables you to pinpoint the spots in the dom where
color contrast issues are identified.

No tool is perfect, and color contrast checking for a blind expert is
always a challenge, it has to be said, but this really gets me most of
the way there.
If you want help testing with, or setting up FireEyes, just contact me off-list.
Thanks
-B

On 2/5/15, Jared Smith < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Lynn -
>
> WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) does contrast checking online with the
> rendered DOM (as rendered at page load). A near-future update will
> allow full DOM manipulation (even after page load) and real-time
> evaluation of dynamic elements.
>
> We're also working on an update to the Firefox extension to provide
> this functionality, but there's a nasty Firefox bug
> (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792479, if you'd like to
> go vote for it) that is making the updates impossible.
>
> Jared
> > > >


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Work hard. Have fun. Make history.

From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Thu, Feb 05 2015 12:01PM
Subject: Re: Contrast checker for Firefox?
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Jared, a tool that checks the manipulated DOM is just what I need.
Very much looking forward to this update.

Birkir, yes please, I'd really appreciate some info on setting up and
using FireEyes, so I'll be hassling you off list.

Thanks a lot guys.

On 05/02/2015, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Jared
>
> Exciting news.
> Hope you will do tests with screen reader users to ensure that these
> tools are accessible.
> Lynn, FireEyes's color contrast checking is actually one of the best
> ones for screen reader users, once set up. The set up takes a little
> bit of work.
> You can run a color contrast check specifically, and you will get
> information that enables you to pinpoint the spots in the dom where
> color contrast issues are identified.
>
> No tool is perfect, and color contrast checking for a blind expert is
> always a challenge, it has to be said, but this really gets me most of
> the way there.
> If you want help testing with, or setting up FireEyes, just contact me
> off-list.
> Thanks
> -B
>
> On 2/5/15, Jared Smith < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>> Lynn -
>>
>> WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org/) does contrast checking online with the
>> rendered DOM (as rendered at page load). A near-future update will
>> allow full DOM manipulation (even after page load) and real-time
>> evaluation of dynamic elements.
>>
>> We're also working on an update to the Firefox extension to provide
>> this functionality, but there's a nasty Firefox bug
>> (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792479, if you'd like to
>> go vote for it) that is making the updates impossible.
>>
>> Jared
>> >> >> >>
>
>
> --
> Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
> > > >