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From: Laura Carlson
Date: Tue, May 17 2005 1:24PM
Subject: Free online version of Bobby discontinued?
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Does anyone know if the free online version of Bobby has been
discontinued?
The Bobby URL
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/
is redirecting to WebXACT
http://webxact.watchfire.com/
Thanks,
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
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From: Michael Moore
Date: Tue, May 17 2005 2:03PM
Subject: Re: Free online version of Bobby discontinued?
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As far as I know this is the new free service offered by Watchfire. It
will still do one page at a time but I could not determine if you can
configure it to run something other than WCAG 1.0 checks. Personally I
like the old Bobby service better. You may want to try Cynthia Says as
a free testing tool or the WAVE tool by WebAIM.
Mike
Laura Carlson wrote:
> Does anyone know if the free online version of Bobby has been discontinued?
>
> The Bobby URL
> http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/
> is redirecting to WebXACT
> http://webxact.watchfire.com/
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
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From: Laura Carlson
Date: Tue, May 17 2005 2:27PM
Subject: Re: Free online version of Bobby discontinued?
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Michael Moore wrote:
> As far as I know this is the new free service offered by Watchfire. It
> will still do one page at a time but I could not determine if you can
> configure it to run something other than WCAG 1.0 checks.
The "Show Advanced Accessibility Options" and "Terms of Use" links are
under the URL form input box. If you follow the "Show Advanced
Accessibility Options" it has options for WCAG A, AA, AAA, and 508
checks.
> Personally I like the old Bobby service better.
> You may want to try Cynthia Says as a free testing
> tool or the WAVE tool by WebAIM.
I liked the old Bobby better also. Wonder if it is retired for good?
Cynthia Says and the WAVE tool are both good tools.
Laura
___________________________________________
Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN, U.S.A. 55812-3009
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
From: Terrence Wood
Date: Tue, May 17 2005 10:39PM
Subject: Re: Free online version of Bobby discontinued?
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This test is a little strict - it fails me on WACG priority 1 for using
<pre> in my page.
--Terrence Wood.
On 18 May 2005, at 8:04 AM, Michael Moore wrote:
> As far as I know this is the new free service offered by Watchfire.
> It will still do one page at a time but I could not determine if you
> can configure it to run something other than WCAG 1.0 checks.
> Personally I like the old Bobby service better. You may want to try
> Cynthia Says as a free testing tool or the WAVE tool by WebAIM.
>
> Mike
From: David Guy
Date: Wed, May 18 2005 3:46AM
Subject: Re: Free online version of Bobby discontinued?
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Watchfire (who own Bobby) announced a while ago that Bobby would be
discontinued and WebXact available in it's place.
If you click on "Show Advanced / Accessibility Options" you will see a
number of options including 508 and W3C WCAG-A / AA / AAA plus broken links
etc.
I find this service equally as pedantic as Bobby though I think there's a
bit more depth in the report.
Incidentally WAVE seems to have fallen over this a.m.
Guido
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Free online version of Bobby discontinued?
> This test is a little strict - it fails me on WACG priority 1 for using
> <pre> in my page.
> --Terrence Wood.
>
>
> On 18 May 2005, at 8:04 AM, Michael Moore wrote:
>
>> As far as I know this is the new free service offered by Watchfire. It
>> will still do one page at a time but I could not determine if you can
>> configure it to run something other than WCAG 1.0 checks. Personally I
>> like the old Bobby service better. You may want to try Cynthia Says as a
>> free testing tool or the WAVE tool by WebAIM.
>>
>> Mike
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