Category: A11y for developers

Browse our collection of helpful resources to aide in your accessible development efforts, without impacting your development velocity.

Axe DevTools Extension Updates: New Share Issue Feature & Improved Issue Summary

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May 11, 2021 By Preety Kumar

We have a lot of exciting updates included in the 4.9.3 release of the axe DevTools Browser Extension. This release was all about implementing improvements…

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Shift further left with Deque’s axe-linter for VS Code

We’re excited to announce the axe Accessibility Linter, Deque’s first offering based on static code analysis. It is an extension to VS Code, the very…

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Axe Updates: Deque releases axe-core 4.2

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April 27, 2021 By Wilco Fiers

We’re excited to announce another big update to axe-core. Axe-core 4.2 includes 4 new rules, improved security features, bug fixes, new methods to make building…

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Testing Color Contrast in Mobile Apps

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February 18, 2021 By Jennifer Korth

I love colors.  This fact should not surprise anyone who knows me (I’m an avid knitter, and I love seeing how different colors can interact…

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Accessibility Testing for the Mobile Web

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February 2, 2021 By Josh McClure

Today’s web landscape has evolved from its humble beginnings. More often than not, users are accessing web content from a mobile device like a tablet…

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Axe Updates: New Highlighter & Performance Improvements

Erik Wesslen
January 20, 2021 By Erik Wesslen

We’re starting off the new year with a release full of improvements in the latest release of the axe extension. The most noticeable of this…

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