Accessibility Tools Presentation
aXe Overview
Details
- Disclaimer: I work for Deque
- Get aXe for Firefox
- Get aXe for Chrome
- Rules List
- Developer: Deque Systems, Inc.
- Source for aXe for Firefox
Feature Table
| Open Source | Accessible | Issue Explanation |
Fix Suggestion |
Check Pages Behind Login |
Visual Indicator |
Custom Check (Section 508, WCAG AA, etc.) |
Report Shareability |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aXe for Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| aXe for Chrome | Not Quite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
The Skinny
- No False Positives
- Clunky UI
- Can't customize checks by Guidelines (e.g. Section 508/WCAG)
- Could not get to work in Firefox Private Browsing mode
- Potential confusion with Web Axe
- Listen to a screen reader pronounce aXe