Browser Based Accessibility Evaluation and Inspection

Tool Strengths Weakness
Wave Extension for Chrome
  • Good for beginners.
  • Visualization of accessibility features and problems.
  • Icons to identify markup related to accessibility.
  • Rule filtering.
  • Summary report on left hand side.
  • alt for images.
  • labels for form controls.
  • Color contrast tests.
  • Limited number of rules.
  • Anayzes hidden content, which can sometimes be a problem when the content is never showed to users or is going to be made accessible when it is made visible.
aXe for Chrome
  • Good for dvelopers.
  • Adds a tab to the DOM inspector.
  • alt for images.
  • labels for form controls.
  • Color contrast tests.
  • Support for ARIA widgets.
  • Limited number of rules.
  • Need to be comfortable with DOM inspector.
AInspector Sidebar for Firefox
  • Good for dvelopers and teaching about WCAG 2.0 requirements.
  • At least one rule for each WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirement.
  • 132 total rules.
  • Support for ARIA Landmarks.
  • Support for ARIA widgets.
  • Number of rule results can overwhelming to new users.