WCAG 3.0
What to Expect From The First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0
Take a closer look at what the W3C is proposing to change in the first public working draft of the Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0.
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Axe Updates: New Highlighter & Performance Improvements
The latest release of the axe extension is here. The most noticeable improvement is the new highlighter look, positioning, and functionality.
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Renowned Speaker Agenda Grows for Inaugural Axe-con
Free Online Event in March Set To Be Largest Digital Accessibility Event with Over 90 Speakers & Thousands in Attendance.
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2021 Mobile Accessibility Compliance and Legislation in EU
Two pieces of EU legislation contain deadlines for making mobile products and services accessible. The deadline for the public sector is in 2021!
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Mobile Accessibility and Machine Learning
Machine Learning has been a buzz in the Accessibility industry but mostly misused. Now a platform that utilizes Machine Learning to make real progress is here.
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How axe Auditor alleviates 3 common manual testing pain points
Manual accessibility testing is often viewed as difficult and time-consuming. However, tools like axe Auditor make the process much easier.
Screenshot of new launch view within the axe extension.
Axe Updates: New extension launch screen & UI improvements
With the release of version 4.6.2, we continued to focus on improving the user experience and integrated the latest version of axe-core.
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Downloads of Industry-Standard axe-core Digital Accessibility Rules Hit 100 Million
Axe-core, the most accurate and widely used open source library of accessibility rules, has exceeded 100 million downloads.
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Digital Accessibility in 2020 Election: Progress, But A Long Way To Go
While some state websites have made progress since 2016’s vote, the 2020 election showed that digital accessibility has a long way to go.
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Deque releases axe-core 4.1
Today Deque released version 4.1.0 of axe-core. The goal of this release was to address long-standing issues and gaps. This involved adding several new rules…
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What is Section 508 and why does it matter?
Section 508 is a major milestone that helped the U.S. Federal Government prioritize and transform their accessibility practice.
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Deque Releases axe™ Accessibility Testing Tool for Microsoft’s New Edge Browser
The trusted leader in digital accessibility, today announced the release of the axe accessibility testing tool for Microsoft’s new Edge web browser.