Bobby is a comprehensive web accessibility software tool designed to help expose and repair obvious barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines.

Bobby tests for compliance with government standards, including the U.S. Government’s Section 508. It offers prioritized suggestions based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines provided by the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Access Initiative. Bobby allows developers to test web pages and generate summary reports highlighting critical accessibility issues before posting content to live servers. (more…)

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If two links are adjacent to one another, a screen reader will have problems interpretating them. (more…)

The W3C advise “don’t say click here” and professional seo agencies recommend it. If you use link text like “go” or “click here,” those links will be meaningless in a list of links. Use descriptive text, rather than commands like “return” or “click here.” (more…)

According to usability expert Jakob Nielson, 95% of website visitors absolutely hate with a passion unexpected or unwanted Pop-up windows, especially those that contain unsolicitaed advertising. Infact, it is the Number 1 Most Hated Advertising Technique! (more…)

There is no one “best” combination of text and background colours. Different sight conditions can result in widely different needs – some users may be comfortable with black text on a white background, others may prefer white text on a dark blue background, others yellow text on a back background, etc. (more…)

Well, there is no ‘best font size‘! Just don’t ‘fix’ your font size absolutely.

Because of the wide range of settings and equipment that people might be using to access the World Wide Web, there is no “best font size“. (more…)

This is perhaps one of the most important elements of an accessible website. Failure to include ALT tags with images represents a Priority 1 WCAG error and would mean your website would not be able to comply with UK DDA. A text equivalent for every image should be be provided. (e.g., via “alt”). (more…)

If you don’t specify the language that the content of your page is written in, screen readers will ‘guess’ at the language used – and may well get it wrong. (more…)

The summary of a table is never displayed in visual browsers; it is exclusively designed for screen readers and speech browsers.

It is exactly what it sounds like: a summary, a longer description than the caption. (more…)

How do you separate content from design? Basically, if you’re using CSS properly with your HTML document, you’re already doing it! (more…)