axe DevTools® - Web Accessibility Audit Extension for Firefox
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Accessibility checker for developers, testers, and designers in Firefox.
Find and fix more accessibility issues during website development with axe DevTools.
The free axe DevTools® browser extension is a fast, lightweight, yet powerful testing tool driven by the world’s most trusted accessibility testing engine, axe-core, developed by Deque.
Why use axe DevTools to build accessible websites? -To deliver brilliant user experiences for everyone, including the 1 billion people globally living with a disability today. -To avoid wasting time chasing fake issues. Only axe prevents false positive results. -To improve accuracy, preventing tickets from resurfacing again and again. -To reduce the risk and cost of accessibility lawsuits.
★ Automated testing With the push of a button, axe DevTools analyzes your site, automatically surfacing the majority of common accessibility issues—almost triple the industry average. Drill down into each issue, inspect the source of the problem and leverage extensive free remediation guidance to fix it quickly and accurately.
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- Very useful and valuable for developing accessible websites
- Clear and actionable reporting
- Integration with dev tools and contextualized help guides
- Simple and clean UI
- Open-sourced axe-core engine
- Collects and shares personal information with third parties
- Constant error messages in console
- Issues with loading on local websites
- Lack of font size enlargement feature in developer tools
- Not as effective on certain sites
- Usefulness for accessibility testing
- Error messages and performance issues
- Concerns about privacy and data collection
- User interface design and usability
- Integration features
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axe DevTools® - Web Accessibility Testing requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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axe DevTools® - Web Accessibility Testing is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.