Showing posts with label useful links. Show all posts
Showing posts with label useful links. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
A Fantastic Set Of Web Development Analysis Tools
UItest.com have pulled together a fantastic set of links to all sorts of web standards and performance tests. Well done guys!
Useful Free Web Tools For W3C Contrast Compliance
Here are a couple of very useful web based tools for checking W3C compliance.
The first by Johnathan Snook enables you to check the colour contrasts of your theme for W3C compliance when viewed by someone having color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. The tool will indicate that the colours pass the test if both the colour difference and the brightness difference exceed their threshold. It will indicate that it sort of passes if only one of the two values exceed their threshold. And finally, it'll fail to pass if neither value exceeds its threshold.
The tool will also indicate if the colours pass the newer WCAG 2.0 contrast ratio formula. The WCAG 2.0 formula differentiates between text smaller than 18pt text larger than 18pt (or text that is bold and larger than 14pt). For AA compliance, text should have a ratio of at least 4.5:1 (larger text, at least 3:1). For AAA compliance, text should have a ratio of at least 7:1 (larger text, at least 4.5:1).
The second by Juicy Studio enables you to check your CSS for validity against the W3C's validation service, along with a colour contrast test, and a test to ensure that relevant sizes are specified in relative units of measurement.
The first by Johnathan Snook enables you to check the colour contrasts of your theme for W3C compliance when viewed by someone having color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen. The tool will indicate that the colours pass the test if both the colour difference and the brightness difference exceed their threshold. It will indicate that it sort of passes if only one of the two values exceed their threshold. And finally, it'll fail to pass if neither value exceeds its threshold.
The tool will also indicate if the colours pass the newer WCAG 2.0 contrast ratio formula. The WCAG 2.0 formula differentiates between text smaller than 18pt text larger than 18pt (or text that is bold and larger than 14pt). For AA compliance, text should have a ratio of at least 4.5:1 (larger text, at least 3:1). For AAA compliance, text should have a ratio of at least 7:1 (larger text, at least 4.5:1).
The second by Juicy Studio enables you to check your CSS for validity against the W3C's validation service, along with a colour contrast test, and a test to ensure that relevant sizes are specified in relative units of measurement.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Google Chrome for Mac is finally here
Google Chrome for Windows has been around for a while now and has been building a steady following based on it's lighting fast speed in comparison to IE. Now Google have launched an 'official' Mac OSX version although only for Intel based machines. It appears to only be a cut down version and a little flacky but Google say they will release a further 'stable' beta in January. Download....
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
WebPageTest : Where web sites go to get fast!!
Matt Cutts mentioned this tool in an interview with Mike McDonald at Pubcon 2009.
A very nice free online tool that allows you to analyse and fix the real word experience of your site visitors
A very nice free online tool that allows you to analyse and fix the real word experience of your site visitors
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
10 Consumer Trends For 2010
Some good insight into the social trends that could infleunce products and services in 2010 from trendwatching.com/
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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