W15yQC Web Accessibility Quick Check Firefox Extension Downloads

Version 1.0

Stable Versions

The W15yQC Web Accessibility Quick Check tool has progressed to where all version 1.0 features are in place and is undergoing extensive quality assurance work. No stable version yet exists. Please consider trying out one of the following beta versions and commenting on what you find!

Beta Versions

  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B68 XPI -- November 17, 2016
    • Fix bug in message handling library.
    • Version signed by mozilla.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B67 XPI -- March 23, 2016
    • Fix bug in prefs library.
    • Version signed by mozilla.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B66 XPI -- February 29, 2016
    • Updates to site scanner UI.
    • Version signed by mozilla.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B65 XPI -- February 26, 2016
    • Updates to pass Mozilla addOn automatic validation.
    • Version signed by mozilla.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B64 XPI -- December 17, 2015
    • Added check and notification if an image is used in a control description to image inspector dialog.
    • Added check and notification if an image is used in a control description to HTML reports.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B63 XPI -- August 24, 2015
    • Working on options for analyzing HTML5 Section elements. Added option (disabled by default) that controls if Article and Sections are considered as landmarks
    • Changed severity of opening in a new window to warning.
    • Started work on removing user level -- going to settle on just quick and full reports.
    • Added a make scanner project from URL option in the site scanner tool.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B62 XPI -- February 21, 2015
    • More work on PDF Accessibility checking.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B61 XPI -- February 20, 2015
    • More work on PDF Accessibility checking.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B60 XPI -- February 19, 2015
    • More work on PDF Accessibility checking.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B59 XPI -- January 22, 2015
    • More work on PDF Accessibility checking.
    • Added ABBR element inspector dialog.
    • Fixed bug where HTML5 main element's label was incorrectly listed as the element's text content when no aria label was present.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B58 XPI -- November 11, 2014
    • Added beginnings of PDF accessibility checker.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B57 XPI -- August 8, 2014
    • Fixed bug in remove styles tool that caused a type error.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B56 XPI -- July 20, 2014
    • Debugged ARIA elements display routine.
    • Configured update checker to take user directly to new .xpi file.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B55 XPI -- July 17, 2014
    • Added lang attribute and abbr element highlighters.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B54 XPI -- July 13, 2014
    • Added check for updates feature and an auto update checking feature.
    • Added checks for landmark roles placed on incorrect elements.
    • Improved ignore ARIA feature.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B53 XPI -- July 6, 2014
    • Added HTML5 Section elements to landmarks analysis.
    • Handled buttons and links with aria-labels and title elements in the semantic view.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B52 XPI -- April 6, 2014
    • Suppressed color contrast msgKeys in HTML headings list display.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B51 XPI -- March 30, 2014
    • Added ability to save and load W15yQC preferences from a file.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B50 XPI -- March 26, 2014
    • Added beginings of multimedia detection and analysis. Right now, this only shows up in the full HTML report.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B49 XPI -- March 17, 2014
    • Debugged mandates feature.
    • Now displays logic and subsituted values when showing mandate results in HTML reports.
    • Access key conflicts now show in quick reports.
    • Added option to supress passing contrast ratio results in HTML reports and inspector dialogs.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B48 XPI -- March 16, 2014
    • Added contrast checking to headings, links, and form control analysis routines.
    • Debugged dialog cmd-w handling for inspector dialogs.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B47 XPI -- March 14, 2014
    • Fixed bug in semantic view's table linearization methods.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B46 XPI -- March 13, 2014
    • Added basic SVG handling to the semantic view.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B45 XPI -- March 12, 2014
    • Added mandate failures to project scanner overall report.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B44 XPI -- March 12, 2014
    • Improved equivalent title checking in the project scanner.
    • Fixed bugs in the project scanner that occurred with the URL listing is sorted.
    • Added overall summary report to the project scanner.
    • Added code mandates feature that uses XPATH and string matching to detect required code.
    • Fixed bug in getElements routine with the inScript detection.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B43 XPI -- February 27, 2014
    • Debugged project scanner add URL methods.
    • Added handling for input[type=submit] in luminosity checker with default text of submit.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B42 XPI -- February 25, 2014
    • Debugged URL Normalization and equivalent URLs tests.
    • Added .xls and .xlsx extensions to the project scanner blacklist.
    • Added early support for listing HTML5 sectioning elements in the ARIA Landmarks section and in the Semantic View tool. This work needs thought out and further development.
    • Fixed bug where input[type=button] elements were not being examined in the luminosity check tool.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B41 XPI -- February 22, 2014
    • Added option controlling requiring a level 1 heading.
    • Added description of main doctype to window description section.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B40 XPI -- February 21, 2014
    • Added page score to Documents section heading in full HTML reports.
    • Supress soundEx checks on tokens less than 2 characters.
    • Added warning for images with title attributes that are different than the effective label.
    • Added warning for heading elements contained in HTML5 sectioning elements that don't have explicit aria-level values.
    • Fixed table layout for page level ARIA landmark results.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B39 XPI -- January 26, 2014
    • Debugged remove highlighters code so no added HTML is left behind.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B38 XPI -- October 27, 2013
    • Added settings to the project scanner.
    • Added show/hide column features to the view menu.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B37 XPI -- October 19, 2013
    • Removed calls to Firebug and replaced them with calls to the inspect element feature in Firefox.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B36 XPI -- October 15, 2013
    • Debugging of ARIA attribute handling.
    • Modified display of heading outline to ignore missing initial headings.
    • Added detection of headings that are not unique within a section.
    • Added detection of sequential numerical link texts and now consider them meaningful.
    • Added code to the project scanner to warn about page titles that don't appear meaningful.
    • Added code to the project scanner to automatically setup the expert user level and turn quick mode off.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B35 XPI -- September 8, 2013
    • Debugging of ARIA Required Containers and Children.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B34 XPI -- September 8, 2013
    • Debugging of the Semantic view.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B33 XPI -- September 6, 2013
    • More QA Testing.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B32 XPI -- August 14, 2013
    • Fixed bugs in Heading displays when ARIA was used to create heading labels.
    • Continued debugging of ARIA attribute checks.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B31 XPI -- August 11, 2013
    • Fixed bugs in Semantic View Tool that showed up as a result of the use strict directive with the form control highlighting.
    • Began debugging of ARIA attribute checks.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B30 XPI -- July 27, 2013
    • Fixed bugs in Focus Tracking Tool that showed up as a result of the use strict directive.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B29 XPI -- July 7, 2013
    • Added use strict directive to main javascript file.
    • Continued debugging the site scanner.
    • Added export scanner results as CSV file.
    • Debugged equivalent URL detection.
    • Switched full HTML report link display over to displaying the effective label and effective label source.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B28 XPI -- May 27, 2013
    • Added column sorting to the inspector dialogs.
    • Added effective label and effective label source columns to the inspector dialogs.
    • Added inherited ARIA role tracking.
      • Headings that don't get listed because their native role is being overridden by inherited ARIA roles are flagged with a warning.
      • Distinction for "listed by Adaptive Technology (AT)" is now being made on the headings.
      • Only headings that are going to be listed by AT will show up in heading outline list and in the heading hierarchy tests.
    • Added Quick HTML Report to support a quick web accessibility checking protocol.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B27 XPI -- May 5, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B26 XPI -- May 2, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B25 XPI -- April 29, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B24 XPI -- April 28, 2013
    • Significant upgrades to color luminosity contrast color picking tool
      • Now includes automatic suggestions with color samples for adjusting each slider.
      • Now includes ability to store color sets, save the color sets as HTML or text, and print the color sets out.
    • Updated effective node label routine and added label source description.
    • Began updating the inspector dialogs and HTML report to include the effective label and label source values.
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B23 XPI -- April 26, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B22 XPI -- April 25, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B21 XPI -- March 26, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B20 XPI -- February 24, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B19 XPI -- February 21, 2013
  • W15yQC Version 1.0-B18 XPI -- February 20, 2013