- From: Guy Hickling <guy.hickling@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 01:28:10 +0100
- To: WAI Interest Group discussion list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
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...and there are many more. One of the most serious issues that test software like WAVE, Axe etc cannot find, is of buttons and other interactive components that won't work from the keyboard. Unfortunately this is also one of the most prevalent accessibility defects. It usually happens due to them being marked up in the HTML as <div> elements instead of buttons. I reckon about 50% of all websites I audit have this issue, and it can be a killer for those many people who cannot use a mouse because it often bars them from important facilities like making a purchase. Unfortunately that 70 - 75% of accessibility defects that the test tools can't find includes some of the most serious issues like the above one - ones that a consultant would mark as High or Critical priority in a WCAG audit. By the way, WAVE is quite open about this, as you would expect from WebAIM. They have an entire Help page warning the user about their tool's limitations and why you must include human testing as well to get the proper picture. Unlike almost all other automated test tools that prefer to keep quiet about it and not provide any warning whatsoever until after you have actually used their tool, and often not even then! Regards, Guy Hickling
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