AInspector for WCAG Evaluation is a part of the OpenA11y Project to provide open source tools to help people learn and understand the accessibility of web reourcers based on W3C Web Standards. AInspector for WCAG Evaluation was started as project of the Accessible IT Group in the Disability Resources and Education Services unit at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. While the members of group have moved on to other endeavors, Jon Gunderson continues to support and develop AInspector for WCAG Evaluation as part of the OpenA11y Project.
Original Developers
Nicholas Hoyt: User experience design and software development
Jon Gunderson: Project management and software development
Added page title information to rule view results for title rules
Fixed layout issues with Edge version
Version 4.0
Support for Chrome web browser in addition to Firefox
Updated JSON and CSV export formats to improve consistency
Update to Opena11y Evaluation Library 2.0.6 fixing bugs in several rules
Version 3.1
Fixed bug with element result details showing another result for the same element
Updated evaluation library to version 2.05
Added option to use ARIA 1.3 requirements for ARIA validation
Version 3.0
Updated video and audio rules
Fixed some bugs in table rules
Added additional rules for WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 requirements
Updated preferences and added help icon
Version 2.99
Using new OpenA11y Evaluation Library 2.0
Includes rules for WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 2.2
Ruleset feature to choose evaluation based on WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2 or “First Step” rules.
Version 2.2.1
Updated info icon and dialog labeling
Added information icon activation animation
Version 2.2.0
Added information button to rule summary and element summary grids to provide documentation on the meaning of the symbols
Updating labeling of views to improve orientation to information in each view
Version 2.1.2
Updated evaluation library to fix the ccr calculation bug for rgba values
Updated CCR details to include computed hex colors for foreground and background
Version 2.1.1
Fixed bug rerunning evaluations
Rerun evaluation is now initialized with delay option enabled
Added home page link to manifest file
Version 2.1
Updated Summary tabpanel labeling to improve consistency (Rule Categories/WCAG Guidelines)
Updated position and labeling of “Export Data” button
Fixed bug in highlighting module that prevented some evaluations from being completed
Version 2.0.1
Provides a message in the title and location information for pages that do not allow evaluation
Version 2.0
Renamed extension from “AInspector WCAG” to “AInspector”, since most people just call it AInspector.
Rewrote the entire code base to use web components for creating user interface controls.
Removed ARIA Transitional ruleset from the options, since the reduced requirement are no relevant to modern web design. This change simplifies the user interface.
Export evaluation result in either CSV or JSON file formats
Added element results details view in Rule Result view to provide more information on a particular element result
Removed the “Details/Action” tab from the element results view
Enabled text in the selected rule or element information areas “selectable” for copying to the clipboard
Added copy rule information button to copy information to the clipboard
Added copy element information button to copy information to the clipboard
Added user keyboard shortcuts for Back, View, Export, Rerun and Copy buttons, and the shortcuts are configurable by the user.
Updated to A11y Evaluation Library 1.3 to support custom elements and provide additional element result information.
Improved element highlight feature in rule result view
Improved keyboard focus styling indicator to support high contrast modes
The header section with the title, back and view buttons is now sticky, so always visible as browser height changes