Lynx browser and web accessibility testing

I've been doing some web accessibility testing recently on an existing site for a client. There are many aspects to this, but I find one useful technique, that provides a quick and practical test, is to try the site through the Lynx browser. It's text only, is very fast (yeh I know, it should be, it runs like a telnet session!) and gives you a good 'feel' for how certain assistive technologies such as screen readers 'see' web pages.

Here's my homepage on Visualize:



Try it on your own site... you may be surprised at the results.

Of course, using Lynx is just one tool in your bag for accessibility testing - see my Web Accessibility page for more details.

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