Accessibility Insights for Web 2.28.0

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Welcome to the August 28th release of Accessibility Insights for Web!

Highlights

Color Contrast Recommendations

Did you fail the color-contrast rule but are not sure what color meets contrast?
We have added a color-contrast recommendation to the rule that will recommend 1-2 colors close to your original color! (PR #4360)

Rules engine update to axe-core 4.3.2

We have updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.3.2 (PR #4591). As part of this update, we have made one rule change:

• Scrollable-region-focusable is now a needs-review rule instead of an automated checks rule.

Check the axe-core release notes for more details.

Bug Fixes

• Addressed issues with High Contrast themes in the cancel button, pill counters and other SVG icons (#4281, #4262, #4326 )
• Fixed a couple of typos (#4446, #4426)
• Fixed an issue where ad-hoc headings visualization was failing (#4311)

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• MinT team from Green River College @banne001

Welcome to the August 26th, 2021 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Improving connection to the Accessibility Insights for Android Service

We have changed our communication protocol and we no longer need to do port forwarding; it is now easier to connect to your Android device or emulator!

Bug Fixes

• Addressed issues with High Contrast themes in the pill counters and other SVG icons (#4500, #4508)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Welcome to the July 15th, 2021 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Added new rules from Google's Accessibility Test Framework for Android

We now run 8 rules from the Accessibility Test Framework for Android and display them in the Needs Review test with relevant how to test information. The new rules are:

• ClassName
• ClickableLinks
• DuplicateClickableBounds
• DuplicateSpeakableText
• ImageContrastCheck
• LinkPurposeUnclear
• RedundantDescription
• TextContrast
• TraversalOrder

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Web 2.27.0

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Welcome to the June 2nd Release of Accessibility Insights for Web!

Highlights

Save and Load Assessment

You can now save and load an in-progress assessment at any time! We have added functionality to save an assessment into your computer and load it at another time or on another computer. This was one of the most upvoted feature requests in our repository (#653) and will enable users to do multiple assessments, share an in-progress assessment, or edit assessments when needed.

Bug fixes

• Telemetry checkbox now renders properly in high contrast mode using Edge. (#4274)
• Some of the keyboard shortcuts for Accessibility Insights for Web conflicted with existing system shortcuts on both Mac and Windows. To resolve this we have changed the shortcuts and updated our documentation (#4294)

Accessibility Insights for Web 2.26.1

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Welcome to the May 24th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web!

Highlights

Rules engine update to axe-core 4.2.1

We have updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.2.1. This update includes 4 false-positive fixes.

Check the axe-core release notes for more details.

Bug fixes

• Accessibility Insights for Web will now respect operating system High Contrast settings in Chrome (previously, this only worked in Microsoft Edge) (#4253)
• Visual helper highlight boxes now respect operating system High Contrast mode settings more consistently (#4253)
• Improved usability of the error message when trying to copy failure details from an http (as opposed to https) page (#4234, #4170)
• Fixed an issue where the telemetry opt-in prompt could be cut off in certain versions of Chrome and Microsoft Edge (#4189)
• Corrected typos in Assessment "Info and Examples" content for Custom Widgets > Keyboard interaction and Repetitive Content > Consistent identification (#4179)

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• @aaronaleixander
• @kennyzhen13

Welcome to the May 19th, 2021 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Friendly device name

• We now display the user-friendly device name instead of the model code, in the setup process and the report (#4088 &#4175)

Bug Fixes

• Improve the user flow for when a device is disconnected after the setup process(#3938)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Web 2.26.0

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Welcome to the April 30th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web!

Highlights

Rules engine update to axe-core 4.2

We have updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.2. This update includes 8 false-positive fixes, 1 false-negative fix, 2 new rules and 2 rule changes.

New rules

• frame-focusable-content (WCAG 2.1.1) ensures <frame> and elements with negativetabindex` do not have focusable content.
• nested-interactive (WCAG 4.1.2) ensures that certain interactive controls don’t have focusable descendants.

Rule changes

• bypass is now a needs review rule instead of an automated checks rule.
• duplicate-id has been removed from the automated checks list of rules. Users can still test WCAG 4.1.1 Parsing in Assessment.

Check the axe-core release notes for more details.

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• @codeofdusk
• @tohmjudson-ms

Welcome to the April 22, 2021 release of Accessibility Insights for Android

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Bug Fix

• Fixed telemetry for tab stops (#4115)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Web 2.25.0

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Welcome to the April 21st Release of Accessibility Insights for Web!

Highlights

FastPass Needs Review test is no longer behind preview feature flag

FastPass now always includes three steps, including Needs Review (#4124), which shows instances from a few inconclusive and experimental checks and provides instructions on how to test if it's a failure or not. FastPass also includes step progress text (e.g. "Step 1 of 3") for each test (#4123) to improve the discoverability of Tabstops and Needs Review

Adaptable content > Text spacing requirement is now assisted

The Text Spacing requirement now includes a visual helper instead of directing users to test using an external bookmarklet. (#3836)

Bug fixes

• Improved performance for redrawing visualizations on pages with iframes (#4095)
• Updated xmldom package dependency to remove vulnerability (#4114)
• Removed broken link from failure instances panel (#4098)
• Removed extraneous quotes from the message displayed when the target page has changed (#4035)
• Updated exported Assessment report date to reflect current date (#4080)

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• @Shobhit1

Welcome to the April 8th, 2021 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Tab Stops test

We added a new test in Accessibility Insights for Android that helps users identify critical accessibility issues related to keyboard access in their mobile applications.

• This test contains instructions and guidance on what keyboard accessibility problems to look out for.
• It also has a virtual keyboard with some common keys to help users test keyboard access on a mobile device.
• Enabling visualizations will allow users to identify where the current focus is on the screen on the device/emulator.

Bug Fixes

• Use current app name in Azure Boards issue tag (#3741)
• Needs review feature flag ON by default (#3730)
• Fixed a sizing issue that occurred with very large displays (#4094)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Web 2.24.0

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Welcome to the March 16th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web

Highlights

Made the headers attribute requirement assisted (#3786)

We have make it easier to test the Semantics > Headers attribute requirement within the Assessment workflow by adding a visual helper that highlights and elements with a headers attribute, and a list of instances to help you verify they are coded correctly.

Bug fixes

• Added info & examples for the Contrast >state changes requirement (#3930)
• Clarified how to test instructions on the Contrast> state changes requirement (#3854) Thank you to cutePanda123 for this contribution

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• @cutePanda123

Accessibility Insights for Web 2.23.0

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Welcome to the January 7th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web

Highlights

Update to axe-core 4.1.1

We updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.1.1 (#3716)
This update includes 5 new rules and 17 false positive fixes.

Check axe-core release notes for more details

Needs review test is now ON by default

The Needs review test is now available by default (#3730) in the FastPass experience.
Needs review test will show instances from a few inconclusive and experimental checks and will provide instructions on how to test if it's a failure or not.

This test is still under a preview feature flag that can be accessed by going to the Manage Settings button and selecting Preview features

Bug fixes

• Clarified the Instructions requirements in the Native widgets and Custom widgets tests to better align with SC 2.5.3 Label in Name (#3763)
• Improved the mapping of rules to WCAG guidance links to keep in sync with axe-core tags (#3709)
• Added an inline Start over button to FastPass pages (#3704)
• Added a WCAG link for WCAG 1.2.3 in the report (#3689)
• Fixed the Assessment report description to correctly reflect the usage of WCAG 2.1 (#3683)
• Updated Guidance links to use the Office Fabric tooltip so they are visible on focus (#3673)
• Made the "Expand all" button in the details view more screen-reader friendly (#3665)
• Changed the color for WCAG links in the report to visually indicate that they are links and improved the color contrast for the footer text in the report (#3614)
• Fixed the Fork and clone the repository link in docs/building-web.md (#3605)
• Improved the accessibility of the failure instance cards in Automated checks and the report (#3502)
• Fixed the colors for test status choice groups in Windows high-contrast modes (#3468)
• Fixed background color tearing in FastPass Automated checks (#3447)

Welcome to the November 30th, 2020 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

New Left Navigation Bar

To continue expanding in the experiences available in Accessibility Insights for Android we have added a left navigation bar that will allow users to navigate between tests.

Needs Review Test

We have added a new test: Needs review.
Sometimes automated checks identify possible accessibility problems that need to be reviewed and verified by a human; the Needs review test will show instances from a the color-contrast check and will provide instructions on how to test if its a failure or not.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where selecting a link also selected a failure instance card (#3682)
• Added a more descriptive label to the Expand-all button for ATs (#3665)
• Added text to clarify user required actions when connecting to a device (#3664)
• Changed the color for the WCAG and footer links in the report (#3614)
• Improved the navigability of the failure instance cards when using a screen reader (#3502)
• Improved the cards reflow breakpoints (#3372)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Web 2.22.0

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Welcome to the October 5th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web

Highlights

Update to axe-core 4.0.2

We updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.0.2 (#3409)
This update enables the following rules (#3422)

• link-name
• scrollable-region-focus

New videos in info & examples

We have added new short videos that explain how a requirement impacts users, to the following requirements:

• Headings > No missing headings
• Native Widgets > Instructions
• Native Widgets > Expected input
• Custom Widgets > Instructions
• Custom Widgets > Expected input
• Semantics > Table Headers

Bug fixes

• Clarified how to test instructions in the Contrast requirement in Assessment and the color-contrast check in Needs review (#3399)
• Improved the reflow breakpoints in the Cards UI that is used in FastPass Automated checks and Needs review tests (#3372)
• Updated the casing in the Getting started pages and navigation links (#3350)
• Fixed issue that was causing the Contrast requirement in Assessment not to show instances (#3301 and #3304)
• Added landmarks for the command bar and switcher (#3314)

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• @CorgiDev

Welcome to the September 9th, 2020 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Temporarily disabling Color Contrast automated check

We have received multiple reports of false positives being reported for the Color Contract automated check. We have temporarily disabled this check while we take a look at the best way to address the issues.

Bug Fixes

• The scan results window now remembers the dimensions it was last resized to, instead of resetting to its default size each time Accessibility Insights for Android is launched (#3164)
• The Mac version now uses higher-resolution application icons (#3223)
• Fixed inconsistent spacing and alignment in some Device Setup dialogs (#3067, #3074)
• Fixed issue where certain ATs would announce failure instance tables as having "0 rows and 0 columns" (#3037)
• Fixed issue on certain platforms where some NOTICE and LICENSE files were missing from the application's installation directory (#3251)
• NOTICE files included with the application now use a more user-friendly format (#3328)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Web 2.21.1

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Welcome to the August 24th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web

Highlights

Update to axe-core 4.0.1

We updated our rules engine to axe-core 4.0.1 (#3262)
This update includes 22 false-positive fixes, 4 false-negative fixes and 5 bug fixes

Check axe-core release notes for more details.

Bug fixes

• bumped the version of accessibility-insights-report after the removal of several deprecated rules (#3269)
• the "..." menu now closes automatically when clicking start over fastpass button (#3237)
• fixed a sentence wording in Contrast > State changes requirement (#3225)
• separate start over button from the dialog (#3214)

Accessibility Insights for Web 2.20.0

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Welcome to the August 7th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web

Highlights

Needs review test

We have added a new test in FastPass: Needs Review.
Sometimes automated checks identify possible accessibility problems that need to be reviewed and verified by a human; the Needs review test will show instances from a few inconclusive and experimental checks and will provide instructions on how to test if its a failure or not.

This new test is under a preview feature flag that can be accessed by going to the Manage Settings button and selecting Preview features

Renamed test

We have renamed the Text Legibility test to Adaptable Content to convey that some of the requirements under this test are not solely about text, but content in General (#2655)

Bug fixes

• Changed the text in the issue filing settings to have instructions addressing the user (#3204)
• updated the name of the 'more actions' button to mention failure instance instead of card (#3149)
• Improved how the table of test details reflows when resizing the window (#3174)
• Improved the spacing in the left nav nested buttons (#3152)
• Fixed a misspelled word in the Bypass blocks requirement info & examples (#3142)
• updated the text in the Contrast test's requirements (#3148)

Accessibility Insights for Web 2.19.3

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Welcome to the July 20th Release of Accessibility Insights for Web

Highlights

Responsive UI

We have added enhancements that allow zooming the content in Accessibility Insights for Web while scrolling in a single direction. This allows us to comply to WCAG 1.4.10 (Reflow) and will help users with low vision, users with cognitive disabilities who need to enlarge text and read it in a single column and users that do side by side testing in a single monitor.

• All content: text, command bars, dialogs, etc. in Assessment, Ad-hoc, and Tab stops is now responsive
• Content is visible and presented such that scrolling only happens in a single direction even when zooming (up to 400% with a resolution of 1280 x 1024)
• The navigation bar is now responsive and will collapse to a hamburger menu when needed

Removed no content available message when changing target URL

When permissions are granted for all URLs and the target page is changed users will no longer have Accessibility Insights closing and showing the "no content available" message.
This makes the user experience smoother and allows reusing the same Accessibility Insights details view for different hosts.

Bug fixes

• Fixed multiple issues that appeared when high contrast was turned on via the Windows OS in Edge(#3029, #2998, #2992, #2978, #2979, #2975, #2965, #2958, #2956, #2944)
• Updated the styling for the details view command bar (#2779)
• Fixed an issue with insufficient color contrast in the command bar buttons in high contrast mode (#2736)
• Changed default color of icons in high contrast to fix contrast (#3064)
• Fixed the AT (NVDA) announcement of the card instance table to ensure it correctly communicates the number of rows and columns (#3037)
• Improved the compatibility of fastpass exported reports with IE (#2737)
• Changed the aria-label in the Tab Stops toggle to ensure the name matches the visually displayed label (#2717)
• Added additional guidance for the Sequence test Columns requirement and the Semantics test Table semantics requirements (#2727)
• Fixed an issue with over-escaping special characters in the Export results dialog (#2725)
• Added an AT announcement when the user selects Inspect HTML without dev tools open (#2724)
• Added an auto-pass in the Landmarks test primary content requirement when there are no landmarks in the scanned page (#2644)
• Changed the WCAG link in the Sensory test Auditory cues requirement from WCAG 1.3.3 to WCAG 1.1.1 (#2653)
• Changed the how to test text in the Text legibility test Reflow requirement to correctly convey reflow is not just about text (#2654)
• Added a short description on the types of pointers in the Pointer / motion test (#2652)
• Improved formatting of instances added manually by adding line - breaks (#2620)
• Fixed an issue where the overview summary bar was not readable for screen readers (#3083)

Thank you!

Thank you to the following contributors that helped make Accessibility Insights even better:

• @patrickhlauke
• @tohmjudson-ms
• @sean-beard

Accessibility Insights for Android Release - 2020.702.3

Welcome to the July 6th, 2020 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Improved setup and installation process

We heard your feedback and we have improved the setup and installation process for Accessibility Insights for Android. The new process will reduce the time and manual steps during the setup process. This will make accessibility testing faster and easier.
Improvements include:

• Automatic installation and update for the service, bundling Accessibility Insights for Android with the Service
• Automatic connection process, to avoid manual configuration steps by the user
  • Users still have the control to provide permissions on the service and the device

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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Accessibility Insights for Android Release - 2020.527.10

Welcome to the May 27th, 2020 release of Accessibility Insights for Android
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Highlights

Issue filing added

Accessibility Insights for Android makes it easy for users to file issues directly from automated check failures.
Users can now select between GitHub or Azure Boards to file issues with all the relevant information of an automated check failure.

Bug Fixes:

• Improved styling in the command bar (#2735, #2751)
• Fixed an issue where special characters were being double-escaped in the results dialog (#2725)

Learn more about Accessibility Insights for Android at accessibilityinsights.io

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