Chris Moncus wrote:
In looking over the W3C's documentation and such I got the hang of it and have been using the Bobby Validator for Section 508 validation ( http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp ). I want to make sure that I am doing things correctly though. Could any of you offer your feelings toward Bobby and let me know if there are (opinion) better ones out there?
In general, I wouldn't rely on the automated validator. There are several reasons for this, but the most important is that much of the guidelines are partly, if not wholly, subjective.
Additionally, there are some known errors. IIRC, Bobby complains if you have an inline "onclick" without an "onkeypress". Never mind that it's better to not use inline JavaScript (which the only type that Bobby can see), "onkeypress", unless it's handled very carefully, will actually reduce accessibility. The fact is the "onclick" is misnamed; a more accurate name would be "onactivate" since it's triggered by both the mouse and keyboard.
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