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I would partly blame the web browsers. They should have better dev tools to check that pages are accessible. I know that Firefox has its accessibility dev tool

I would partly blame the web browsers. They should have better dev tools to check that pages are accessible. I know that Firefox has its accessibility dev tool tab, but I don't really understand it. It looks very technical. Chrome has Audit tab which checks that the web page is accessible. Fixing the errors helps, but I still have no idea how screen readers or other assisting technologies show the page. Why web browsers can't have accessibility mode which changes the web page to show only data that screen readers and other accessibility tools see. Replace images with alt texts, remove css layout and colors, etc. Browsers have a mode to check responsive layouts for mobiles. They should have a similar mode for accessibility.

jrnichols 8y ago
> Why web browsers can't have accessibility mode which changes the web page to show only data that screen readers and other accessibility tools see. Replace images with alt texts, remove css layout and colors, etc. if they did, they wouldn't be able to shove advertisements in your face. What you're talking about sounds like Reader view, which Firefox and Safari sure support, but often times popovers and "You've read 3 of your 5 free articles.." garbage blocks you and prevents Reader view from working. I've had visually impaired users complain about this very thing.