Web Accessibility Toolbar [For Opera], Version 1.1 - About

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Introduction

The Web Accessibility Toolbar is provided by the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium Please read the Terms of Use before downloading and installing the Web Accessibility Toolbar.

The Web Accessibility Toolbar has been developed to aid manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility. It consists of a range of functions that:

identify components of a web page
facilitate the use of 3rd party online applications
provide links to references and additional resources.

We value all feedback received. Please contact us about any functionality that may not work or other suggestions for improvement by emailing faulkner.steve@gmail.com.

Terms of Use Notice:

The Web Accessibility Toolbar is Freeware.

By accessing or using the Web Accessibility Toolbar, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Web Accessibility Toolbar Terms of Use.

You may use the Web Accessibility Toolbar Software (the "Software") for your personal or commercial use to help you determine the accessibility of your Web content.

THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. IN PARTICULAR, THE WEB ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS CONSORTIUM (WAT-C) DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION ORWARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE RELIABILITY, QUALITY, OR MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ADDITIONALLY, WAT-C DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT USE OF THIS SOFTWAREWILL ENSURE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUR WEB CONTENT OR THAT YOUR WEB CONTENT WILL COMPLY WITH ANY SPECIFIC WEB ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Download and Installation Instructions

Please Note:

Some of the toolbar functions will only work when you are connected to the internet as the functionality accesses Javascript (.js) Style Sheet (.css) and Image (.jpg and .gif) files located onthe WAT-C server or uses third party web based services (Example: W3C HTML Validator).
The Toolbar does not contain any adware or spyware.

System Requirements

Tested on Windows 2000 & XP
Opera 8+ , with Javascript enabled (for most functions)

Download

Open this page in the Opera browser and activate the links below. Each WAT file will install automatically once the link is activated. In order for the WAT to function the "WAT Toolbar"and "WAT menu" files must be installed. It is recommended that the "WAT skin" file also be installed. Installing the "WAT Keyboard" will enable hot keys for the WATmenus and allow keyboard navigation of the menus.

Installing the WAT for Opera will reset your customing settings to the Opera defaults

Development Information

The WAT for Opera is developed by:

Steve Faulkner: Technical Director (Europe) at TPG
Cédric Trevisan: Senior Software Accessibility Developer at TPG

It is based upon the Web Accessibility Toolbar for IE developed by Steve Faulkner and JUn

Acknowledgements: Aleto, Arvid Axelsson, Gez Lemon, Mike Cherim, Liorean, centricle, Troels Jakobsen, Bruce Lawson, Stuart Langridge, Steve Chipman, Jesse Ruderman plus many others.......

Ongoing Development

The Toolbar functionality development is an ongoing process, as some toolbar functionality is reliant upon Javascript and CSS files hosted on the WAT-C server, these files may be modified,resulting in a change in the way the associated Toolbar function works.

Please contact faulkner.steve@gmail.com if you have would like to suggest a new function or modification to an existing Toolbar function.

Contact Us

To provide feedback on the toolbar, put a comment on the Web Accessibility Toolbar blog or please email Steven Faulkner -
Web Accessibility Consultant: faulkner.steve@gmail.com.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.