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WebXACT vs. Cynthia Says

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:43 pm
by Luke
Aren't these two supposed to check the same things?

http://webxact.watchfire.com/

http://www.contentquality.com

If i check my pages on watchfire, they fail (in accessibility) but they do not fail the contentquality site. Anybody know why?

Re: WebXACT vs. Cynthia Says

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:45 pm
by Roja
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:Aren't these two supposed to check the same things?
No. Webxact is sort of a mish-mash of a variety of checks, ranging from performance, to "quality" (extremely subjective), to functionality, and somewhere in there, supposedly accessibility.

Content quality, on the other hand, focuses specifically on a very strict interpretation of two, and only two accessibility standards.
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:If i check my pages on watchfire, they fail (in accessibility) but they do not fail the contentquality site. Anybody know why?
I went to the doctor, and told him I was sick. He didn't make me feel better. Anybody know why?

(Give more details, and symptoms, or we - like the doctor - cannot give a specific diagnosis).

Whats the url, so we can look at the errors given by each?

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:41 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Both reported errors on one of my sites - oddly they both were level 3 WCAG errors - but the types were different between the two checks. Looks like they do not both test accessibility consistently in the same way. Both errors were valid - so each missed a few things by the way.