ChromeLens

Visual impairment simulation and auditing tools to develop for accessibility.

What is ChromeLens?

ChromeLens is a Google Chrome extension that facilitates the development of web accessibility features. This tool includes a 'Lens' that simulates varied levels of visual impairment, including complete, partial, or colorblind vision, allowing developers to interact with websites through these perspectives. Additionally, it features an 'Accessibility Audit' function that inspects websites for non-compliant elements according to accessibility rules. Notably, its 'Tab-tracker' function enables users to track website navigation through keyboard commands, thereby aiding the creation of websites that are accessible via keyboard alone. ChromeLens is an open-source project from greylockhackfest 2016.

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Users: 69,842 ▲ 1.44K

Rating: 3.76 (29)

Version: 0.0.10 (Last updated: 2020-05-22)

Creation date: 2020-05-22

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*
activeTab

Size: 107.52K

Email: Click to see

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2820 ▼ 24

Other rankings

#852 in Accessibility ▼ 21

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

Summary

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ChromeLens is a Google Chrome extension that provides a suite of tools to help with web accessibility development.

Lens (Vision Simulator) Interact with a website as a completely/partially blind or a colorblind person.
Accessibility Audit Run a website through an series of accessibility rules and easily discover elements in your website that do not comply with them.
Tab-tracker Key website features should be navigable solely via the keyboard (tab button), while not making the user jump through hoops to get to a feature. With the tab-tracker, you can visually track the flow of navigation through a website.

Open sourced at https://github.com/chromelens/chromelens Built during greylockhackfest 2016

User reviews

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Pros

Helps simulate different kinds of color blindness
Helpful in testing accessibility
Great for front-end web developers and designers
Once understood, it's easy to use

Cons

Difficult to understand how to activate and use
Interferes with image searching
Does not reflect ARIA 1.1, only 1.0
Difficulty in clearing lines from the tracing tabs
Does not measure against the WCAG 'AA' standard

Most mentioned

Control+Shift+I is used to open/activate ChromeLens
Useful in web development and design testing
Interacts with DevTools
Issues with image search functionality

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Safety

Risk impact

ChromeLens may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.