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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By: ngzhian

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Users: 70,000+

Rating: 3.13 (40)

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

Creation date: 2020-05-22

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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

Size: 107.52K

Email: ng*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 3253 ▼ 237

Other rankings

#1045 in Accessibility

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Not available on Firefox

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Extension 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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Useful for simulating different kinds of color blindness.
Provides good results for image searches.
Free extension.

Cons

Doesn't work or is difficult to activate.
Reflects outdated WAI-ARIA standards.
Causes problems with image searching.

Most mentioned

Doesn't work.
Unclear how to activate and use.
Absolute Garbage.

Recent reviews

cauamachado51, 2024-08-21

Isidor Pol, 2024-07-02

Hot Garbage, the previous reverse image search for one, worked and for two, was vastly superior.

Extraction Rat, 2024-06-02

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Extension 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.