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Spent $300 on a fancy color contrast checker and I'm not sold
I bought this software that promised to analyze my designs for color contrast issues and give me a full report. It cost about $300 for the license. Everyone in my circle was talking about how you need a tool like this to be serious about accessibility. But honestly, after using it for a few months, I feel like it made me lazy. I'd just run the scan, get a pass/fail, and move on without really thinking about why something failed or if the 'pass' was actually good in real use. I caught myself ignoring edge cases because the tool said it was fine. I think you learn more by manually checking with a few free browser extensions and, more importantly, by asking actual people to test things. Has anyone else found that relying too much on automated tools can backfire?
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gavin_burns494d ago
Oh man, my buddy had the same thing happen! He bought a similar tool and it totally killed his instinct for good design.
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finleybutler4d ago
Yeah, my friend's design work got super generic after he started using one of those tools too.
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