This post from accessites.org talks about the final resting of Bobby, the rather outdated accessibility testing tool from IBM that was acquired as part of the Watchfire deal.
In my opinion this is a good thing and a bit overdue…. there are some very good online testing tools out there, my personal favourite being www.cynthiasays.com.
I was a relative newbie to accessibility until about a year ago…. and one of the most important things that I’ve learned in the past 12 months is that an online tool may be a good evaluator of a website, but it does not guarantee that the website is actually accessible. In the UK, I use the RNIB consulting teams to evaluate and audit web software… the depth that they go to is remarkable and well worth every penny!
