International Web Accessibility Tools Consortia Releases Toolbar Plug-in for Opera Browser

WAT-C released a new version of it's web accessibility toolbar for the Opera web browser. The toolbar includes a several built-in tools to aid developers and quality assurance testers design web sites that meet international and federal accessibility requirements.

Nashua, NH (PRWEB) July 24, 2006 -- The Web Accessibility Tools Consortium (WAT-C) [http://www.wat-c.org today announced the release of the popular testing tool, the Web Accessibility Toolbar for the Opera web browser. Based on the original web testing toolbar created by Vision Australia [http://www.visionaustralia/ais/toolbar, this new version of the toolbar provides Opera accessibility developers, testers, and accessibility analysts a rich set of tools available through their browser.

The tool bar is based on significant development contributions of Cedric Trevisan of The Paciello Group (TPG) [http://www.paciellogroup.com and Steve Faulkner of Vision Australia [http://www.visionaustralia.org.au.

"We're excited to announce toolbar support for the Opera browser, particularly on the heels of the recent release of Opera 9. WAT-C now supports three key browser platforms including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and now Opera," said Faulkner, director of the WAT-C. "Cedric Trevisan's dedication to this project was immeasurable. It is our hope the Opera developer community will take advantage of the tools and build accessible web sites."

Read more and download the WAT for Opera [http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-about.html.

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