SortSite 5.5 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 5.5.

Changed rules

Errors

• Link returns HTTP 407 status code (ErrProxyUnauthorized)

Accessibility

• Image map has no accessible name (AccHtmlAreaNoAlt)
• Image has no accessible name (AccHtmlImgNoAlt)
• Graphic button has no accessible name (AccHtmlInputImageNoAlt)
• button image must have alt (AccButtonImgNoAccName)
• Missing page language (AccPageLangMissing)
• Data table without th headers (AccHtmlTableNoHeaders)
• mouseover handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseoverNoKeyboard)
• mouseout handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseoutNoKeyboard)
• click handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptClickWithoutKeypress)
• Frame has no accessible name (AccHtmlFrameTitleMissing)
• Frame title is frame file name (AccHtmlFrameTitleFilename)
• HTML link has no accessible name (AccHtmlLinkTextBlank)
• Ambiguous link text (AccHtmlLinkTextAmbiguous)
• Document title is placeholder (AccDocTitlePlaceholder)
• Keyboard handler without tabindex (AccWcag2-2.1.1-1)
• Don’t use large flashing images (AccWcag2-2.3.1-1)
• Don’t use any flashing images (AccWcag2-2.3.2-1)
• Use h1-h6 instead of heading-like styles (AccWcag2-F2-1)
• Alt text does not convey color information (AccWcag2-F13-1)
• Word has spaces between each letter (AccWcag2-F32-1)
• Decorative image missing null alt attribute (AccHtmlImgDecorativeAltMissing)
• Spacer image has descriptive alt (AccHtmlImgDecorativeAltNonNull)
• fieldset with no interactive elements (AccWcag2-F43-4)
• JavaScript control with no ARIA role (AccWcag2-F59-1)
• Ambiguous link text with no context (AccHtmlLinkTextAmbiguousContext)
• HTML form control has no accessible name (AccHtmlControlLabelMissing)
• CSS outline or border hides focus indicator (AccWcag2-F78-1)
• Justified text is hard to read (AccWcag2-F88-1)

Compatibility

• input type=color has partial support (BugHtmlInputColor)
• input type=number has partial support (BugHtmlInputNumber)

Search

• Keyword stuffed alt text (SeoStuffedAltTag)
• Google cannot follow javascript: URLs (SeoJavaScriptLinks)
• Page has multiple title elements (SeoMultipleTitleTags)

Standards

• Unprefixed vendor property (W3cCssUnprefixedVendorProperty)

Usability

• Provide a search option (UseGov17.4)