GrayBit Contrast Testing Tool (Beta)

[Green-Beast]

Hey guys,

Here's something new and hopefully interesting, being in beta form I think it's appropriate in this forum. The site has gone through one round of changes and some script work has been/is being done. I am working on a white-backed CSS which will probably end up being the defualt, but I added a style changer (not linked yet) so the version you'll see here will be available.

It's a contrast accessibility testing tool which loads an external page through its submit form and renders it (the real page) in grayscale, including background and embedded images.

It won't work right on a tabled site or one with "tags" as a linked CSS is needed, and it may have some difficulty with PNG alpha transparencies (in IE, of course, lol). You should, however, find it to be a neat tool. And hey, it is still a beta release. ;)

It's not really a site, but it does have two additional pages, one for more info, and the other for making contact/reporting bugs, etc.

Let me know what you think about the 1) tool, 2) user interface.

http://graybit.com/

Thanks.
Mike

[Robert Wellock]

It's been done before as we found out.

[Green-Beast]

Yeah, I can't say I care for that other service, though. It has more features in addition to the catch-all grayscale, but my goodness it is soooo slow and you have to re-enter each page you want to test whereas with ours to can use the links and such to use the site (most parts) while in gray mode.

Mike