Re:Show HN: Browsh – A modern, text-based browser
by tenkabuto on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @10:17AM
(#17498285)
It can also work for general usability testing: after testing my personal site, I realized that with the graphical fuzzing that this offers, even I couldn't identify what my site's main navigation buttons (made in CSS, no less!) said or whether they were even links. This let me see graphic through the lens of people that cannot see graphics well, so yay!
Re:Show HN: Browsh – A modern, text-based browser
by vanderZwan on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:46AM
(#17498009)
Nice thought, but it doesn't seem to be that kind of textual browser. Unless it really relies on accessibility to work at all.
Re:Show HN: Browsh – A modern, text-based browser
by vorpalhex on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:42PM
(#17501968)
Yeah it's a bit weird with it's fuzzy graphics. I'm not quite sure the best way to use this, but one of the most common forms of "blindness" is not a total lack of sight, but very poor eyesight.
One of the cases where developers still use text based browsers is in attempting to check accessibility of websites. For many large enterprises, there's a legal or contractual requirement to ensure a certain level of accessibility for users with disabilities.