Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 161 on Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://pnsqc.org/
• Tested 14 days ago on 2026-09-25 at 22:47 by job 260925T2245-p1r
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 10
  • Violations: 957
  • Violators: 444
  • Issues: 30
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 29
• Violators: 29

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Author Resources
• Start tag: <a href="/conference/2026/author-resources/" class="px-3 py-2 text-sm text-pnsqc-slate hover:text-white transition-colors rounded-lg hover:bg-white/5">
• XPath: /html/body/header[1]/nav[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/a[3]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 161 of the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference page.

1. Element has adjacent text but is not underlined

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkUl