Issues reported for Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference home

Warning: This report is not the latest about the page. See history below.

About the page

URL: https://pnsqc.org/
Tested 190 days ago on 2026-05-04 at 17:26 by job 260504T1659-owx
Rule engines: 10 called, 10 able to test, violations reported by 10
Results: 1025 violations, 439 violators, 35 issues
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History

190 days ago (oldest; this report)
46 days ago (latest)

Issues reported

Highest priority: 6

iframe not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of an embedded page
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 3 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
svg image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
- Results: 74 violations, 72 violators
Where was the issue found?
control label invisible
- Why it matters: User cannot understand how to operate a form item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
aria attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 5 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
contrast poor
- Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 99 violations, 91 violators
Where was the issue found?
Tab-focusable elements wrong
- Why it matters: Item selections by a keyboard-only user are useless or impossible
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?

High priority: 6

code obsolete
- Why it matters: Page contains code that is no longer standard
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
autocomplete invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
element obsolete
- Why it matters: Page includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
- Results: 16 violations, 16 violators
Where was the issue found?
element focusability and operability conflict
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
hover indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 19 violations, 19 violators
Where was the issue found?

Low priority: 7

line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Results: 175 violations, 163 violators
Where was the issue found?
links named identically
- Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 2 rule engines (QualWeb + Testaro)
- Results: 25 violations, 15 violators
Where was the issue found?
heading heads nothing
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
link indication poor
- 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)
- Results: 44 violations, 44 violators
Where was the issue found?
page content moves spontaneously
- Why it matters: Motion-sensitive user may suffer harm
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.2.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
focus indication improvable
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily choose an item to operate
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 56 violations, 56 violators
Where was the issue found?
adjacent links not combined
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user expends extra effort to skip a link
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (WAVE)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority: 16

text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 305 violations, 186 violators
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated?
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Testaro)
- Results: 48 violations, 30 violators
Where was the issue found?
target small
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Results: 24 violations, 24 violators
Where was the issue found?
all-italic text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + Testaro)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
button name not visible
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 10 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
links dubiously share name
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help differentiating links
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 2 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
type redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
heading-like styles dubious
- Why it matters: User may be unable to understand the topic of a part of the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
position sticky
- Why it matters: User may be unable to see needed content or may be forced to scroll in both dimensions
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
text contrast not testable
- Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 32 violations, 32 violators
Where was the issue found?
all-capital text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 43 violations, 43 violators
Where was the issue found?
large visible-element count
- Why it matters: User cannot easily find items in the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
role assigned instead of implicit
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
inconsistent heading, link, or button styles
- Why it matters: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 4 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
title attribute invalid
- Why it matters: User gets too little, too much, or repeated help explaining an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 7 violations, 7 violators
Where was the issue found?
z-index not zero
- Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 8 violations, 8 violators
Where was the issue found?

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Issues reported for Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference home

About the page

History

Issues reported

iframe not named

svg image not named

control label invisible

aria attribute invalid

contrast poor

Tab-focusable elements wrong

code obsolete

autocomplete invalid

element obsolete

tab-opening link action unstated

element focusability and operability conflict

hover indication poor

line height low

links named identically

heading heads nothing

link indication poor

page content moves spontaneously

focus indication improvable

adjacent links not combined

text contrast improvable

tab-opening link action unstated?

target small

all-italic text

button name not visible

links dubiously share name

type redundant

heading-like styles dubious

position sticky

text contrast not testable

all-capital text

large visible-element count

role assigned instead of implicit

inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

title attribute invalid

z-index not zero

What you can do

Do it yourself

Use artificial intelligence