The Silktide Toolbar runs in your browser, while the Silktide platform runs on a server. Because we're testing your pages by different methods, there are a few differences in the test results, which are detailed here.

Currently, the Silktide Toolbar cannot simulate a mobile device. This is because it is running in your own web browser, which is not a mobile device. Although we may be able to run a different kind of simulation at some point, our existing emulation tech cannot be used in this way, and only works in the full Silktide platform.

Because we cannot simulate mobile, we do not have the ability to test two checks covering one WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion that depend upon it:

The Silktide Toolbar can’t currently run all of the WCAG 2.2 checks that the Silktide platform can. This is because these checks perform advanced modifications to the focus and layout of a page, in a way that we cannot directly port into a browser.

The checks for 2.4.11 and 2.4.12 also depend on the page being a consistent size, which it is not while using a user’s browser window.

The Silktide Toolbar allows you to test a single page whenever you need. This is great when you are working with a handful of web pages, but likely will not be sufficient if your website has thousands of pages. The Silktide platform can discover and test all pages of your website. The Silktide platform also allows you to schedule retests to occur at a frequency that meets your needs. This will keep you up-to-date with any issues present on your website.
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Both the SIlktide Toolbar and the larger Silktide platform allow you to see issues on your website. When issues are shown in the Silktide platform, you'll be able to "Ignore" any item we present. We might flag an internal or technical term as being a potential misspelling, but you can "Ignore" this since you know that term is valid. We might show you an image that doesn't have any alt text, but you can "Ignore" this since the image is decorative or has its meaning conveyed on the page. You can even ignore entire checks if that it is something you already handling. Ignoring items in this way prevents them from being presented to you again on future scans. The Silktide Toolbar doesn't have a way to store these decisions, so it will present all issues it finds on a page every time it tests.

The Silktide platform comes with a full suite of tools to report on the checks and scores from your tested websites. This even includes the ability to show score changes over time, which helps you see how far you've come in improving your website.

The Silktide Toolbar is available for anyone to use to test their websites. It's a great tool for ad-hoc testing of issues on your websites.
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You can view the Silktide platform or request a demo from our homepage.