The eye test: what a rendered page hides
Two pages can look identical and behave completely differently for keyboard and screen reader users. Where the differences live and how to see them.
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Evidence-led analysis of semantic HTML, accessibility, responsible AI assistance, and production quality.
A structured audit protocol for generated pages
A numbered, scored protocol for auditing a page you did not write, designed to produce comparable observations and make reviewer disagreements visible.
Open resourceUse native HTML before adding ARIA
Choose the browser’s native semantic and interaction contracts first, then add ARIA only when it communicates a real state or relationship.
Open resourceWhy semantic HTML matters when AI writes the first draft
Treat generated markup as a proposal, then review meaning, browser behavior, accessibility, and production evidence before publishing.
Open resourceKeep source order meaningful in CSS layouts
Build flexbox, grid, and responsive layouts whose visual sequence agrees with reading order and keyboard focus.
Open resourceValid HTML is not a working page
A page can pass the W3C validator and still fail keyboard users, screen readers, and search engines. What validation proves, and what it cannot.
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