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Vercel Toolbar Developer Tools

3 posts · Jan 2023 – May 2024

What this trail covers

Vercel's Toolbar toolkit continues to grow, offering enhanced developer and user experiences. New additions include tools for accessibility audits (WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA compliance checks), Open Graph previews for social media link cards, and an interaction timing tool to measure and optimize Interaction to Next Paint (INP). The toolbar can now be used in production via a zero-config Chrome extension, enabling evaluation of INP, layout shifts, accessibility, and feature flag overrides on live sites. Existing features like Comments, CMS integration, Layout Shift analysis, and Quick Links are also enhanced.

All Vercel trails
  1. Introducing new developer tools in the Vercel ToolbarIntroduces new developer tools within the Vercel Toolbar: an accessibility audit tool that checks against WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA rules, an Open Graph preview tool for social media card rendering, and an interaction timing tool to measure and optimize Interaction to Next Paint (INP). Also introduces the ability to use the toolbar in production via a Chrome extension, allowing evaluation of these tools on live sites.
  2. Enhanced content management for your headless CMSThis post introduces updates to Vercel's Draft Mode, making it easier to preview unpublished content by bypassing Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) and caching. It also announces that Visual Editing is now in public beta for Pro and Enterprise teams and lists new CMS integrations (Builder, Uniform, DatoCMS, TinaCMS, Payload) that support Visual Editing. The post also mentions that the documentation for supporting Visual Editing in CMSes is now public.
  3. Deliver AI analysis faster with the Vercel workflow | Customers | VercelThis post highlights how Viable leveraged Vercel's Comments feature on Preview Deployments to streamline their feedback loop, reducing back-and-forth communication by 80%. This improved efficiency allowed them to deliver AI insights to their customers faster and scale their operations more effectively. The post emphasizes the value of integrated feedback mechanisms within the development workflow.