Access Keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Access key 1 - Home page
- Access key 3 - Index
- Access key 4 - Search
- Access key 9 - Contact author/webmaster
- Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
Standards Compliance
All pages on this site are Bobby AAA approved and comply, to the best of my judgment, with all the Bobby guidelines. They also comply, to the best of my judgment, with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and to the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict. Check my home page for validity. The CSS validates as well.
Navigation Aids
All pages use <link> tags to provide additional navigation tools.
Links
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article). Links are also written to make sense out of context.
Images
All images have alt text, and more complex images (if I had any) would use the longdesc attribute.
Visual design
This site uses only cascading style sheets for visual layout. It uses only relative font sizes. The content of all pages is still completely readable without styles.
Accessibility references
- W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
- W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
- W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
- U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
Accessibility services
- Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
- HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
- Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
- Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.
Related resources
- WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
- Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.
- UW C&C: Making Web Sites Accessible for Everyone, guidelines for making websites accessible.
This accessibility statement was developed from the accessibility statement of Dive Into Accessibility.