Accessibility Statement
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links via keyboard shortcuts. You can use the access keys listed in the table below from anywhere on this site, but the shortcut combo is different depending on your computer:
- On Mac:
control+ access key - On PC:
alt+ access key
| Access key | Target |
|---|---|
| 1 | Home page |
| 2 | Skip navigation |
| 4 | Search |
| 9 | Contact |
| 0 | Access key details |
Standards compliance
All pages comply with priority 1 guidelines of the W3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict (see Validation for details) and are served as XML to browsers that explicitly accept application/xhtml+xml MIME type in their HTTP_ACCEPT header (pretty much, only Firefox at this point…).
All pages also feature structured semantic markup completely separated from the CSS based visual design. That means that you can read and navigate this site easily on virtually any platform and browser without any problem.
Links
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in detail, unless the link itself already clearly describes its target. All links are written to make sense out of context to accommodate browsers that can extract links on a page and let users browse them as a list (JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, Opera, etc…).
There are no “javascript-only” links anywhere on this site, all links can be followed in any browser, even with Javascript off.
Images
When appropriate, images have an alt attribute that either describe the image content or purpose, depending on context.
More about Accessibility
If you want to learn more about accessibility, check out my accessibility bookmarks on del.icio.us, and make sure to visit accessibility guru Joe Clark’s website.