Accessibility
Browser text-sizing tool
Most popular browsers feature a text resizing tool in the toolbar.
With this tool you can resize text on screen to a level you feel comfortable with. Just click on the icon, and select a new size.
This tool is also available in the menu of various browsers as follows:
- Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, 6 (PC): View > Text Size
- Firefox, Netscape 8: View > Text Size
- Opera: View > Zoom
- Netscape 6, 7, Mozilla: View > Text Zoom
- Safari (Mac): View > Make Text Bigger
- Internet Explorer 5 (Mac): View > Text Zoom
Access keys
The access key function allows you to navigate around a site without using your mouse to click on links.
Using your keyboard, it’s possible to jump directly to certain links or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.
By typing alt+[accesskey] (PC) or ctrl+[accesskey] (Mac), a link becomes high-lighted. You can then hit the enter key to activate the link.
| Function | Access key |
|---|---|
| Go to the home page | Alt+1, enter |
| Skip to content | Alt+s, enter |
| Skip to main navigation | Alt+n, enter |
| Go to the FAQ | Alt+5, enter |
| Go to Contact us page | Alt+9, enter |
| Go to Accessibility page | Alt+0, enter |
Please note that some assistive technology tools such as the IBM HomePage Reader and WindowEyes already make use of the Alt+[accesskey] combinations. As such, users of these tools will not be able to use these accesskeys.
Tab key
You can also use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links on a page. A single press of Tab high-lights the next link, Shift+Tab high-lights the previous link.
Design and Code Standards
We designed to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, which is a World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation dated May 5, 1999. Version 2.0 is currently a working draft and we have followed the
- All code is XHTML/CSS standards compliant, well structured, and wellcrafted.
- The presentation is separate from structure.
- The website content will be device independent.
A note about Accessibility Badges
We do not display accessibility-standards approved badges. Tools such as Bobby do not give a complete picture of the site's accessibility in practice. A website might pass all possible validators and still provide a very bad experience. The evaluation tools are a means, rather than an end to themselves.
Our target is to meet all
