Accessibility
Wadny.com includes many accessibility features, most of which I learned from Mark Pilgrim on DiveIntoAccessibility. If you have any questions or comments, you can send me an e-mail—information is on the author page.
Standards compliance🔗
- All pages on wadny.com should validate as HTML5. The CSS of wadny.com is also validated. Validator links are provided in the sidebar to check this—if you find non-validating pages, please tell me.
- Wadny.com is WAVE validated for web accessibility. I have done my best to ensure my site is WCAG-compliant, although this is not always something that can be validated automatically.
- I have attempted to use structured semantic markup and CSS-based aesthetics whenever possible. This means all headings should be marked up with
<h#>tags, tabular data (and ONLY tabular data) is marked up with summarized, captioned tables, and so forth.
Navigation aids🔗
All pages have <link> tags pointing to the wadny.com home page and the Atom version of my news page. These links should already be usable in text-only browsers and screen readers, and they may be exposed in other browsers as well.
Links🔗
Many links include title attributes to provide further information about the link or to indicate if the link opens in a new window. This helps links make sense out of context. Also, there are no javascript: pseudo-links, even though some links will open in new windows in browsers that support them. In addition, links that open in new windows are indicated by a small red arrow to the left of the link.
Images🔗
Wadny.com uses a minimum of images to cut down on download time and improve accessibility. All images used on this site have descriptive alt attributes so users of text-only browsers are not prevented from using them. For users that are displaying images, there is usually also a title for the image to display as a tooltip.
Visual design🔗
This site uses CSS for visual layout. When the page is read in a screen reader, it should work properly due to the simple and standards-compliant markup; however, this is untested. If you are aware of any issues with my site when it is handled by a screen reader, please let me know.
Wrap-up🔗
This site and its accessibility features are a work in progress. If you would like to suggest changes to make to the site or this page, or have comments of any kind, feel free to contact me; information is on the author page.