Matt Readtag:mattread.com,2007:accessibility/11796965702007-05-20T09:29:45+00:002007-05-20T14:29:30+00:00<p>This is the official accessibility statement for <a href="http://www.mattread.com/">Matt Read, The Weblog</a>. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:webmaster@mattread.com">webmaster@mattread.com</a>. </p><h3>Access keys</h3><p>Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press <kbd>ALT</kbd> + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press <kbd>Control</kbd> + an access key.</p><p>All pages on this site define the following access keys:</p><ul><li>Access key 1 - Home page</li><li>Access key 2 - Skip to Main Content</li><li>Access key 3 - Archives</li><li>Access key 4 - Search</li><li>Access key 5 - Skip to Main Navigation</li><li>Access key 9 - Privacy Policy</li><li>Access key 0 - Accessibility statement</li><li>Access key g - Project</li><li>Access key k - Links</li><li>Access key u - About Page</li><li>Access key e - Contact Form</li><li>Access key s - Syndication Feeds</li></ul><h3>Standards compliance</h3><ol><li>All pages on this site is <acronym title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines">WCAG</acronym> <acronym title="triple A">AAA</acronym> approved, complying wih <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist.html">all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines</a> of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> Web Content Accessibility Guidelines</a>.<br />Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally<br />vague and can not be tested automatically. I have reviewed all the<br />guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.</li><li>All pages on this site are <a href="http://bobby.watchfire.com/">Section 508 approved</a>, complying with all of the <acronym title="United States">U.S.</acronym> Federal Government <a href="http://www.section508.gov/">Section 508 Guidelines</a>. Again, a judgement call. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.</li><li>All pages on this site <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">validate as <acronym title="extensible hypertext markup language">XHTML</acronym> 1.0 Strict</a>. This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmattread.com%2F">check the home page for XHTML validity</a>.</li><li>All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are<br />used for main titles, H2 tags for dates, and H3 tags for subtitles. For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility<br />statement by pressing <kbd>ALT+INSERT+3</kbd>.</li></ol><h3>Navigation aids</h3><ol><li>All pages have <tt>rel=previous, next,</tt> and <tt>home</tt>links to aid navigation in text-only browsers. Netscape 6 and Mozilla<br />users can also take advantage of this feature by selecting the View<br />menu, Show/Hide, Site Navigation Bar, Show Only As Needed (or Show<br />Always).</li><li>The home page and all archive pages include a search box (access key 4). Advanced search options are currently unavailable.</li></ol><h3>Links</h3><ol><li>Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater<br />detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target<br />(such as the headline of an article).</li><li>Links are written to make sense out of context.</li></ol><h3>Images</h3><ol><li>All content images used in this site include descriptive <code>ALT</code> attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null <code>ALT</code> attributes.</li><li>Complex images include <acronym title="long description">LONGDESC</acronym> attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.</li></ol><h3>Visual design</h3><ol><li>This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.</li><li>This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.</li><li>If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.</li></ol><h3>Content Rating</h3><p>This site is <a href="http://www.safesurf.com/inspect/search_url.cfm?URL1=http://www.mattread.com/" title="Adult Supervision Recommended">SafeSurf Rated</a> as "Adult Supervision Recommended". This rating is a judgement call on my part, and to the best of my knowledge is accurate and complies with the <a href="http://www.safesurf.com/">SafeSurf</a> End User License Agreement.</p>