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"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
-- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
We recently updated our own website to be more user-friendly for people with disabilities. It's really amazing how much is involved to accomplish this. The list below represents the changes made on this website. Perhaps it will inspire you to check how accessible your own website is as well!
¤ Placement of "alt" tags in every image
¤ Addition of headers and summaries to several tables
¤ Addition of "long description" tags to the more informative images
¤ Modification of all non-descriptive hypertext links, such as "click here" or "more info"
¤ Removal of obsolete tags to comply with HTML 4.0 -- including <center> and <font>
¤ Addition of a site map, and this page listing the accessibility features being used
¤ Identification of primary language being used, on every page
¤ Noting of a change in language when necessary
¤ Use of the <blockquote> tag around people's quotes
¤ Use of <acronym> around acronyms
¤ Use of <abbr> around abbreviations
¤ Assurance that this website is navigable by keyboard
COLOR DEFICIENCY
We also checked out site for visibility by people with color deficiency, or color blindness. Here are some screenshots of our home page we're sure you'll find quite interesting.
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Our website as seen by people with regular color vision.
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Our website as seen by people with deuteranope color vision, a common form of red/green color deficiency.
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Our website as seen by people with protanope color vision, another form of red/green color deficiency.
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Our website as seen by people with tritanope color vision, a rare form of blue/yellow color deficiency.
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This data was compiled with the help of Vischeck. Find other great online accessibility resources on our links page.
If you have a disability and are having any difficulty navigating this website, please let us know by e-mailing us your experience of this website. We will be happy to review your feedback, and make changes to the site accordingly.
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