WhyWaitForever Accessibility Statement
This is the accessibility statement for the WhyWaitForever Consultancy (www.whywaitforever.com/consultancy) website. Visitors with questions or comments can email WhyWaitForever at webmaster@whywaitforever.com .
Access keys
When a page is viewed in a browser it is possible to move directly to a specific link by typing key combinations. On Windows, the ALT + an access key can be used. On Macs, the Control + an access key can be used.
All pages on this web site have the following access keys defined:
Access key 0 - Accessibility Statement
Access key 1 - Home
Access key 8 - Website Optimization
Access key 2 - Consultancy
Access key 3 - Technology
Access key 4 - Contact
Access key 5 - Site map
Access key 6 - Privacy Statement
Access key 7 - Terms and Conditions of use of website
Access key p - Printer friendly version
Access key x - XHTML version
Standards compliance
WhyWaitForever believe all pages on this site comply with all the Bobby Guidelines . Accessibility features that can be measured have been tested for compliance.
WhyWaitForever believe all pages on this site follow W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and in particular comply with all the priority 1, 2 and 3 W3C Web Content Accessibility Checklist . Accessibility features that can be measured have been tested for compliance.
WhyWaitForever believe the consultancy pages on this site validate as HTML 4.01 strict and can be independently validated using W3C Markup Validation Service .
Where possible, text rich pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for page titles. H2 tags are used for main titles. H3 tags are used for sub titles. In these text rich pages JAWS users can skip to the next section by pressing the key combination ALT+INSERT+3.
WhyWaitForever has created a style sheet in addition to using the standard "Steely" which is available from W3C Core Styles .
Navigation aids
The website contains a sitemap .
Each page contains menu links.
Each page contains "breadcrumb" navigation.
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes.
Complex images include LONGDESC attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.
Visual design
This website uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
This website uses relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
This website is still readable if the browser or browsing device used does not support stylesheets.
The website has been designed to allow for printing without truncation of information. It is best to check using print preview and adjust using the print page setup margins if necessary.
Accessibility references
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative which aims for access by everyone.
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
W3C Web Content Accessibility Techniques which explains implementation details.
W3C Web Content Accessibility Checklist which provides summary information.
Accessibility software
JAWS for Windows a screen reader for Windows.
Lynx a text browser.
Opera a general browser with accessibility related features.