What's with the plain-Jane site, there, bub?

We assure you, this is no ordinary site... We've simply chosen to drop styling support for aging browsers, and put them out to pasture (so to speak). It seems that you're using one, but that's no big deal. In fact, this site is so well-crafted that all the content is still accessible without any styling at all (we'd like to see most sites boast that these days).

However, if you want to download a current standards-compliant browser, we suggest Firefox. If you must use Internet Explorer, we won't hold it against you, but you should at least be using version 7.

Accessibility statement

This is the official accessibility statement for 107 Designs. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us.

Access Keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; in Mac OS, you can press Control + an access key.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

• Access key 1 - Home page
• Access key 2 - Skip to main content of page
• Access key 9 - Feedback
• Access key 0 - Accessibility statement

Standards Compliance

1. All pages on this site are WCAG AA approved, complying with all priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This is always a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
2. All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. Again, a judgement call. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
3. All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, there is a link in the footer of each page to check the validity of the XHTML code.
4. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H2 tags are used for main titles, H3 tags for subtitles. For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement by pressing ALT+INSERT+3.

Links

1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
2. Links are written to make sense out of context.
3. There are no javascript: pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off.
4. There are no links that open new windows without warning.

Visual Design

1. This site uses CSS for visual layout.
2. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
3. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Mucho Credit Goes To:

Much of this was adapted from Mark Pilgrim’s Dive Into Mark. Mark also wrote Dive Into Accessibility, an excellent resource explaining all the issues on this page and many more.

 

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