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                         Dive into Accessibility indeed
                                        
> Validated XHTML (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language)
> 
> This ensures that the code that we have used on this site validates against
> the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)'s strict standard. As more and more
> assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a screen reader, TTY
> (Teletyperiter), etc.) is using this standard to build against, we can be
> sure of making our site accessible to the widest audience.
> 
> Validated CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
> 
> Again, by validating our style sheets against the W3C gold standard, we can
> make our site accessible to everybody with a DDA (Disability Discrimination
> Act [United Kingdom]) compliant browser or other assistive technology.
> 
> W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
> 
> All pages have been validated against standard using “Bobby.” This service
> allows us to test web pages and help expose and repair barriers to
> accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility
> guidelines, such as Section 508 and the W3C's WCAG (Web Content
> Accessibility Guidelines).
> 
> Section 508 Guidelines
> 
> The Section 508 guidelines have been reviewed and implemented. All pages
> are in compliance.
> 
> 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.
> 

Via Mark Pilgrim [1], “Accessibility Statement @ SoundsDirty.com [2]” (not
safe for work)

I'm not sure why I found it surprising that a porn site [3] (need I even
bother mentioning this isn't work safe?) would bother with web accessibility
standards [4], but I did. Porn sites in general have always pushed the limits
of web technology (they were early adoptors of micropayment schemes, web
subscriptions, flash, Java Applets) and I suppose that making a site
accessible to everyone is just an opportunity to make more money (Playboy in
braille [5] anyone?).

So if a porn site can be accessible, then gosh darn it! So will my site! So
I've been playing around with accessibility validator [6] and adding some
more markup to make my site here a bit more accessible.

Why not?

[1] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/07/27/imagination
[2] http://soundsdirty.com/statement.php
[3] http://soundsdirty.com/
[4] http://diveintoaccessibility.org/
[5] http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000305.html
[6] http://webxact.watchfire.com/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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