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This site has been designed with accessibilty of use in mind, and was especially informed by the information available at the W3C's (World Wide Web Consortium's) WAI (Web Accessibilty Initiative) pages at http://www.w3.org/WAI/ and those at http://www.techdis.ac.uk.
The site does not use <font> tags, but rather defines the look of text via a stylesheet. This has been designed so that users can alter the size of the text, should they have trouble viewing it in its default size.
The site does make limited use of client-side javascript, but should a user's browser not have javascript enabled, there are text equivalents of the navigational and presentational aspects which make use of it.
Most links within the pages are text-based. However, where there is a link via an image a text equivalent is provided.
There are a few instances where there are graphics for which no text equivalent is possible - for example, a picture of a student's annotated essay. For these, the look of the object constitutes its usefulness. However, it is just as possible to reach a thorugh understanding of the Thinking Writing approach without these rare instances. Also, see below for a contact address to request alternative formats.
There are some Microsoft Word documents, and some PDF (portable Document Format) documents available to download from this site. The PDFs should be readable by latest versions of screenreaders such as JAWS. However, should any user need or wish to request any of the content in this site in an alternative format, please contact Sam Brenton at sam@brentonweb.com.
This site has been designed to make logical sense to assistive technology tools such as screen readers, and also in text-only browsers. There are 'invisible' links prominently placed in each main content page to allow users to skip repeting navigation menus to go to
The site is written in html code which is designed to display functionally on different browsers. In the very few instances it departs from the W3C's standards, it does so knowingly. For example, the page margins are set to '0' for presentational reasons (a deprecated setting). On some older browsers the margins will still default to a positive value, but there is no loss of function, and any slight degradation in look that results is integral to the browser version.
It's a good idea to download (for free) a recent browser. You can download the latest version of Internet Explorer at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ and the latest version of Netscape at http://www.netscape.com.
We welcome any comments you have. Please send them to Sam Brenton at sam@brentonweb.com.