Dive Into Accessibility Table of Contents Dive Into Accessibility..................................................................................................................................1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................2 Day 1: Jackie..................................................................................................................................................3 Day 2: Michael................................................................................................................................................4 Day 3: Bill.......................................................................................................................................................5 Day 4: Lillian..................................................................................................................................................6 Day 5: Marcus................................................................................................................................................7 Day 6: Choosing a DOCTYPE.......................................................................................................................8 Who benefits?......................................................................................................................................8 How to do it..........................................................................................................................................8 Further reading....................................................................................................................................9 Day 7: Identifying your language...............................................................................................................10 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................10 How to do it........................................................................................................................................10 Further reading..................................................................................................................................11 Day 8: Constructing meaningful page titles.............................................................................................12 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................12 How to do it........................................................................................................................................12 Further reading..................................................................................................................................13 Day 9: Providing additional navigation aids.............................................................................................14 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................14 How to do it........................................................................................................................................14 Further reading..................................................................................................................................15 Day 10: Presenting your main content first..............................................................................................16 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................16 How to do it........................................................................................................................................16 Further reading..................................................................................................................................17 Day 11: Skipping over navigation links.....................................................................................................18 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................18 How to do it........................................................................................................................................18 Day 12: Using color safely..........................................................................................................................20 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................20 How to do it........................................................................................................................................20 Further reading..................................................................................................................................21 Dive Into Accessibility i Table of Contents Day 13: Using real links..............................................................................................................................22 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................22 How to do it........................................................................................................................................22 Further reading..................................................................................................................................23 Postscript...........................................................................................................................................23 Day 14: Adding titles to links.....................................................................................................................24 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................24 How to do it........................................................................................................................................24 Further reading..................................................................................................................................25 Day 15: Defining keyboard shortcuts........................................................................................................26 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................26 How to do it: home page link.............................................................................................................26 How to do it: skip navigation link........................................................................................................27 How to do it: feedback link.................................................................................................................27 Further reading..................................................................................................................................27 Day 16: Not opening new windows............................................................................................................28 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................28 How to do it........................................................................................................................................28 Further reading..................................................................................................................................29 Day 17: Defining acronyms........................................................................................................................30 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................30 How to do it........................................................................................................................................30 How to do it: cascading style sheets..................................................................................................30 Further reading..................................................................................................................................31 Postscript...........................................................................................................................................31 Day 18: Giving your calendar a real caption.............................................................................................32 Who benefits?....................................................................................................................................32 How to do it........................................................................................................................................32 Further reading..................................................................................................................................33 Day 19: Using real table headers...............................................................................................................34