Standards
Layout
There is one stylesheet for this site: here it is. It uses rudimentary browser detection to serve the correct proprietary extensions to appropriate browsers; and attempts to handle the quite frankly unreasonable differences in font metrics between platforms and browsers.
The web-site was designed with this site in mind. Thus, If you
- are in the habit of switching between browsers;
- are using Internet Explorer or an older browser; or
- are using a mobile phone to use this site
expect a different layout.
Code validation
The entire web-site is written in the totally made-up XHTML5 + RDFa [or HTML 4 + RDFa, depending on your browser] and so it tentatively passes a validation check for XHTML1.0+RDFa.
The stylesheets are valid to CSS 3. This site does not use Flash except in the case of embedding Flash videos from other providers.
JavaScript is used for the SVG audio player [only affects Opera/mobile web users].
I code the pages in a text editor, and test them in my favourite browser, Opera, and W3M [Linux].
If I get time - and usually I do not now - I then test them visually in
- Firefox [Linux];
- Midori [Linux]; and
- Internet Explorer 8.0 [Windows XP version through Wine]
Accessibility
The main aim of the site is for it to be read on as many platforms as possible, including text-only browsers.I hope to have achieved this.
I have tested the accessibility of the site using the Functional Accessibility Evaluator from the University of Illinois. It's impossible for it to be comprehensive in the same way a person can; but it's a useful starting point.
According to the evaluator, the pages here comply with the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You can check this here: Check with FAE