BostonUptown.com Accessibility Initiatives
BostonUptown.com includes several features designed to improve accessibility for users with disabilities. Some of these features are described below.
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Access Keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. This makes navigation very easy and assists people who may have difficulties using a mouse. On the PC, you can press ALT + an access key (on some versions of MSIE, then press the Enter key); on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
Pages on this site can be accessed using the following:
- Access key 1 – Home Page
- Access key 3 – Apartment and Rental Search
- Access key 4 – Buyers’ Services
- Access key 5 – Sellers’ Services
- Access key 6 – Property Management
- Access key 9 – Contact
- Access key 0 – Accessibility Statement
Standards Compliance
To make accessible websites, it is critical to follow web standards. Here are the standards this website meets:
- This site is Bobby AAA Approved, complying to the most stringent guidelines of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The report is fairly subjective to a certain level, but there are no errors when checking for compliance.
- This site is also follows the Section 508 guidelines.
- The entire site validates as XHTML 1.1 and CSS without notice or error.
- The site uses semantic layout whenever possible. This allows screen readers to access all the content in context throughout this site.
Titles and Alternative Text
Some of the links and most of the images on BostonUptown.com have titles or alternative text. If the link is descriptive enough on its own, we do not also include a title. Images have alternative text that describe the image or concept for users who are visually impaired.
For more on accessibility and creating highly usable websites, we recommend visiting Mark Pilgrim’s website