Accessibility
Making this site usable for everyone
We try to be as accessible as possible. It's a one person site, so this is a standing effort rather than a finished checklist, but here's what's actually in place today.
- Charts. Every chart carries a full text description read by screen readers, plus a “Show the numbers” table with the same data in plain rows. The information in a chart is never locked inside an image.
- Light and dark mode. Switched from the header, remembered between visits, and applied before the page draws, so there's no flash of the wrong theme.
- Full keyboard navigation. Every link, button and menu on the site works from a keyboard alone, with a visible focus outline so you can always see where you are.
- A skip link. The first thing a keyboard or screen reader user reaches on every page is a link straight to the main content, skipping the navigation.
- No autoplaying media. No video or audio starts on its own, and there are no animation-heavy transitions.
- Plain language. Articles are written in plain language on purpose, no unexplained jargon, no metaphor standing in for a fact, which helps every reader, not only those using assistive technology.
- Real, selectable text. Headlines, numbers and body text are all real text. The site uses no images outside of icons, so nothing meaningful is locked inside a picture a screen reader can't read.
This page describes what's actually built, not a target we're claiming to have already hit. If something on the site is hard to use with a screen reader, keyboard, or any other assistive technology, that's worth flagging. There's no public email yet; this page gets updated the moment there is one.