Skip Navigation
Every page begins with a 'Skip Navigation' link. Although this link is faintly visible in the far upper left hand corner, it is primarily intended for blind users who rely on screen readers which read pages out loud. Using this link allows users to skip the top navigation bar and quick links and go directly to the text on each page.
Larger fonts
You can enlarge or reduce the size of the screen fonts by clicking on the row of letter A's just below the row of photos.
Keyboard navigation
This web site offers special keyboard navigation tools to make keyboard-only navigation easier.
These features don't work with every browser because each browser implements certain keystroke commands, tab support and Javascript differently. We're limited in our ability to provide this navigation by the design of each browser.
The City cannot endorse a specific type of browser, but our own testing has shown that Firefox, the free web browser from the Mozilla project, is the most consistently reliable in allowing users to navigate using these commands. The navigation also works well with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, but not with Internet Explorer 6 or previous versions. These keyboard navigation features are not supported, as of this writing, by Safari, Camino or OmniWeb.
Keyboard commands for compatible browsers
On all pages:
- CTRL + N moves to the Navigation Bar just below the pictures at the top of the screen.
- CTRL + L moves to the Links on the left side of each page
- CTRL + R moves to the Text on the right side of each page
On pages with two columns of text:
- CTRL + 1 moves to the first column of text
- CTRL + 2 moves to the second column of text
The tab order of pages is always top to bottom, left to right. You should be able to tab sequentially through all links if your browser supports tabbing through links, but some don't.
Images
All images should be accompanied by ALT tags. If you find one that isn't, please let us know.