Accessibility

The start page comes in two views. The desk is a surface to explore: the objects lie scattered and can be moved, and the view can be panned and zoomed. The simple view shows the same content as a calm page from top to bottom, with headings, lists and ordinary links.

Both views have the same content. The simple view needs no JavaScript and works without motion.

• The first link on the start page is called “Go to the simple view”. You reach it with the Tab key.
• In the dock at the bottom edge of the screen, “More” opens a menu with the entry “Simple view”. On narrow screens “Simple view” is in the dock itself instead.
• In the simple view, “Go to the desk” takes you back.
• If your device asks for reduced motion, the simple view opens by itself.

The page remembers your choice in your browser.

• Every object can be reached with the Tab key, and the view travels to the focused object.
• Enter or Space opens folders, the paper and lab entries, Escape closes them again.
• The focus is always visible.
• Text and controls meet the level AA contrast requirements, in the light and in the dark design.
• Motion follows the setting for reduced motion.

• On the desk the objects lie freely in space. Screen readers read them in a fixed order, and the spatial arrangement is lost. The simple view does not have this limitation.
• Moving objects and zooming the view with a gesture only works with a mouse or a finger. Neither is needed for the content.
• The site has been checked with automated tools and by hand with the keyboard. A test with different screen readers is still to come.
• Linked project websites and profiles are not part of this statement.

If you notice a barrier, write to me at hello@simon-heistermann.de. I usually answer within five working days and fix the problem as quickly as possible.