Visually impaired users with screen readers can now navigate the entire site. It substitutes explanatory text for an image if you've turned your browser's graphics off. Graphical text is avoided to promote speedier loading. Fewer, clearer and more meaningful graphics are used. Buttons are larger and hotlinks are longer and more descriptive to meet the needs of visually impaired users and users with mobility problems.
Links are clear and unambiguous, so if viewed out of context they remain meaningful.
Either, intuitive icons or descriptive text links are used because they convey information. Buttons should be large enough for people with mobility problems or alternative pointing devices to use. Technology used by BusinessGateway.ca Much of the functionality on BusinessGateway.ca has been enabled through database technology. Full text search and retrieval has been enhanced through the use of Verity Search technology. Adobe Acrobat files.