Enhanced For Accessibility

This course has several features modified so that it may be more easily accessed through the use of screen reader technology. These features include:

  • All meaningful static images have a descriptive alt attribute
  • Some static images and all animations have longer descriptive text available
  • All HTML frames have meaningful titles
  • All interactive elements may be utilized without the use of a mouse
  • All form elements have meaningful labels
  • The menu links at the top of each content page may be skipped
  • Tables with meaningful content include captions, and the table cells have markup to facilitate the associations of cells with row and column headers

 
Alt-text Tags and D-links

All images on this site are accompanied by a brief alt-text tag which identifies the image or its function. If you are using a graphic browser, alt-text tags are visible only if the browser's automatic image-loading feature is turned off.

 
Hyperlinks

All text hyperlinks are written so that they make sense when read out of context.

 
Tables

Some layout tables are used on this site. However, all content makes sense when the page is linearized. Where tables are used for the presentation of data, table cells are associated with headers to facilitate navigation with screen readers. Also, each data table has a summary which provides additional information about the table's contents.

Sun Microsystems Inc. is committed to making its instructional content available to as wide an audience as possible, and views access as an ongoing initiative. Your feedback and suggestions with regard to the accessibility of this content are welcomed.