Safari
Tab Behaviour
- cmd + , or “Safari” > “Preferences”
- Advanced tab and check Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage.
This forces safari to use tabs more traditionally. Alternatively option – tab will tab through each item.
Page Zooming
Add buttons
- Right click a toolbar at the top > select “customize toolbar…” find zoom toolbar and drag it to your toolbar.
Keyboard Shortcuts
- cmd + 0 will reset your zoom
- cmd + + zooms in
- cmd + – zooms out
Zoom Text only (meaning that images will stay the same size)
- Click “View” > “Zoom text Only”
Font zoom limit
- cmd + , or “Safari” > “Preferences” > “Advanced tab”
- Check “Never use font sizes smaller than” and select your desired size
Appearance
Font and Colors
- cmd + , or “Safari” > “Preferences” > “Appearance tab”
Internet Explorer
Zooming
Zooming from the status bar
The status bar is turned off by default in IE9. Follow these steps to turn the status bar back on:
- Right click on a toolbar > select “status bar”
- From the status bar, select the arrow from the bottom right corner
Zooming from the options menu
- Select the gear icon > “Zoom”
Keyboard shortcuts
- ctrl + “0” will reset your zoom
- ctrl + “+” zooms in
- ctrl + “-” zooms out
Zoom text only (mean the images will stay the same size)
Appearance
Fonts and Colours
- Select the gear icon > “Internet Options”
- Select “Colors” to adjust your colours
- Select “Fonts” to adjust your fonts
- Select Accessibility to override a websites default style and replace them with the colours and fonts you just selected.
Browsing with Caret
Makes the blink cursor (caret) available on all webpages. So it looks and feels like using a word processor.
- F7 – Turn on / off
Google Chrome
Zooming
- Select the Spanner Icon and use “+” and “-” icons to zoom in and out, or the centre button to reset
Keyboard Shortcuts
- cmd + “0” will reset your zoom
- cmd + “+” zooms in
- cmd + “-” zooms out
Appearance
Fonts
- Select the Spanner Icon and click “Settings”
- From the left hand menu, select “Under the Hood”
- Adjust font size and page zoom from the “Web Content” Section.
- Select “Customize Fonts…” to adjust individual fonts
Extending Accessibility with Chrome
Though some features that are available with other browsers are not native to Chrome, here is a short list of useful extensions to add that functionality, and more.
Chrome Vox
The ChromeVox screen reader is an extension to Chrome that brings the speed, versatility, and security of Chrome to visually impaired users.
Chrome Vis
This extension magnifies any selected text on a webpage. The magnified text is displayed inside of a separate lens and preserves the original page layout. You can change both the lens text color and the lens background color.
HighContrast
High Contrast lets you browse the web with your choice of several high-contrast color filters designed to make it easier to read text.
ATBar
ATbar has been created as an open-source, cross-browser toolbar to help users customise the way they view and interact with web pages. The concept behind ATbar is simple: One toolbar to provide all of the functionality you would usually achieve through the use of different settings or products.
Mozilla Firefox
Zooming
Add Buttons
- Right click on a toolbar > select “Customize” > Find the “Zoom Controls” and drag them onto a toolbar
Keyboard Shortcut
- cmd + “0” will reset your zoom
- cmd + “+” zooms in
- cmd + “-” zooms out
Zoom Text only (meaning that images will stay the same size)
- Click “View” > “Zoom” > “Zoom text Only”
Appearance
Fonts and Colors
- cmd + “,” or “Firefox” > “Preferences”
- “Tools” > “Options”
- Select “Content” panel
- Select from “Fonts & Colors”
If you would like to force all pages to use these settings then under fonts & colors select advanced and uncheck the option to “allow page’s to use their own fonts, instead of my selections above”
Don’t Load Images
- cmd + , or “Firefox” > “Preferences”
- “Tools” > “Options”
- Select Content panel. Uncheck “load images automatically”
Browsing with Caret
Makes the blink curser (caret) available on all webpages. So it looks like using a word processor.
- F7 – Turn on / off