Hope everybody survived Christmas & is now all ready to face a new year.  I
hope to be adding to these pages over the next few days especially more
comments & information on mobile phone software.

Arrived a few days ago after a week in Cyprus, the batteries are charged again
for a few weeks so will be making a few updates to the pages shortly.

Thanks to all who dodged the rain & came along to the Blatchington branch open 
weekend on 10 & 11 September - although the weather was rough we managed to 
raise £70 For the Seaford special need support group bringing the
railways grand total to £860 - Thanks everybody & see you next time.

As part of my attempts to make these pages more accessible I've been playing 
with font size changing, you will (hopefully) find at the top of all these
pages two new buttons which will allow you to change the font size, as I work
through the pages the font size change will be remembered & carried to the sub
pages, all pages dated after 23 August 2011 should have font size control
implemented.

Please note that there appears to be a bug in Internet explorer so the font
size works going forward but not when you return to the previous page - anyone
test it on Google chrome or Opera for me?

Do let me know if you find it useful!

This will only effect those who use one of Nation wides accessible internet 
banking card readers - BEWARE! if your card reader goes wrong it may well take 
months to get a replacement, I've now been waiting 3 months for mine.  I've 
tried ordering over the phone & so far have received 5 non talking devices
although I specifically asked for one, even the manager of my local branch has 
tried twice & has had no luck - I'd suggest you get a spare now just in case!

UPDATE! I've finally received a replacement unit some three months after asking
for it, it was tracked down at another branch.  Nationwide say they are being
redesigned so new ones are coming shortly!

Now back from a week in Tenerife just in time to get the sunshine here!
Busy doing track work on my garden railway viaduct - see the link at
the top of this page to the Blatchington Branch for full details.

Just to show the world my mum is not the only person with green fingers in
this family, mind you it does help that it is the sort of plant you can
forget for up to a month without the bloody thing dying on you!

There are several reasons for why I started to build these pages, firstly it
gives me some practical purpose to play with HTML and Javascript, secondly it
will eventually, hopefully, provide examples of both attractive and accessible 
web page design which can be used as an outline reference for others involved 
in web page creation - who knows, the contents might even be useful!

This site is constantly being tested with a variety of screen readers & access
devices including:-

* Jaws 13.0.718,
* NVDA version 2011.3 with Espeak & BRLTTY 4.3-4,
* Various Alva Braille terminals,
* Nokia N86 & N8 running Nuance talks version 5.22.3,
* Windows 7 64 bit,
* Internet explorer 9 & Mozilla firefox 10.0.

The upshot of all this testing is that these pages should be fully accessible 
by the blind & many of those using speech recognition systems.

I will be adding more detailed notes on design considerations with examples
of small HTML changes that will make all the difference to disabled
users being able to access your web pages easily.

The contents of these pages are always changing so please do visit frequently
to find updates.

If you have noticed any bugs on these pages or have found a broken link please
do let me know via the feedback form which can be found along with my contact 
details.

I'm always looking for bits to add so let me have links I should include
especially if they use fancy HTML that is still accessible.