Accessibility statement

We want everyone to be able to read this site, find their way around it, and get in touch with us, whatever device or assistive technology they use. We build towards the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA.

This site uses a lot of motion and a few 3D scenes, so we set one rule for ourselves: none of it may carry information you can't get another way. Every scene is decoration on top of plain text that says the same thing.

We have not had an independent audit. Everything below is what we built and then checked ourselves.

• If your device is set to reduce motion, the site follows it automatically.
• The Motion switch in the site menu changes the site to Lo-Fi at any time, and it remembers your choice. In Lo-Fi, smooth scrolling is off, scroll-driven scenes hold still, the moving row of possible answers becomes a still grid, and the cursor effects are gone.
• In full motion, the row of possible answers under "What we can build" drifts on its own. It stops while your pointer or keyboard focus is on it, and Lo-Fi stops it for good.
• Every visit opens with a short loading screen that lasts only as long as the site takes to load, with a line that fills as it does. On a first visit, an animated opening of about four seconds follows; the Skip intro button, the Esc key, or scrolling ends it early. Scrolling is held while either is on screen.
• Jumping to a section from the menu briefly covers the page with a screen naming the destination. In Lo-Fi the page moves there directly.

• A "Skip to content" link is the first thing the Tab key reaches.
• Every link, button, and form field can be reached and used from the keyboard, with a visible focus outline.
• Pop-up windows move focus inside when they open, keep it there while they are open, close with Escape, and put focus back where it was.
• In the row of possible answers, the arrow keys move the row, and each one slides into view when it receives focus.
• At the end of the home page, when nothing else has focus, the Enter key presses the large key on screen and opens the contact page.
• The live previews of our work are skipped by the keyboard, because each one is a whole website. Every preview has a "Visit the concept" link that opens the full site instead.

• Each page has one main heading, and the headings under it follow in order.
• The 3D scenes, particles and cursor effects are hidden from assistive technology.
• Form fields have visible labels. Hints and error messages are connected to their field, focus goes to the first field that needs attention, and the confirmation after sending is announced.
• Meaningful images have text alternatives, and decorative ones are hidden.

• Body text has a contrast ratio above 7:1 against the background. The faintest small text we use measures about 4.8:1, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks for.
• Buttons and standalone links are at least 44 pixels tall. The service tiles have smaller titles, but the whole tile can be pressed.
• Pages reflow to fit a phone screen without sideways scrolling, and text can be zoomed.
• Every page is delivered as finished HTML, so the words are there even if JavaScript does not run. The details inside pop-up windows need JavaScript.

• We have not yet tested with every combination of screen reader and browser. If yours struggles with something, we want to hear about it.
• Some scroll-driven scenes, such as the gold thread through the four steps and the key at the end of the home page, are visual only. The same information is on the page as text, and Lo-Fi presents them without movement.
• The live previews in "Studio work" are separate demo sites. They have not all been reviewed to the standard of this page.

If anything on this site is hard to use, that is a bug, and we would like to fix it. Write to digitalfridaystudios@gmail.com or use the contact page. It helps to tell us:

• the page, and what you were trying to do
• what happened instead
• your device and browser, and any assistive technology you use

We usually reply within a day. If we can't fix something straight away, we will help you get the information or reach us another way in the meantime.