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This site may not look right on older browsers (especially Netscape 4.x), but it should be usable. If you have problems viewing the site, please let me know.
You might like to consider upgrading your browser to one that is more compliant with web standards.
Poor eyesight? Need larger text? Prefer smaller?
Psyclick provides scalable text
- Do you have poor eyesight or a visual impairment? Do you have a fuzzy monitor?
- Or would you like to fit more text on the screen?
- Every page on psyclick.org.uk supports text scaling.
- You can change the size of the text in your browser.
[Internet Explorer] [Netscape 6] [Netscape Navigator] [Netscape Communicator] [Firefox] [Opera]
Internet Explorer
- Select View in the menu
- then select Text Size
- then select a different size
Netscape 6
- Select View in the menu
- then select Text Size
Netscape Navigator (pre v6)
- Select View in the menu
- then select Increase (or Decrease) Font
Netscape Communicator (pre v6)
- Select View in the menu
- then select Increase (or Decrease) Font
- Select View in the menu
- then select Text Zoom
- then change the percentage zoom
- Or simply use "Ctrl +" or "Ctrl -"
- Use the the drop-down zoom box at the top of the browser
- or press "+" to zoom in or "-" to zoom out
How old is your browser?
You might like to consider upgrading your browser to one that is more compliant with web standards.
There are many browsers available on the internet, and most of them are free. The most popular are:
- Firefox - fast and free - highly recommended
- Opera - fast and powerful, and nowadays it's free
- Camino - a fast and free client for MacOS X, like Firefox
- SeaMonkey - was known as Mozilla suite, including email client and web page composer
- Internet Explorer - no big updates for a while, still waiting for version 7
AccessKey navigation
What are AccessKeys?
The AccessKey system provides keyboard shortcuts as an alternative form of navigation. This allows users with limited physical capabilities to navigate some key areas of the site more easily. It is also handy for people who simply prefer to navigate the web using their keyboard, rather than a mouse.
How to use AccessKeys
- Internet Explorer 5-6 - hold the ALT key and press the letter of the relevant accesskey together, then press RETURN
- Internet Explorer 4 - hold the ALT key and press the letter of the relevant accesskey
- Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox - hold the ALT key and press the letter of the relevant accesskey
- Mac users - hold the CTRL key and press the letter of the relevant accesskey
The letters referred to are those underlined in the menu and footer of each page:
- a
- About psyclick.org.uk
- b
- Top of the page
- c
- Courses - impressions, what to expect at interviews
- d
- Downloads - posters, example application forms and more
- e
- Reading - suggestions for futher reading
- f
- Forum - join discussions with other users of this site
- g
- Groups - information on local psychology graduate groups
- h
- Home page
- i
- Skip navigation to main content
- j
- Jobs - relevant posts and where to find them
- k
- Feedback - what do you think of psyclick.org.uk?
- l
- Links - a collection of useful internet links
- n
- Contribute - contribute words and ideas to this site
- o
- Contact - contact the producer of this site
- p
- Privacy policy
- r
- Articles - reviews of anything useful, essays on your experiences etc.
- s
- Search this site
- t
- Thoughts - reflections, ideas and gems of advice
- u
- Support this site
- w
- What's new on this site
- y
- Copying policy
Web standards compliance
- All pages should validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional, except for the forum which is in HTML 4
- All pages should be useable without CSS
- All markup should be semantic
Links
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
- Whever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Many browsers can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list, separately from the page.
- There are no
javascript: pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off.
- There are no links that open new windows without warning.
Images
- This site does not use many images, for rapid downloading and accessibility for all browsers.
- All images include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.
Acronyms and abbreviations
Due to the jargon-laden nature of the psychology profession, psyclick contains a few acronyms and abbreviations. Most are tagged with a dotted underline, and by hovering your pointer over the term (often a TLM), you can see its definition. I have also created a glossary.
With thanks to W3Schools.com and Mark Pilgrim.