Accessibility, Performance and Privacy Statement • Karolina S.

I believe in an open, inclusive web. It should be accessible to everyone, no matter their device, browser, network speed, data allowance, privacy precautions and ability. This page outlines accessibility, performance and privacy-oriented steps I’ve taken to make this website easy to browse.

Letting me know about problems with this site

I’m a lifelong learner and always appreciate feedback, so, if you experienced any issues with this website, please email me. I appreciate your time and will take steps to address it.

Accessibility statement

Standards I adhere to

This website strives to meet level AA in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 to ensure easy access for a global audience. It’s been tested accordingly to this standard.

Accessibility features

While specific strategies for meeting accessibility standards are listed in the WCAG 2.2 specification, here’s a summary of high-level goals I commit to. This website:

Uses plain, descriptive language
Has semantic markup, enhanced by WAI-ARIA
Is keyboard accessible, with visible focus elements
Provides meaningful, alternative text for all media
Has logical content and heading flow
Identifies links that open in an external window
Provides skip and back to top links
Has sufficient colour contrast
Maintains sufficient text size (that can be enlarged)
Avoids sudden movements and jarring animation
Ensures appropriate clickable elements for mobile devices

Technical specification

This website uses the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer: HTML, ARIA, CSS, and SVG.

Performance statement

Standards I adhere to

This website strives to meet recommended ranges for Core Web Vitals and Web Vitals to ensure fast loading, as well as visual and interaction stability. It’s been tested accordingly to those ranges. Check a recent report.

Performance features

When designing and building this website, I took an approach of minimising the amount of data transferred and implemented numerous strategies (outlined below) to assure the best performance and the lowest environmental footprint. This website:

Avoids using JavaScript
Has no third-party scripts
Compresses all assets
Appropriately prioritises requests
Uses efficient media formats
Uses modern webfont formats with fallbacks

Privacy statement

Everyone should be able to browse the web without the need to jump through complex hoops to not be tracked. That’s why this website uses no tracking scripts. Happy browsing!