Accessibility statement
WHSmith Movies Direct is committed to making its website as accessible as possible to all its users. In order to achieve this, we have implemented a series of design and editorial guidelines and introduced several features to improve accessibility for users with special needs and/or those using assistive devices.
If you have any questions regarding the accessibility of the WHSmith Movies Direct site, please email accessibility@lovefilm.com.
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
If the features below are available to you, they can be accesses by the following access keys:
- Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
- Access key 1 - Home page
- Access key 2 - Skip over navigation
- Access key 3 - Sign in/Sign out
- Access key 4 - Search
- Access key 5 - Help
- Access key 6 - Browse titles
- Access key 7 - Downloads
- Access key 8 - Film extras
- Access key M - Site map
- Access key L - Learn more
- Access key S - Sign up
- Access key A - My account
- Access key Q - Rental queue/My selections
- Access key R - Recommendations
- Access key O - Special offers
Accessibility methods used on this web site
Listed below are some of the techniques used throughout this web site to make it accessible to a wide audience.
- CSS layout & design
Separates content from design & degrades well in all browsers - ALT tags on images
Descriptive text alternatives for all images - Skip navigation link
Enables jumping over navigation elements - Re-sizable fonts
All fonts can be resized via your browser's "View" menu - Title tags
To aid navigation where the link name is not enough - Label tags
To aid navigation on form elements - Access keys
To aid navigation for mobility impaired users - High contrast
Dark text on a white background for the bulk of text for vision impaired users
