BFC Home Page Intro:
Alternative-Text Label —

The "Rolling Text" animated message displayed on this site's home page introduces the BarrierFreeChoices concept and briefly explains the importance of the service we provide to help increase the profitability of your business or professional service, IF you are able to meet the needs of the market we serve. Here's the text of the complete animated message:

"We can help Your Retail Business or Professional Practice reach a Trillion-Dollar Consumer Market ...

"Mathematically, that's (greater than $1 times 10 to the 12th power), or over $1,000,000,000,000.00
— More than Most Nations' GDP!
(GDP = "Gross Domestic Product")

"BFC serves America's Largest 'Minority Population Segment' ... About 22% of the U.S. Population! (according to recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics)

"Want Your Share of That Market? Click the 'Welcome' Button and Learn How BFC Can Help You!"

Technical Data:
The "Rolling Text" concept , with the accompanying "alternate-text" labels and pop-up alternative-text windows (such as you are reading now) has been developed over several years to provide an instant synopsis or summary of "what you will find here" clearly presented on each BarrierFreeChoices website's entry page to enable quick navigation by users of BFC's Information Service.

This "rolling text" presents the basic concept of a particular website in one place, with no need to scroll through long pages, which helps avoid confusion and makes it possible for almost anyone to quickly find what they really want in our system in a few seconds, rather than wandering in bewildered frustration.

Since some people who use BFC's service may have a visual impairment or physical disability (such as arthritis) which could present challenges in website navigation, we try to design our navigation process for ease of use, especially by those individuals with minimal skills in "surfing the 'net" to maximize accessibility for the widest variety of users.

SCREEN RESOLUTION:
BFC websites are designed for viewing at 800 x 600 pixel screen resolution, thus minimizing the need for "side-to-side" scrolling by visually impaired users, or those using older computers.

If your monitor is adjusted to display at a higher screen resolution, you may notice blank areas at the sides of your screen on most of our pages.

BROWSER COMPATIBILITY:
BFC websites are designed for use with Microsoft Internet Explorer, and are backwards-compatible for IE versions 5 through 7. Our sites are also regularly tested for compatibility with current and recent versions of Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera.

FLASH TECHNOLOGY:
We use minimal "flash" technology and no "cascading menus" on our websites, as studies have shown these features can have adverse effects on viewers with certain neurological disorders, and also adversely affect accessibility to those visually-impaired users of our Service who use text readers. We try to inform our users in advance (if we know) when we link to web pages that use "flash."

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS:
We always welcome input from our users, although it may sometimes take several weeks to receive a reply. Please direct your comments to:
webmaster@barrierfreechoices.com

Illustration by the BFC Art Department.