Accessibility

Over the past few years there has been an increasing awareness of accessibility issues. How easy is a site to use for people with visual or physical impairments? Will it work successfully with assistive technologies such as screen readers? We are keen to follow 'best practice' in this context and are continually striving to ensure that sites which we develop are as accessible as we can make them. Amongst other things, that means we do our best to ensure that...
  • Our pages contain valid HTML. We currently check this using the W3C's HTML validator
  • Our pages comply with WAI guidelines. We currently check this using the the Cynthia Says WAI validator
  • We only use 'scalable' text on ourt sites. Most modern browsers include a mechanism for scaling text to help those with difficulty reading small text. This is often done by holding down the [Ctrl] key and scrolling the mouse wheel.
  • We use clean and simple styles without graphic buttons to ensure that this feature works, however, if you feel that the use of graphic buttons is an essential part of your design, we will happy to follow your requirement.
  • We test finished sites on a number of browsers and operating systems. These currently include...
    • Internet Explorer 5 / Windows 98
    • Internet Explorer 5.5 / Windows 2000
    • Internet Explorer 6 / Firefox 1.5, Opera 8.5, Netscape 7.2 / Windows XP
    • Internet Explorer 5.5 on Mac OS8.5
  • Our sites display properly in popular screen sizes, including 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024