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This page describes the features that have been incorporated into the site to aid the usability and accessibility for all users. You may wish to print this page for reference.
If your browser supports 'cookies' you may customise this site using the Style Switcher feature which allows various colour combinations and a text only version of the site.
This section describes some of the navigational features to get you around the site more easily.
This site is coded to with some quick 'access keys'. Most modern Internet browsers allow users to quickly jump to specific links using a combination of keystrokes (see below).
On a Windows™ keyboard, you can simultaneously press ALT + another character, followed by ENTER to go to that page; On an Apple™ Mac, you can press Control + another character key followed by ENTER to go to that page. Your browser or Internet device may use a different combination of keys so check your software help files.
Most pages on this site have a link that allows you to skip the main menu by going straight to the page content. This is usually the first link on the page. We've also added a "To Menu" and "Home" links on each page below the main content as a shortcut to these areas.
Using the TAB key will sequentially take you from one link to another. Where necessary, links on this site have been given a TAB order to allow quick access to each link. The general TAB order for links in most pages is as follows:
Where necessary, most links have a text title that describes the link in greater detail. This description is usually shown as a 'fly-out' or speech balloon when you hover the mouse cursor over the link.
The Foresight Project supports 'Accessible and Usable Web Design'. The badges and icons listed above, show that the Foresight Project have considered how this web site may be used by many different users, including disabled people or people with special equipment.
Many visitors to web sites have special needs and so cannot always view pages as well as able bodied people. For instance some people (e.g. the elderly, mobility impaired, blind, etc) cannot use a mouse, or read web pages because of poor eyesight. Some people may use a special speech browser or braille machine to 'read' the Internet. This site is designed to help these people.
All pages produced on the Foresight Project web site conform to the 'W3C' Web Accessibility Initiative Guidelines. The "World Wide Web Consortium" are global guardians of all major Internet technologies. They encourage web developers and web site owners to practice compliance of universal and published web design standards.
The pages of this web site are independently tested manually and using validation software.
- This site is BOBBY approved which means they comply with at least the Priority 1 guidelines of the Web Content Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- This site validates to at least xHTML 1.0 Transitional
- The style sheets on this site validate as CSS 2
We have tried to ensure this web site works for as many people as possible. Before it's release the site is tested on various browsers, PCs, Apple Macs and software, including:
NOTE: Other devices may not show the site as intended but will display the main text.
All important images used in this site include descriptive 'ALT' attributes to describe the image to non-vision users. These act like captions for you to read. Purely decorative graphics, such as bullet points and arrows, include a null or asterisk ALT value which will be read by a speech or text device. This ALT description is usually shown as a 'fly-out' or speech balloon when you hover the mouse cursor over the image.
Complex images, photographs and video will include a nearby link to another page to explain the significance of each image to non-visual users.
For the easiest experience this site requires a web browser that supports modern web standards, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or above or Netscape 6.1 or above. You may find other browsers work well too like Opera or Mozilla. However, the site will still be readable in most older browsers but may not show the pages as intended.
Many of the above hints and tips form part of the published guidelines for Web Standards by the 'W3C'. These standards are to ensure web designers and developers build web sites that work without error, are usable by more people and accessible to the disabled. For more information about web site accessibility please check the following web sites:
This site has been designed, built and tested by Digit@l Idiom Web Design(Grimsby) to comply with web accessibility guidelines. Digit@l Idiom Web Design specialise in making web sites disability friendly.
Digit@l Idiom Ltd are registered members of the UK Web Design Association (UKDWA) who encourage and promote industry standards within the British web design sector. Digit@l Idiom are also members of the Guild for Accessible Web Designers who operate an international register of web designers who have proved they promote and build accessible and disability friendly web sites.
If you find any problems with the site or can suggest improvements to it's usability then please contact us. We'll be glad of your help.