- Navigation is consistent throughout the site.
- The main navigation menu is on the top of each page.
- Section links can be found in both the dropdowns or the left hand column of the respective section.
- The footer contains redundant top level navigation links.
- The “look-and-feel” of the website is controlled by style sheets. As a result, users have the option to alter this website’s appearance by substituting their own style sheet.
- If style sheets are disabled, all content is still readable
- The font size of content can be increased using the text re-sizer in the header.
- If you would like to increase the font size of the entire site, use the browser controls or CTRL +/- keys (PC) or CMD +/- (MAC).
- In all modern browsers (i.e. Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, Safari) you can select View > Zoom or use the appropriate keyboard controls.
- In older versions of Internet Explorer, select View > Text Size.
- Unless they are purely decorative items, all images used on this web site have suitable Alt (alternative) attributes.
- Content should be usable/accessible with images “off” (disabled).
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
- Links are written to make sense out of context.
