Accessibility
EPIC is committed to allowing every internet user, regardless of disability or visual impairments, fast and unconstrained access to this website. This site is functional, accessible and conforms to the latest web standards and validation, details of which can be found below.
Navigation and links
- A skip navigation link is available on all pages within the site, allowing easy access to the main content and navigation areas.
- Links are descriptive and written to make sense out of context.
- No links open new or popup windows without warning.
Visual design
- All content images include descriptive ALT attributes with structural graphics having null ALT attributes.
- Images are optimised for fast download times and slower modem browsing.
- This site uses cascading style sheets for much of its visual layout.
- This site only uses relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
- All pages feature a separate printer-friendly style sheet designed to reduce ink and paper use.
Supported browsers
- Firefox 1+
- Internet Explorer 5+
- Netscape 8+
- Opera 8+
- Safari 1+
Standards compliance
- This site complies with Priority Level 1 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- This site conforms to W3C XHTML recommendations and all source code validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
- The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) on this site conform to W3C CSS recommendations.
