Accessibility

With our proven experience working with government funded agencies and projects, we can confidently provide constructive proposals for sensitive tendering processes. This experience helps us to navigate the minefield that can be accessibility responsibilities. We simplify the process for our clients and provide a clear and rigourous framework to set the highest standards and the best examples.

In addition to technical solutions, a grounded research approach through focus groups and social feedback channels helps us make a site for the real people who use it.

Seven million people in the UK have literacy problems and our strict policies carefully combine a variety of best practices for impaired users using screen readers and braille devices as well as the general public. A brief overview includes...

Double & Triple A W3C accessibility, Cross-browser compatibility, Xhtml strict validation, CSS table-less DIV layouts, semantic mark-up, elegant downgrading, high-contrast colour schemes, scalable content, text-to-speech solutions and descriptive tagging.

We could go on, but put simply, these systems and standards protect your company, giving you an ethical creditability and the peace of mind that everyone has the same quality of user journey. If your not sure how these considerations affect your business or service we are always happy to advise.

After all of the focus on technical solutions one simple and practical truth remains, the site has to be usable. This requires a comprehensive common-sense approach. It’s all about getting people to their content as quickly and conveniently as possible. Good design, clear labeling, distinct hierarchies and an aversion to clutter give a clean and purposeful site which people will return to and recommend.