Accessibility Statement
Standards Compliance
Our new website has just launched, we intend to make all pages on simon.ie comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 to the highest possible level. Please bear with us as we work through any issues on the website.
When developing our website we used a combination of automated software checks and manual checks to test for accessibility.
There are several elements of a website that can affect its accessibility, they include, but are not limited to:
Images
All content images have an alternative description when not available or turned off. Images which are merely for decorating purposes contain a null alternative description to not confuse users using screen readers.
Tables
Tables are only used for what they are for: showing tabular data. The site’s design does not rely on any tables which is a major benefit for screen readers and loading time.
Tables are written in standard compliant mark-up. They contain a summary and headers are labelled as such to make the data for users with visual disabilities.
Links
All links make sense if read out of context.
Colour
All colours have high contrasts between foreground and background for a high legibility and people with sight problems.
Adjustable Text Size
Text size can be adjusted because relative font sizes are used rather than absolute sizes.
Most browsers have a menu choice to adjust the font size.
Style Sheets
Content and presentation are strictly separated. For all visual elements style sheets are used.
However, if style sheets are not supported or turned off, the site is still usable to its fullest extent.
Forms
All fields in a form are labelled correctly and use default, place-holding characters like required by WCAG 1.0.
Logical Tab Order
A logical tab order is created throughout the website.
Valid and standard conform CSS and XHTML
All of the coding uses valid CSS and valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Browser compatible
The site can be viewed on various browsers including PDAs and screen-readers.
Applets and Scripts
We passed on the use of applets and scripts wherever possible.