Accessibility Statement

Michael Gaskell is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adheres to many of the available standards and guidelines.

We have designed our website with the following accessibility guidelines in mind:

• Our pages are designed so that they can be viewed at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. Although many users now have widescreen monitors or use laptops, this is still a widely used baseline for screen size.
• Page structure is conveyed using header elements where applicable.
• A stylesheet is used on our website to seperate content from design.
• Text can be increased or decreased in size by using the "Zoom" option in your browser. More information about using Text Zoom.

Access Keys

The most important pages of the Michael Gaskell site have been assigned access keys. You can read more about access keys and learn how to use them in your browser at wikipedia. The following keys are set up on Michael Gaskell:

• h : Home Page
• c : Contact Us
• a : Accessibility Statement (This page)

For example: On Windows in Firefox 3, you should press <alt> and <shift> and <h> to use the "h" access key for the homepage.

Browser Compatibility

This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for XHTML and CSS. Using standards compliant XHTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly. We aim to support all standards based browsers. Our site has been tested and confirmed to work correctly in the following browsers:

• Firefox v3.0.x
• Internet Explorer v7/ v8
• Internet Explorer v6.0
• Opera 9.6x
• Safari (Windows/Apple Mac)
• Google Chrome