Accessibility information

This site has been carefully crafted to be accessible to virtually everyone. If you have any issues in using this site then we would be pleased to hear from you. There's always room for improvement.

Restaurant accessibility information coming soon...

Browser text-size adjustments

The text on this web site has been designed to allow you to use browser controls to resize it to whatever size works best for you.

TIP: If using a mouse with a scroll wheel. Hold down the control (Ctrl) key and scroll the wheel to increase or decrease text-size in most modern browsers.

Firefox (Windows & Mac):
The control and the plus key together increases the font size. Control minus decreases the font size.
Internet Explorer (Windows):
From the menu bar select View > Text Size, and choose a suitable text size.
Netscape and Mozilla (Windows):
From the menu bar select View > Text Zoom, and choose a suitable text size.
Opera (Windows):
From the menu bar select View > Zoom, and choose a suitable page magnification.
Safari (Mac):
From the menu bar select View > Make Text Bigger, and increase to a suitable text size.
Internet Explorer (Mac):
From the menu bar select View > Text Size, and choose a suitable text size.
Netscape & Mozilla (Mac):
From the menu bar select View > Text Zoom, and choose a suitable text size.
Opera (Mac) users:
From the menu bar select View > Zoom, and choose a suitable page magnification.

Design criteria

Visual design

  1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
  2. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
  3. If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets, the content of each page is still readable and navigable.
  4. With style sheets switched off you are presented with an almost text-only version of the page.

Images

  1. All content images used in this site include descriptive alt attributes.
  2. Images used purely for decoration are coded as background images through CSS and therefore do not appear in the XHTML mark-up at all.

JavaScript usage

This site uses JavaScript in order to improve functionality and usability:

  1. All JavaScript functions and calls are held in separate files.
  2. The site is fully usable and navigable with JavaScript off.

Standards compliance

  1. Watchfire: Bobby WorldWide approved double a conformanceAll pages on this site are Bobby AA approved, complying with all the Bobby guidelines. This is always a judgment call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in full compliance.
  2. WAI priority two - double a conformance All pages on this site is WCAG AA approved, complying with all priority 1, and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Again, a judgment call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. I have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that these pages are in full compliance.
  3. Section 508 compliantAll pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. Again, a judgment call.
  4. Valid XHTML 1.0 strictAll pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict. This is not a judgment call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, check this page for XHTML validity.
  5. A prompt double AAll pages on this site use structured semantic markup. The first heading (h1) is the company name and tag line the second the content title (default centre column) and subsequent headings h3 to h6 are used in the correct order for sub-headings.