Squeeze Digital is committed to ensuring that the work it produces is accessible to as many members of the user community as possible. This statement outlines our approach to standards compliance, as well as a statement about the use of Adobe Flash on marketing websites.
Where possible, the following accessibility features are incorporated into websites:
- There is a text equivalent for every non-text element
- Documents are organised so that they can be read without Style Sheets
- When scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off all pages are still useable
- Relative units are used in fonts so that users can control the text size
- No pop-up or new windows are used without informing the user
- Navigation mechanisms are used in a consistent manner
- All event-handlers are device independent
Access Keys
Some browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press the 'alt' key and the access key; on Macintosh, you can press then 'ctrl' key and the access key.
The pages on this website adhere to the recommended UK Government access keys standard:
S. Skip Navigation and jump to start of main content
1. Home
2. What's New
3. Site Map
4. Search
5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
6. Help
7. Complaints Procedure
8. Terms and Conditions
9. Feedback Form
0. Access Key Details
Accessibility Validation
Websites produced by Squeeze use CSS, XHTML 1.0 Transitional and conform with Conformance Level "Double-A" of the WCAG (Priorities 1 and 2), verified by Bobby AA certification.
Bobby is an independent code checker that is used to check accessibility in accordance with the W3C's Web Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Each individual page of the site has been tested and passed.
Accessibility Standards
1. Websites produced by Squeeze support XHTML 1.0 Transitional [Extensible HyperText Markup Language version 1.0 Transitional DTD]. This is indicated inside the <!doctype> tags on all pages:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
The pages have been tested against the standards for Transitional HTML given by World Wide Web Consortium [www.w3c.org] as indicated by the following icon:
2. All pages produced by Squeeze feature CSS [Cascading Style Sheets]. Some browsers do not support all features in CSS and as a consequence you might experience irregularities in the design.
Issues have been known to occur using these browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x
- Netscape Navigator 4.x
- Opera 3.X
- Any older versions of the above mentioned
All pages produced by Squeeze have been tested against the standards given by World Wide Web Consortium [www.w3c.org] as indicated by the following icon:
Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x users are deliberately excluded from some features due to the poor support for Cascading Style Sheets. Recent Netscape versions (6, 7, 8) have increased support for CSS.
This site has been evaluated on the basis of Priority 1 and 2 items in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as indicated by this icon:
By displaying this logo this site indicates a claim of conformance by the page author or content provider to conformance level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the Guidelines. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Conformance to these Guidelines will help make the Web more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users.
Test Coverage
Squeeze tests website against the following web browsers and platforms:
PC
- Internet Explorer (PC) 5.5, 6 SP2, 7
- Firefox 1.0, 2.0
- Netscape Navigator 7, 8
- Opera 8.01, 9.02
Mac
- Safari 1.2
- Firefox 1.0, 2.x
- Camino
- Mozilla
- Opera 8.01, 9.02
Use of Adobe Flash
As a digital direct marketing agency, Squeeze and it's clients face a constant compromise between delivering highly accessible websites, and making highly engaging content with impact that captures the attention of the user community.
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) provides a mechanism for creating high impact websites, and is used as such on the majority of big brand websites. When considering the use of Flash, Squeeze considers the competitive environment for each individual client.
Whenever a website uses Macromedia Flash, Squeeze shall pay suitable consideration to members of the user community by providing alternative content.
Squeeze welcomes questions regarding this accessibility statement by e-mailing us at accessibility@squeezedigital.com.