Site Accessibility
The Royal Yacht Britannia web site has been developed to comply with the international web accessibility standards issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as part of their Web Accessibility Initiative. All reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that top level and main content pages conform to: W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0"
The site meets World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) AAA-level standard. You can read more about these standards by clicking on the icon above.
XHTML 1.0 is the W3C's first Recommendation for the Hypertext Markup Language, XHTML. XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML 4.01 in XML. XHTML has been designed to make web pages more accessible to those with physical disabilities.
This website validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict.
The Royal Yacht Britannia website uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) as a mechanism for adding consistent style (e.g. fonts, colours, layout) to the web documents. The style sheet used on The Royal Yacht Britannia website validates as CSS.
Access Keys
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that provide quick and easy access to main pages without the need for a pointing device such as a mouse. Navigation links that are common to most pages on this web site have been assigned shortcut keys for easier access. They have been included to assist users with disabilities to navigate more easily around the web site. The following Access Keys are available:
1 = Homepage
2 = Plan your visit
3 = Host an event
4 = History of Britannia
5 = Caring for Britannia
a = Accessibility statement
c = Contact us
s = Sitemap
How to use access keys
The use of access keys varies depending which browser software and platform you are using.
For Internet Explorer
- Press and hold the ‘Alt’ key
- Press the required letter/number
- Release the keys and press the ‘Enter’ key
For Netscape Navigator, Mozilla and Firefox
- Press and hold the ‘Alt’ key
- Press the required letter/number
For Apple Mac browsers (except Opera)
- Use the ‘Ctrl’ key instead of the ‘Alt’ key
Access keys are not supported by the following browser
- Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac
- Netscape versions earlier than 6
- Opera all versions
Text size
Some users may find the text on the website easier to read by altering the font size. This can be achieved by using the text-size selector situated at the top of every page.
Browsers
The pages within this web site have been tested on the latest versions of the following browsers;
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
- Netscape
- Mozilla
- Lynx
Pages within this web site may not display as intended in older browsers such as Netscape (versions 4). Please upgrade the version of your browser to view pages as intended.
Javascript
In some instances this site uses JavaScript for displaying content and highlighting errors in form completion. If your browser does not support JavaScript, the site will still function but it is recommended that you use a JavaScript enabled browser to experience the full functionality of the website.