About this site

The DEFT web site is designed to be accessible and usable for the widest possible audience. Our site is Level AA accessibility compliant and complies with the most recent guidelines from the Web Accessibility Initiative and the Disability Discrimination Act.

Our site uses CSS rather than tables for layout to increase accessibility and make the site compatible with all browsers and access technologies regardless of age or type.

Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla/Gecko based browsers
Modern standards compliant web browsers and recommended for all users. The site is displayed as intended.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 PC and 4.5 Mac
Mostly a standards compliant web browser although does not support all modern starndards. The site is displayed as intended.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and 5.5 PC
Patchy support for web standards. The site is displayed as intended.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 PC
Poor support for web standards. The site is displayed as a plain version.
Netscape Navigator 6.0 and 7.0 PC
A modern standards compliant web browser. The site is displayed as intended.
Netscape Navigator 4.x PC
Poor support for web standards. The site is displayed as a plain version.
Opera 6.0 and 7.0 PC
A modern standards compliant web browser. The site is displayed as intended although the top navigation bar displays vertically not horizontally.
Lynx text browser
A text only browser with a smaller user base. Our support for Lynx demonstrates that our techniques create web sites that are accessible across the spectrum of browsers.

W3C Validation

This web site is built using code compliant with W3C standards for xHTML and Cascading Style Sheets. The site displays correctly with standards compliant browsers, and using xHTML means that any future browsers will also display this web site correctly.

Web Accessibility Initiative Level AA conformance

This web site conforms to Level AA of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities.