This website has been designed to be accessible to all users, irrespective of browser type, speed of connection or physical ability.
Access Keys
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow users to navigate around the website without
having to use a mouse or similar device.
The UK Government recommended accesskeys that are used for on this site:
0 - Access key details
1 - Home
2 - What's New
3 - Site map
8 - Terms and conditions
Internet Explorer users should press the 'alt' key together with the relevant accesskey, then 'enter'
Firefox users should press 'alt' together with 'shift' and accesskey
Macintosh users should press the 'ctrl' key together with the accesskey, then 'enter'.
Browser Compatibility
This site has been checked in the following web browsers:
Arora 0.8.0
Dillo (text only browser)
Firefox 3.5.2
Galeon 2.0.6
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 7 (and on the Blackberry)
lynx (text only browser)
Midori 0.1.2
Opera 9.64
Safari (and on the i-phone)
w3m (text only browser)
Colour Contrasts
The colours used on the website have all be chosen from the pallete used by the Scout Association for the different sections, as well as the apparently 'web-safe' code as defined by the Association (see here). Since designing the site however, it has been pointed out to the Webmaster that the Scout Association Purple #4d1979 is not one of the original 216 web-safe colours as defined by the web standards. While she is still waiting for a reply from Scout Base the decision to stick to the purple has been taken, since the whole idea of 'web-safe' colours has flaws anyway.
More importantly that this though is that in order to comply with the World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines text or diagrams and their background must have a luminosity contrast ratio of at least 5:1 for level 2 conformance to guideline 1.4 (10:1 for level 3 conformance).
#ffffff - White
#9900CC - Cub Mid Purple
Normal-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 6.43)
Protanopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 7.31)
Deuteranopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 5.08)
Tritanopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 6.37)
#000000 - black
#99CC00 - light green
Normal-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 11.14)
Protanopia-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 11.50)
Deuteranopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 9.89)
Tritanopia-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 10.64)
#4d1979 - Scout Purple
#ffffff - White
Normal-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 12.56)
Protanopia-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 13.08)
Deuteranopia-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 11.28)
Tritanopia-Passed at Level 3 (The contrast ratio is: 12.52)
#99CC00 - Scout Green
#4d1979 - Scout Purple
Normal-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 6.66)
Protanopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 7.21)
Deuteranopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 5.34)
Tritanopia-Passed at Level 2 (The contrast ratio is: 6.36)
The following shows that this colour combination has failed - however this is only used for block colours,
not text and therefore in order to ensure recognised scout colours were used, the decision was made to include it anyway:
#9900CC - Cub Mid Purple
#99CC00 - Scout Green
Normal-Fail (The contrast ratio is: 3.41)
Protanopia-Fail (The contrast ratio is: 4.03)
Deuteranopia-Fail (The contrast ratio is: 2.41)
Tritanopia-Fail (The contrast ratio is: 3.23)