The SElias.org website has been designed from the ground up to be accessible to as wide a base of people as possible, including those who use assistive technology. The steps taken to ensure this broad base of usability also help make our site easy to use, quick to download, and consistent across a wide range of platforms and devices.
All pages are designed using strict XHTML 1.0, giving the best guaranty of compatibility with past, present, and future web browsers and applications. CSS is used for all page layout and design details. Tables are now only used for the display of tabular data.
If you use an older browser
CSS, which we use for layout and design, is not fully supported by older web browsers, resulting in unpredictable display. To deal with this problem we have hidden the CSS from these older browsers that do not conform to web standards. However, even if you use one of these browsers, you will still be able to access all of our content presented with a simplified layout.
Statistics show that more than 95% of our audience use browsers that support CSS. If you are one of the small percentage of people that are unable to see our site as intended, please visit the Web Standards Project's "Browse Happy" website, which gives useful information on upgrading to standards-compliant graphical browsers. The Web Standards Project is an independent, vendor neutral organization.
If you are unable or unwilling to upgrade your browser or if you are prevented from seeing our CSS for other reasons, we hope that you will enjoy the more basic interface. Although not as visually appealing as the CSS interface, it should be just as usable.
If you use a text only browser
We have take steps to ensure that users of text only browsers find it easier to use our sites than before, with the addition of "jump" links and features such as horizontal rules to visually separate the content. Site navigation appears after the main content, and is constructed using lists to make it more comprehensible.
Feedback
We have done our best to ensure that our accessible sites render consistently across as wide a range of browsers as possible. Due to slight discrepancies between browsers, imperfections may appear. If you find significant bugs with our site, please contact us - we appreciate all feedback.