This website is made up of a series of pages with content about the QE2. Each page is divided into a series of sections. Each section contains a series of tab blocks containing this content. By presenting the content in these tab blocks we have tried to reduce the number of pages you need to visit on this website and the amount of page scrolling you need to do access this content. Where a page section contains more than one tab block please click on the tab headings to switch between the tab blocks. Within these tabs are links to other sections of the website. At the bottom of each page is a full list of links to all pages on this website. These links also contain a link to the homepage for this QE2 website.
This website recognises the importance of ensuring that this site is accessible and is committed to achieving a minimum of conformance level Double-A with the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This website makes extensive use of JavaScript, however every effort has been made to ensure that this website functions in a non-JavaScript enabled browser. If you find the rotating lists are too fast or you just wish to see these as static pages please click on the list content. This will open a new page with the list content displayed to view at your own speed.
This website also has a text-only version which can be accessed at any time by clicking the "Text version" link on any page. Alternatively, on the keyboard, use the "T" access key. The following additional access key shortcuts are also provided: 1 - homepage, 3 - sitemap, 6 - help page, 8 - terms and conditions page, 9 - feedback form and 0 - accessibility page.
Please check your browser help files to learn about how to use access keys. (Firefox requires 'Shift' + 'Alt' followed by access key (earlier versions require 'Alt' followed by access key only); Internet Explorer requires 'Shift' + 'Alt' followed by access key, then 'Enter' (earlier versions require 'Alt' followed by access key only); Opera requires 'Shift' + 'Esc' followed by access key; Safari requires 'Ctrl' followed by access key; and Chrome requires 'Alt' followed by access key.
This website is optimised for screen sizes of 1024 x 768 pixels and higher and has been tested in the following configurations: using Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera on a Microsoft Windows platform, using Mozilla Firefox on an Ubuntu platform and using Safari on an Apple Mac platform. The website uses valid Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML 1.0) and is formatted with valid Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
This website makes extensive use of JavaScript to provide a dynamic visitor experience. JavaScript is used to generate the tabbed pages, rotating lists, clocks, milestones and pop-up windows. This website will function with JavaScript disabled, however the visitor experience will be slightly reduced. If you have problems accessing this website within a non-JavaScript browser please use the text-only version of this website.
Elements of this website - including the QE2 Virtual Tour and QE2 multimedia files - use the Adobe Flash plug-in to deliver this interactive and multimedia content. To view these elements please make sure your system has the Adobe Flash 8 Player plug-in (or above) installed. To comply with accessibility guidelines, and for users unable to install the Adobe Flash plug-in, this website provides non-Flash alternative content wherever possible.
Thank you for visiting our QE2 website. We welcome any feedback from you. If you have any comments or questions please use the contact form to get in touch with this website.
All photographs, multimedia and panoramic images on this website are the sole property of the authors of www.elettra.co.uk and should not be used without permission.
The weather forecast on this QE2 website is provided courtesy of Yahoo UK Weather. The weather symbols were created by Mike Afford Media and are available for purchase.
