This site is written to take advantage of the features present in current Web standards. If you want to guarantee you'll have access to all the site's features, you should be using Mozilla Firefox - which you can download by clicking on the graphic to the right - or Apple's Safari if you're on a Mac. Internet Explorer users should be able to view the site without too many problems other than painfully slow rendering at times, but even the newest version (IE 7) has significant limitations when it comes to support of dynamic Web pages - specifically with Cascading Style Sheets level 2. Give Mozilla Firefox a try - while it might take a little longer to initially start up than IE does (no surprise since IE loads as soon as you start Windows, whether you're using it or not), Firefox loads pages noticably faster and more correctly than IE. Not to mention that, over the past several years, Firefox has been significantly more secure than Internet Explorer.
I've tried to structure the site so older browsers will be able to see plain-vanilla versions of the pages, but it's possible pages may look rather odd at times. It also may be harder to navigate around the site than you might expect. But Web standards have advanced a long way since the days of Netscape 4. Since capable modern browsers are freely available for download, there's just no good reason to keep using your old browser anymore!
If the site looks weird to you but you really don't want to upgrade your browser for some reason, then turn stylesheets off in your browser's preferences. That should render the pages easier to read (although rather boring...).
The pages are designed to be viewed at a minimum screen size of 800x600 in 24-bit (true) color. Most computers purchased in the last half-dozen years will meet or exceed this specification without your having to make any changes whatsoever.
All contents © 1997-2007 Travis Saling
This page was last updated
August 17, 2007