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The Web Corner
One of the most frustrating things a person can experience is when they have problems viewing a web page. For this reason we have created this page to give you the viewer a few tips on using web browsers in general and viewing our site in particular.

Viewing Our Web Pages
First lets start with the basic requirements for our site.   As with most Web sites today, our site is designed to be viewed at a specific standard.

  • Screen Resolution - We use a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, and 16 bit color (16 million colors) to design our graphic images. We have found we can achieve a much more appealing look at this resolution and color setting

    • If your computer screen is set to a lower resolution (say 640 x 480) the graphics displayed will be too larger for the screen.

    • If you use a color setting of 256 colors or less the graphics will look very grainy and the colors will not be very pure.

  • Browser used - Our site is best viewed by using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (MSIE) version 5.5 or higher. There are several reasons for using this browser.

    • MSIE is optimized to work with the Windows 95 Operating system. As a result, Web pages will load faster.

    • MSIE provides better control of the space between lines of text.

    • MSIE provides better support for special coding such as CGI and Java script. This allows us to give you a better looking presentation on the Web page.

  • While you can successfully view our site with Netscape version 4.5 or higher, some of the formatting will be different between the two browsers.

  • If you do not have one of the above browsers, believe me it is well worth the time needed to download and install one of these programs.

    • Your time on the Internet will be much more enjoyable.

    • Web sites will load much faster with a newer browser.

  • See www.about-the-web.com for more information on Web Browsers.
Browser Problems We checked our Web site with one of the well known certification sites and found the biggest problem with viewing our site will occur if you do not have one of the latest browsers. When our site is viewed with an older browser such as Netscape's version 3.0 or MSIE 4.0, we found the following problems will occur.

  • The browser will not support some of the latest coding techniques (we use HTML transitional 4.0).

  • The right and left text columns will run together and be unreadable.

  • Colors used on our pages will not be pure.

  • We suggest you download and install the latest browser of your choice.

Graphics Used - We use a technique called "Image Mapping" to produce links on our site. We have found this to be the best way to control links to other pages.

  • The drawback to this method is that pictures tend to load slower the first time.

  • We are in the process of converting our graphic images from the GIF format to the JPG format whenever possible. This will help each page to load faster.

Speeding Up Your Internet Access
There are a number of factors that determine how fast you can connect to and load an Internet Web Page. Your MODEM speed and Internet Service Provider (ISP) are key factors in how well your browser performs.
  • MODEM Speed Over the last few years MODEM speeds have steadily increased. Purchasing a newer high speed 56K MODEM can greatly increase the speed of access. However, there are a few things you should know about 56K Modems before you run out and buy one.

  • Your Internet Service Provider - One of the biggest bottlenecks on the Internet can be right at your ISP. When you connect to the Internet from home you are dialing by phone lines into your ISP's service. If they do not provide robust enough access circuits into the Internet to support the number of users connected, you will experience very slow access.

As an example traditionally some Internet access is very slow at best. The cause in based on the number of users trying to access the Internet and the speed of the MODEM you are using. As the number of users logged in goes up, the less the speed available for each user.

You should try to find an ISP that not only allows a large number of people to log in at the same time, but provides enough outgoing circuits to accommodate that number without degrading service.

Learning About the Internet
Here are a few Web links that give more information about the Internet.

What is the Internet
 Internet basics

Viewing Web Pages Off-Line
Information on how to view web pages without being connected to the Internet.

Understanding The Common Computer A tutorial on basic computer knowledge.


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