Using this Website

Key Points

Navigation

The Navigation Bars

Every page on this site has a menu at the top and a navigation bar at the bottom.

The latter is different depending on whether you are viewing a single-page article (an article contained on a single webpage), or a multi-page article. In single-page articles it contains a “Go to top of page” link; while in multi-page articles it contains “Next Page”, “Previous Page” and “Table of Contents” links.

The menus also function as a site map, and work even if JavaScript is disabled.

CSS "Pseudo-frames" have been used in order to keep the navigation accessible while you scroll down the page. This feature is designed to enhance the usability of the site; but if issues are encountered this feature can be turned off by disabling JavaScript. For more details see section 5 of the article on Accessibility.

The Icons Above Each “Document Page”

Table of Contents/Bookmarks

At the top-left of most web pages on this site is a “bookmarks” icon, which, when one hovers over it with JavaScript enabled, displays a list of links, which one can click on, to go the bookmarks on that page.

In the case of single-page articles such as this one, this serves the function of a Table of Contents for that article, and the icon looks like this:

Having clicked on an item in this Table of Contents to go to that section, one can then use the “Go to top of Page” link in the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen (or press <Ctrl>+<Home>) to return to the top in order to select a different section.

In the case of multi-page articles such as the Full Complaint, the icon allows one to capture the web address of a given bookmark on the page in one’s address bar by going to it, so that one can then copy the address send someone a link straight to that bookmark (or post a link to it in a newsgroup). The icon for multi-page articles is therefore slightly different, and looks like this:

If one has JavaScript disabled, then these icons display a tooltip instead, and the Table of Contents or list of bookmarks are displayed within the article itself, near the top or bottom of the “document page”, respectively, in green text with orange links. These sections do not print.

Key to Colour Coded Commentary Text

At the top centre of some pages, a “Key” icon, displays a key to the colour-coded text used in the article, when one hovers over the icon with JavaScript enabled, but usually links to a separate web page containing the key if JavaScript is disabled:

PDF Icons

All of the web pages on this site are printer-friendly. In addition, all multi-page articles have a “Download PDF” icon at the top right of the page, allowing one to print all of the pages in the article at once:

Single-page articles have an icon in the same position indicating that the web page is printer-friendly and therefore that no PDF version of the article has been provided:

These icons display a pop-up note when one hovers over them containing either a link to the PDF version of the multi-page article, or to a page on how to get the best results when printing web pages on this site, in the case of single page articles. (If JavaScript is disabled the icons link to the pop-up notes’ text).

Printing

As discussed in section 1.2.3 above, all articles on this site are printer-friendly, and all multi-page articles also have a PDF version so that all pages in the article can be printed at once.

In addition, the articles on this site contain a large number of pop-up comments that are functionally equivalent to inline footnotes. If one has javascript enabled, these appear when one hovers over text that is highlighted in yellow [Note: This is an example of a pop-up comment serving the function of an inline footnote, which prints, but which is not displayed on screen unless you hover over the highlighted text or have javascript disabled]; whereas if one has javascript disabled, they appear as a green note in text of a reduced point size compared with the surrounding text, and enclosed in square brackets. These “inline footnotes” always print, regardless of whether one has javascript enabled or disabled.

See also the articles: Printing Web Pages on this Website and Using the PDF Files on this Website for more information and tips on getting the best results when printing from this website.

Accessibility

A great deal of work has gone into making this website accessible to the widest possible readership. For more details see the article on Accessibility.

In addition, a great deal of work has gone into maximising the readability of the articles on this site. For more details see section 6 of the article on Accessibility.

Standards Compliance

All pages created on this website validate on the W3C’s markup validation service, ensuring compatibility with all standards-compliant web browsers. In addition, the pages on this site display as intended in all versions of Internet Explorer from version 5 upwards, in order to make the site accessible to the widest possible readership.

The web pages on this site have also been tested with all the browsers on the browsershots.org website at https://browsershots.org. The only browsers there that don’t display the site properly are Dillo, which has very poor CSS support, and IE4.

CSS, rather than html markup, has been used to define attributes throughout.

Final Note

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