Introduction
This is version two of our Technical bulletin, a revision of the original design we supported on 4ICS till March 2004. Following is a summary of the major differences between this version and the original.
This technical bulletin was inspired by our customers needs, to a clear and centralized source for information. Some of the customers portfolio can be seen on this ICS website page. This has to be seen as a service to our customers and by no means involves our responsability or garanties on the results these tips and software invokes. Use it on your own risks.
We hope you find this revision to your liking. You are free to use this technical bulletin for your own purpose — personal, your own company, but not commercialy or otherwise. If you want to publish part or the hole story that’s based on this bulletin on a web site or otherwise, please email us your site’s URI.
Improved Cross-browser Compatibility
We did not test the previous version of these pages in Opera before placement on this server. As a result, the original does not render properly in that browser. In contrast, this version has been fully tested in Opera (7.01), Gecko (Mozilla 1.3) and Internet Explorer (6.0) for consistent rendering.
This means that people using standards-compliant browsers will see the same format and layout of this page.
Modified Stylesheets
- More comprehensive screen stylesheet
- The improved cross-browser consistency is a result of TB’s more comprehensive screen stylesheet. Major style parameters are explicitly defined in the stylesheet, resulting in less dependence on browser-determined defaults and thus fewer rendering idiosyncrasies.
- Removal of colour scheme stylesheet
- We’ve removed the separate colour scheme stylesheet found in the original version, instead incorporating the colour definitions in the single screen stylesheet.
- Addition of a print media stylesheet
- This bulletin now has a print media stylesheet that styles the page in a format appropriate for black and white printing. To see the effect of this stylesheet, select print preview from the file menu, or direct this page to a printer (NB: print only this frame if you are viewing this page in a multi-frame document).
Improved Accessibility
This version of TB has improved accessibility features for people with impaired vision. The template tentatively conforms to the WCAG double A rating and § 508 guidelines for web content accessibility. The relative simplicity of these pages underlying markup ensures that these pages can be easily maintained.
Additionally, the majority of document metrics (widths, lengths and spacings) are font-size relative. This means that a user can increase the default font size of these pages (using their browser) without compromising it’s layout.
