| Browser Internet Explorer or Netscape version 4 or above |
Any browser supporting JavaScript
1.2 and Style Sheets. Make
sure that the "Enable JavaScript" check box is checked in your browser settings. Also allow the browser to use document specified fonts. |
| Screen& Colors A screen minimum 800x600 pixels, and 64k colors (see below, example of settings in windows 95 or 98).
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Recommended : 16M colors Check your settings using Start/Settings/Control Panel/Display/Settings in Windows |
| General comments on Browser tuning The browser settings should be optimised to have the best/fastest viewing experience. Ensure that the browser uses the cache - the cache is local memory where the browser keeps local copies of the visited pages, the graphics, etc… in order to avoid asking back the server |
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| Click on the image on the right which is from Netscape and shows the parameters the user
should check. If the check is on never, every page changes asks a fresh copy from the server, which is slow. Also, the
disk space for the cache is important. The same settings can be set in I.E using the Edit/Setting option |
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| 2. Site Design and Navigation |  |
| The site has been designed for easy navigation. All main sections
and all sub-sections of the currently selected section are available at all times to the user as shown from an example
page of the About INIS & NKM Section below. The Tools Bar comprising of Site Search/Index/FAQ/Contact Us is also
available on the top of all pages.
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| 3. Helper Applications | |
| In order to use all of the features that are available on the INIS website, you will
need the following Helper programs. To download the programs, click on the corresponding link. - For reading the pdf-files you will need Acrobat Reader  to view and print these files.- A Flash Player is needed for viewing the INIS Presentation. The Flash Player is already pre-installed in most browsers such as Internet Explorer 5+ and Netscape Navigator 4.0.6, and above. |
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| 4. Trouble Shooting | |
| Slow loading of pages Slow download times can be caused by a variety of circumstances. In general the pages will load much faster in Internet Explorer than in Netscape. To maximize download times, try the following - Read the comments on Browser tuning above - The busiest times for the INIS web server are from 9:00 - 10:00 Central European Time and from 2:30 - 4:00 CET. Connecting to the site at times other than during these periods should slightly increase the performance. Unable to Access Pages Because of its popularity and general interest in the scientific community, the INIS site will be visited by thousands of people a day. This along with the increasing amount of traffic on the Internet in general, may cause the server to answer slowly or to refuse a connection if it is busy. If this happens, please continue to attempt your connection. If you find that the server is unreachable for an extended period, contact INIS via e-mail. Broken Links The INIS server is constantly updated and checked for link integrity. If you find a broken link, please report it to INIS via e-mail. |
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