Visual Directions - A Resource for Developing Sketchbooks and Reflective Writing Practices
Site Accessibility
The information on this page addresses the following areas:
Resizing Text
As relative font sizes (small, medium, large etc.) and not pixel-based font sizes have been used on this site, you can easily resize the text:
- Internet Explorer 6: View > Text size > Larger or Smaller.
- Netscape: View > Text size > Increase, Decrease.
- Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels) or View > Zoom.
- Mozilla-firefox 2: > View > Text size > Increase or Decrease.
- Safari 3: View > Make Text bigger or Make Text Smaller
- Alternatively, scroll with the wheel of your mouse whilst holding down the control key.
Changing the Stylesheet
If you would prefer to use your own stylesheet, follow the steps below relevent to your browser to override the attached style sheet. Please note that if you choose to do this, the intended presentation will be lost.
- Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > General > Accessibility > Tick 'Format documents using my style sheet' > Browse (to your style sheet)
- Opera: File > Preferences > Page Style > My Style Sheet > Browse (to your style sheet)
Browser Compatibility
The site has been tested and provides full functionality on the following browsers and platforms:
Linux Fedora Core 4
- Firefox 2.0
- Firefox 3.0a6
- Netscape 9.0.b2
Macintosh OSX 10.3
- Firefox 2.0
- Firefox 3.0a6
- Netscape 9.0.b2
Macintosh OSX 10.4
- Firefox 2.0
- Firefox 3.0a6
- Netscape 9.0.b2
Windows 2000 Professional
- Internet Explorer 6.0
- Firefox 1.5.0
- Firefox 2.0
- Firefox 3.0a6
- Netscape 4.78
- Netscape 9.0b2
Windows Vista
- Internet Explorer 7.0
- Firefox 2.0
- Firefox 3.0a6
- Netscape 9.0.b2
- Opera 9.21
Windows XP
- Internet Explorer 6.0
- Internet Explorer 7.0
- Firefox 1.5.0
- Firefox 2.0
- Firefox 3.0a6
- Netscape 9.0b2
Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 4
As the site is built using CSS2, which is unsupported by IE 4 and below and Netscape 4 and below, it will not display or function as it should in these browsers.
Users can still access the information, but without the intended presentation and a certain loss of functionality.
If you would like to upgrade your existing browser or download a new browser please select from the links below:
- Download/upgrade: Internet Explorer
- Download/upgrade: Netscape
- Download/upgrade: Mozilla-Firefox
- Download/upgrade: Opera
- Download/upgrade: Safari
Web Standards Compliance
We aim to make this website as accessible as possible. The site has been built using XHTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
