Some of this site's features

Contents Functional graphic design Dynamic context information "Unsafe" colour Compatible, accessible and comfortable

This is an overview of some of this web site's features. If you'd like more information on any of these or if would like to discuss our design decisions, you're welcome to get in touch.

Functional graphic design: Besides a unique label, each site section has been assigned a unique colour and shape. These attributes are used in various otherwise decorative elements around the site to convey context and to facilitate way-finding.

In addition, text style, such as colour, size and weight, is used to convey whether text in a list is a link, selected or an informational label. Shades of grey are also used to convey relevance in a results list. more...

Preferences: Visitors can set their own preferences for the site: window behaviour for off-site links, font face, font size and line spacing. preferences...

Sessions maintained at the server: Although session information is written to cookies, it's also maintained at the server. All of the site's features will continue to work if cookies are disabled. Cookies allow site preferences and Colour Selector settings to persist between visits. more...

Current context shown dynamically: The list of links above the page heading shows the shortest path to the page from the home page. Some pages exist in more than one place on the site and the context list reflects the actual route taken. Similarly, the page TITLE (in the browser window) is dynamically generated and limited to three elements, page heading first. more...