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If the sites use percentage width rather than fixed width pages, then they can be viewed on any size monitor. This site appears to use a mixture of fixed and percentage width tables....... ========================= Sarah Dutton Knowledge Manager (Norfolk and Norwich Hospital user community) South Norfolk PCG 01603 307 426 [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Moore [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 27 November 2000 11:55 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: NeLH Pilot > > Hello all, > Has anyone else had a peep at the NeLH pilot (www.nhs.uk/nelh)? I find I > can't read any of the small print - its too small. So, although pleased > by its launch, I can't comment on the rest of it. > > I'm sure some of you, with older computers, share my frustrations with > websites that are: > Designed on wide screens, so you can only see half the site. > Use the latest versions of various software, such that certain partso f > the site, or full-text documents, are not available via older versions. > > When commercial sites do this, I'm not too bothered, but when its done > by NHS sites, or sites aimed at the general public, it seems counter- > productive to me. What is the point of publishing on the web to make > information widely available, and then locking people with older > computers out from that information? > > I'm aware that a solution is for us all to buy the latest, wide screen > computers, but I have to live in the real world of the IT-under > resourced NHS. I can't even always just upgrade my software either, > since it slows down the pc too much, or causes other problems. For > example, use of the BMJ website made me upgrade to Internet Explorer 5, > which is all very fancy, but has made my pc twice as slow as before. > > It makes me think we need a standard for NHS sites, that allows access > from a minimum level of software. I'm not qualified to state what that > minimum level should be, but (as an illustration) my Trust still runs on > Windows 95 and Office 97 as a standard, and I'm sure this is not > unusual. There must be realistic minimum levels of Internet Explorer, > netscape, adobe, etc, that could be suggested. > > The DoH website is useful in offering a text menu, and seems to have got > the levels right, to my mind (i.e. I can access stuff from them). > > Comments? > > Jim Moore > -- > Jim Moore > Goldberg Library > King George Hospital > Barley Lane, > GOODMAYES, Essex > IG3 8JB > Tel: 0181 970 8239 > Fax: 0181 970 8237 > E-mail: [log in to unmask]