... This Site

During the development of this site my top priority was to KISS as much as possible (by which we of course mean Keep It Simple & Safe), so that the pages are easy to navigate, loaded quickly and rendered properly.

Design & Appearance

In order to observe the above objective, the following provisions were made:

• Only the 216 borwser-safe colors are used in all object colors and self-made non-photo images.
• Style sheet solutions are used in place of deprecated HTML attributes [as much as I could manage; probably some pesky anachronisms still seeped through - old habits are hard to kick...].
• The pages should be friendly to text resizing [particularly magnification]; all metrics are provided relative to font size.
• While JavaScript support is not crucial for navigation, it is very much recommended for a good browsing experience.

Links

The links on this site are coded with the following scheme:

• link (<) or link (>): The link's target is within the page; the arrow indicates the target's relative position [except in trivial context, such as "Contents" listings].
• link: The link's target is within the site.
• link: The link's target is on a different website.

This scheme may seem a bit nitpicky at first, but it does increase clarity significantly. Clickable images also follow the above coloring scheme for the border of the image.

The "alt" vs. "title" Attributes in "<img>" Elements

The following scheme is applied consistently, based on my best understanding of the HTML-community's philosophy with respect to these attributes:

• "alt" attribute: Added to all images; its purpose is to give a hint [in the form of the replacement text] about the meaning of the image for text-only renditions.
• "title" attribute: Added only to clickable images; its purpose is to give a hint [in the form of the displayed tooltip] about the meaning of the link target accessed when clicking on the image.

It should be noted, however, that certain browsers [most notably Internet Exploder] also display the contents of "alt" attributes as tooltips, in the absent of a "title" attribute. (This behavior has been criticized by many in Web development circles.)

... Copyrights & Credits

All material on this website is copyrighted, i.e., it cannot be copied without the author's written consent.

The cute little icons in the page-end menu are the work of Dirceu Veiga (FastIcon Studio); they were discovered on IconArchive.com.

... Contacting Me

I can be best contacted through email sent to the address below:

Click on the image, and remove the junk characters from the email address appearing in the "To:" field.