Me, myself, I
My name is Chris (aka Osian). I was born in 1966 and work as an analyst/programmer at the University in Bangor, North Wales. I live in the middle of the Snowdonia mountains where the dragon lives on.
About this site
The site has been on-line for several years, and is now in the middle of being completely re-designed to be compliant with web standards and to enable interchangeable layouts. The 'desktop' look is the first layout I've achieved, with more to follow. These layouts can only be seen in graphical browsers that understand Cascading Stylesheets version 2, however the site will also work perfectly well in text browsers and those that do not support stylesheets, although I cannot guarantee functionality in browsers that are buggy (i.e. Internet Explorer)!
In this site, there are no layout tables, no frames, no Flash animations, and no Java applets. A little bit of Javascript is used in the following situations:
- A fix to allow the drop-down menus to work in Microsoft Internet
DestroyerExplorer. If Javascript is not available, there is always a link to an accessible site map. Note that no other browser requires this Javascript fix. - To display the standard WebRing navigation bar inline in a page of the style of the site. If Javascript is not available, a link to a separate page is displayed instead.
- To implement the Style Switcher. If Javascript is not available, readers will be able to change the style of the site via the method supplied by their own browser but the choice will not persist from page to page.
- To display a friendly piece of advice in Internet Explorer.
I have written the site to XHTML 1.0 standard and to WCAG Level AAA accessibility as defined by the W3C. If you discover any problems in your browser, I would be grateful if you could let me know.
The site was originally developed with an Atari Falcon - I've been an Atari enthusiast since the late 1970s - but reluctantly moved to the PC world of Windows for the increased power of modern computers and for graphical and video work. Also, peripherals these days are built specifically for PCs. However, I am currently investigating moving over to Linux.