Help for AOL and Netscape Users
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 AOL Users: America Online utilizes graphics compression in it's software that claims to speed up the delivery of web pages to it's members by compressing images before delivering them to you in the AOL software. The benefit might be a slightly faster download of images (maybe saving a second or two) but as a result, your images are distorted due to the high amount of compression used. AOL members have the option of deselecting "Used Compressed Graphics" in their Web Preferences.

To check your settings in AOL 6.0, go to Settings / Preferences/Internet Properties / Web Graphics (tab) and uncheck "Use Compressed Graphics". If you make this change and your images still look the same - this is because your browser is caching the old images. In your AOL WWW preferences you can set your history to "0" pages and clear the History. You must also delete the files in your Temporary Internet Files folder by opening Internet Explorer and look under Tools / Internet Options. The "after" image on the right should be perfectly clear.

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Netscape 4 Users: Parts of this web site will not work using Netscape 4. This site is optimized for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher. When I develop web sites professionally, I make sure that all my work functions in NS4. However, since it's such a pain to program for a browser that's over four years old, and this is just my hobby web site, I choose not to go to the trouble.

If you must use Netscape or a "non-Microsoft" browser, I highly recommend using Netscape 6.2 or higher. Netscape 6.0 was particularly buggy and troublesome. Or, you might consider getting a copy of Opera 6 or higher. Opera is a reliable, light weight little browser that works great - better than Netscape in my opinion.

If you're using Netscape...
Upgrade to MS Internet Explorer 6.0...
...or try out Opera 6.

These pages are not suitable for WebTV ... sorry!

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