shades of light in the sky…

…and all looks good, from a distance.

Makes sense to look for the good things, and try not to let all else life has to offer make too much of an impression. A solid dose of pragmatism makes it easier to focus on what is important in life and get something done.

That was the slightly philosophical intro. Now let us get something done around here.

content oriented design.

This site was launched on 19.January.2011, because its author found he needed more virtual workspace and playground. Expansion is easy on the web when you're a professional web developer, so here we are.

The present design serves only one purpose: to carry suitable chunks of content through to visitors without distracting or obscuring. To achieve this I have kept the design itself relative simple, with clear separation between content-blocks.

drill-down navigation.

Navigation is at the bottom of pages – “below the fold” on small screens, and is a self-describing drill-down navigation. I use separate Tables of Contents pages spread around on top in the various site-sections, instead of enormous drop-down or fly-out menus, as this site is likely to outgrow what on-page menus can hold within even the largest screens when I have spent some time on it.

I won't comment much on the design and functionality beyond that here. If you can see it you can make up your own mind about it all and won't need my help. If you can't see it clearly or at all, you are nevertheless most welcome – this site is made especially for you.

be patient.

I don't intend to populate this site by copying stuff from the sister-site, and writing meaningful articles on any of my preferred subjects takes time. Note also that English is my third language, which makes writing slightly more time-consuming.

This is a one-man project from one end to the other, and it will stay that way as long as I can handle a keyboard. Still got a few GigaBytes of writing in me, I think, and some of it will end up on this site – in time.

sincerely  georg; sign

Weeki Wachee 27.jan.2011
01.feb.2011 - rewrote sidenotes.
18.oct.2011 - expanded addendum.
05.apr.2012 - minor revision.
28.apr.2012 - another minor revision.
04.may.2012 - minor revision and added image in addendum.
 last rev: 04.may.2012

side notes:

accessibility a priority.

Basic accessibility is “built in” – a natural part of the present design. As this design will have to carry more and more complex content and functionality over time, access for all will continue to have highest priority.

One day I may become my own best “customer”, so better prepare well wherever possible while I can.

design theme.

I call it “virtual nature”, and if you are interested you can read my comments about the theme. Otherwise, just use your imagination…

The design is discrete without going totally “vanilla”, and it is very flexible. Any content goes with this design theme, and the theme modifies itself based on available screen-area.

obs: old browsers are ignored.

So many good browsers available today that one can be found for anyone's needs and set-up. I for one won't support old and obsolete browser-versions anymore, unless a client pay me well to do so.

Those who choose to, or have to, use obsolete browsers, will of course get whatever their browsers can handle. No more, no less, and no guarantee.

Read article on browser compatibility issues on this web site.

active use of addendum.

Most pages on site have an addendum attached at the bottom. Might be worth looking into, as that's where I put most of the gems that I can't make to fit in the main article.
 A typical example of how I use addendum, is found below on this page.

www.gunlaug.com