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The phrase "Under Construction" is something that has bugged me ever since people started putting up web sites in the early days of the web.
I used to describe my site as "SplatterWare" - and I never hid behind the "Under Construction" phrase as an excuse for poor site planning or sloppy coding. Trust me to pick a phrase in regular use - search engines picked up the phrase and lumped me in with a whole bunch of pottery sites, which caused no end of confusion. To avoid any more "got any enamelware ?" questions in my mailbox, I've dropped the name for this iteration of the site.
I won't use the "Under Construction" description though - the site is constantly evolving, so it will never be completed as such...
I haven't gone overboard with graphics, frames, or browser-specific features. I'm painfully aware how expensive it can be for some of my audience to browse web pages, and I don't want to exclude certain users because they're using a different browser to me.
Having said that, it is impossible to produce web pages that will work flawlessly in every browser that's out there, tick every box for accessibility, and still look good, all whilst trying to find time to write and maintain material that people will actually want to look at.
It's all too easy to let presentation get in the way of actual content, and become obsessed with how The Message is going to look, rather than The Message itself.
I've tried to produce a consistent "look-and-feel" for this site, and I've tried to keep it simple. These pages should therefore work with any recent browser, and I've specifically tested the layout with text-only browsers such as Lynx. If you do find that pages on this site don't render properly in your browser, please let me know (just follow the "Contact Chris" link) and I'll try to fix it.
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