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<h2><a name="0">Browsers and Software</a></h2>

<p>This site has been designed with Netscape Navigator 3.0, 4.0,
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 in mind. If you are using one
of these browsers, then you should be able to get the most out of
this site. We have designed our site to conform to <a
href="http://www.w3.org/">the World Wide Web Consortium</a>'s
HTML standards. We have <em>not </em>used the July 9th draft
specification of HTML 4.0, because it is only a draft. We have
used the 3.2 final specification, which means more compatibility
with browsers.</p>

<p>In addition to a web browser, here are the titles of some
software and plugins you might find useful here:</p>

<ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.real.com/">RealPlayer 4.0</a> - lets
        you listen to RealAudio audio files and view RealVideo
        movies. We use both on our site, but both audio and video
        clips are available in other formats such as .wav and
        .au, and the compressed mpeg movie format. </li>
</ul>

<h2><a name="1">Using Your Browser</a></h2>

<p>Most World Wide Web (WWW) browsers display information in a
similar manner. If you are using a text based browser such as <a
href="http://lynx.browser.org/">Lynx</a>, you can still access all of
the textual information here. You can also download the pictures,
movies, and audio files, and play them at a later time when it is
possible for you to be able to play them.</p>

<p>Browsers usually have two main areas - the content area, which
is the area you are reading this information from right now, and
the control area, which is usually located at the top of your
screen. The control area has a back and a forward button, which
lets you move back and forward between the pages you have
visited, and an address box, and a few other tools that you can
learn about by using the help built in to your browser (usually
available by clicking on the help menu and selecting one of the
options there).</p>

<p>On our site, we have navigation buttons that, when clicked on,
take you directly to the section that the button is labeled for.
For example, clicking on the help button will bring you to this
page all the time, clicking on the search button will bring you
to a page that lets you search through our web site for specific
information.</p>

<p>Hyperlinks will be found throughout our web site. A hyperlink
is usually a word that appears underlined and a different color
on your screen, <a href="help.shtml">like this</a>. In Lynx, the
words will be hilighted when selected. In The Climbing Guide,
glossary words will be hyperlinks to a definition, and sometimes
a picture or a sound clip.</p>

<h2><a name="2">Multimedia Files</a></h2>

<p>Multimedia files such as images, sound files, movies, and
virtual reality worlds are all used on our web site. Most web
browsers have built-in support for .au or.wav. If not, your
browser might direct you to the proper web site to download the
appropriate helper application or plugin that enables you to
listen to a certain file format. Video players for the .avi,
QuickTime, and compressed MPEG format are available for many
platforms and are also available for many browsers as plugins.</p>

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