As Far As I Can Tell

If you’re a regular reader of my weblog then you’ll notice things look slightly different around here. The updates include:

• The frameset is gone, so each page is easily linkable.
• Also as a result of losing the frameset each page has a nicely displayed title tag.
• Titles of other entries are viewable before clicking by rolling over their entry color.
• There is a visual indicator as to what entry in the color bar you are viewing.
• The comments form now has a URL field that will be used to link your name to your website instead of your email (if provided).
• It’s all new code, written as valid HTML and CSS with more semantic markup than before. This means the site is more accessible, and looks good un-styled in text only browsers, cell phone browsers, and older browsers that don’t support CSS.
• Update: I’ve changed the archives to be an unordered list instead of a drop down. Then I wrote a script that converts the list to a drop down for visual browsers. This way it works the same for most users, but text only browsers and search engines can use the archive links as well. If it looks messed up for you then you might need to clear your cache and reload the page.

I got a bit of a redesign myself yesterday when my new glasses came in the mail. Similar to this website’s change they aren’t a huge departure from what I had before, just a subtle evolution.