What Was New in 2000.

Updates in 2001 and 2002

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Updates in 2000

11 November 2000

The Links Page checked and broken links fixed or updated.

10-14 October 2000

Another fairly lengthy delay, for much the same reasons as in February 2000.

Minor alterations to the Computer Reminiscences pages, intended to make it clear that these are my personal reminiscences and not an academic treatise on computer history. When I say I first saw something at a particular time, I mean that's when I, personally, first saw it. I don't mean that it wasn't available before that time. And when I describe something as taking off, I mean that's when it became widespread and commonplace, not when a small and select number of dedicated enthusiasts started to use it.
Minor amendment to the Interactive Table of Contents (which uses JavaScript and Cookies).

It worked fine with Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape Navigator 4, (and still does). With Internet Explorer 5, the directory tree loaded fine on the first occasion, but if refreshed (for example, by a user clicking a link) the page containing the directory tree loaded as a text file, not HTML with JavaScript.

The reason? The first line on the page was a comment. IE 5 seems to need either an <HTML> tag or a <DOCTYPE> statement as the first line if it is to display this page correctly. IE 4 and NN 4 don't. This means that IE 5 probably conforms to W3C standards better that the others, but it's still annoying when something that used to work suddenly stops. One more for the Browser Incompatibilities file!
Future Intentions

These pages have been created with a variety of HTML editors, and further hacked around with Good Old Notepad. As a result, the underlying HTML isn't especially readable, so the next update will probably be to rearrange it in a much prettier format. It won't (or shouldn't) affect the pages as displayed, but ought to make their maintenance much, much easier.

8 February 2000

After a fairly lengthy delay brought about by being very, very busy at work, coupled with the need to impose some sort of order on the garden before someone brought a team of explorers round to investigate reports of long-dead species roaming about, I've finally updated this site!

The Computer Reminiscences pages are expanded to include (at last!) the 1990s and the Year 2000 and Beyond.
Some upgrades to the links and aviation pages, mostly concerned with bringing news on and links to the 2000 Royal International Air Tattoo up to date.
On the Living With Your Rabid Iolausian Pages - a page of Iolausian Links

Updates in 1999

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