h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello and welcome to h2g2

I am one of the site's Aces and it is my job to meet and greet new researchers and make sure that they are ok and can find their way around the site.

A page well worth looking at is the <./>Welcome</.> page. Here you can find out some general information about the guide and links to help pages.

May I also suggest visiting the <./>GuideML-Clinic</.>. GuideML is the computer language that h2g2 uses, and this page will help you to fill your user space with all sorts of neat stuff

If you are wondering how to make the smiley pictures like then click on <./>Smiley</.> which will take you to a page which shows all the smileys.

If you are feeling a bit lost then clicking on <./>DontPanic</.> will take you to the help pages, or feel free to ask me by clicking on the reply button below, and I will do as much as I can to help

Hope that answers any querys you have for the moment.

Tonto

Hi there Tonto,

Sorry about the delay in reply. Didn't notice the message until just now.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm still surveying the scenery, but it looks interesting (though a bit "clunky" on the operational level in some ways - still these things always seem that way at first)

I'm trying to encourage some new inhabitants over to the Orchard from the Apple discussiuon boards, so you may have a few more "welcome" messages required in the near future.

Cheers

Rod

Well any new researchers would be most welcome

How do you mean clunky<?> Maybe using a different skin would help. I prefer Classic Goo but a few use Alablaster coz it loads quicker and they say it is easier on the eye

Anyhow, to change, click on prefferences

Tonto

Hi Tonto

I guess by "clunky" I'm talking about the efficiency of the screens. At 800 x 600 the h2g2 header takes up an awful lot of real estate and the look is rather "blocky". (My eyesight doesn't like 1024x768 resolution on an iMac I'm afraid )

Still, I've just turned off "frames' which improves the usable area problem to some extent, but creates some further limitations for navigation. I'll get used to it , I'm sure.

I'll have a look at the other skin and play around some more.

Cheers

Rod

Ah, I see. I use 1024 because it annoys me when everthing is big but I understand what you mean. All you can do is play around with the settings but as you say, it'll probably just need getting used to