System Requirements

This on-line book employs a number of characters that some older browsers are not capable of rendering. To find out if your browser can handle them, examine the following table:

You should see these characters
in this box:	þ ā ǣ ȳ ɣ

The five characters you see in the upper box should also be visible in the lower box. If that is the case, and the layout of this page looks like this, go back to the Table of Contents and enjoy the book. If not, here are some suggestions:

If your browser is earlier than Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer 5,: it may not be capable of displaying the characters in this book. Consider upgrading to Netscape 7, Mozilla, or Internet Explorer 6.
If you have a recent browser but still can't see the characters,: you may need to install a font, since the ones that come with Microsoft Windows do not contain all of the characters used in this book. This site looks for the author's Junicode font, Victor Gaultney's Gentium, or George Williams's Caslon, all available free of charge.
If it's still not working: Check your "Preferences" or "Internet Options" to make sure you are allowing pages to specify fonts to use. You may be insisting that your browser use fonts that will not work with this book.

Notes on individual browsers:

Netscape 4: You can read the text if you have the proper font installed, but almost all formatting will be lost. It will look like a very plain web page.
Netscape 6 and 7: Netscape 7 is one of the finest browsers available, and it is free. Netscape 6 has a reputation for bugginess; an upgrade to 7 is recommended.
Internet Explorer 6: Displays this book very well. The only difficulty is that the contents list on the left side of the screen does not stay put when the browser window is scrolled. This makes IE a less than ideal choice for those who need this book's accessibility features.
Internet Explorer 5 and 5.5/Windows: These work, but Internet Explorer 6 is far better, and the upgrade is free.
Internet Explorer 5/Macintosh: Does not display characters correctly.
Safari: A new browser for Macintosh OS X. It displays this book very well.
Opera 7: Works well in both Windows and Macintosh versions. If you are running an earlier version, you should upgrade, as support of web standards is significantly better in 7. Accessibility features appear to be especially good in Opera 7.
Mozilla 1.x: The non-commercial, open-source browser on which Netscape is based. It is highly recommended on the Windows and Linux platforms but may display þ and ð incorrectly on the Mac.
K-Meleon: A non-commercial, open-source browser for Windows, especially good for those without the latest, fastest computers. It works very well.
Galeon: A Free browser for Linux; it works very well.
Konqueror: A Free browser for the KDE environment in Linux; it displays this book, but has minor stylistic problems, no support for access keys, and no style switching. It also cannot handle the Anthology.
OmniWeb: A browser for the Macintosh, it displays this book well.

Many systems have difficulty printing such characters as vowels with macrons and IPA symbols; you should test a few pages before you commit much paper to the printing of this book. If some characters do not appear and your printer driver has an option to "send text as graphics," try that. Alternatively, try obtaining the latest version of your printer's driver from the manufacturer's web site. As a last resort, save the page as an html file and import it into a word processor.

Printing in Internet Explorer is unacceptable, since that program appears to intercept characters that are not in the Windows character set, even when they are in the Unicode standard on which that character set is based. If you are running Windows and wish to print out portions of this book, you should obtain a recent copy of Netscape or Mozilla, use a word processor to print, or purchase a copy of the book.