• PC

  The SciNet resource is fully compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, and functional with Netscape Navigator 3.0 and 4.0, We recommend that you install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later as this supports all the functionality of scinet.

  You will also be able to use it (although with reduced functionality) with Internet Explorer 3.0 and Netscape 2.0 if you turn off scripting.

  To do this in Internet Explorer 3.0, go to the View Menu, choose options. Then select the Security tab and uncheck the Run ActiveX Scripts checkbox.

  In Netscape 2.0 go to the Options menu, choose Network preferences. Then Select the Languages Tab and uncheck the Enable Javascript button.

• Apple Macintosh

  The SciNet resource can be accessed using Internet Explorer 4.0 or later and Netscape Navigator 3.0 and 4.0. However, SciQuiz is not accessible to Apple Macintosh browsers at present.

All features of SciNet can be accessed using the keyboard using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. Use the Tab and Enter Keys to navigate from page to page, and to highlight interactive elements on the page.

SciQuiz only works with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later on PCs, as these browsers support Dynamic html. If your browser does not support dynamic HTML or is an Apple Macintosh browser, you will not be able to access SciQuiz directly, and opening the Quiz using Windows Explorer will lead to errors.

It is not possible to play SciQuiz without using frames - opening frames in a different browser window will cause errors.

Hitting the reload key while SciQuiz is playing causes the whole Browser window to reload, clears the test, and will cause errors. Solution: do not hit the reload key while the quiz is playing.

SciQuiz is fully accessible to keyboard users on pcs. It is possible to choose answers using the keyboard (A, B, C, and D), as well as by clicking on the correct answers with the mouse.

Rollovers

Scinet makes extensive use of rollovers - when a mouse moves over a hotspot, or the keyboard switches focus to a hotspot, this triggers an animation. In some cases, the rollover is also a link, which can be clicked to go to a new page. This is indicated in the normal way, with the cursor changing to a pointing finger. In other cases, there is no link, in which case the cursor stays as the default pointer in Internet Explorer 4.0.

Rollovers were made backwards compatible with Netscape 3.0 and 4.0. In both browsers rollovers will always have a finger cursor, whether or not the rollover leads to a new page. Clicking on an unlinked rollover may cause the cursor to change to the hourglass wait cursor, but no action will occur.

Windows 95/NT 4.0 Active Desktop (Windows Desktop Update)

If you choose to install the Windows Desktop Update (Active Desktop) with Internet Explorer 4.0, two sound effects may be added that are not compatible with the Sound Effects in sciquiz.

If you want to play the Sound Effects in the Quiz, you can turn off these Sound Effects by going to "Control Panel - Sound", finding the "Explorer - start navigation" and "finish navigation" sounds, and setting them to "none".

Windows 3.1

Sound does not play - if you choose to play Sound you will get an error. Solution: do not check the Play Sound box on the SciQuiz front screen.

Windows NT 3.51

SciNet has not been checked for compatibility with Windows NT 3.51.