I changed the way I display pictures when you click on a thumbnail. This page is an example; it is in a different window than the one you just came from.

When I created this web site, I decided to use the simplest subset of HTML that would work on most computer platforms. When I designed how pictures would display, I elected to use the default method. When you click a thumbnail, a large picture is loaded into the current window. When you go 'Back', the parent page is reloaded. Although this method works, it has the disadvantage that the web page you go back to must be reloaded. A more elegant method is to use the TARGET feature, where a picture is loaded into a new window that comes to the front. When you dismiss the window, the underlying web page does not have to be reloaded, merely repainted.

TARGET is understood by most, but not all, browsers. I have decided that the benefit of not having to reload web pages is greater than confusing the few people who use old browsers.

I have switched all my web pages to use TARGET. When pictures load into new windows, dismiss the window to return to the parent page.



Note also that whenever you click on a hyper link to another web site, that site will open in a new window. When you're finished viewing the other site, dismiss the window to return to my web site.