Almanacs - which and why?

[shmoo]

I work for Wiley Nautical that produces the digital almanac. It actually does have chartlets for almost all the ports it covers and is also updated with Notices to Mariners every month or so. It's edited by Neville Featherstone who used to edit Reeds and knows his nautical onions.

Great. I will reinstall and have another look. Can you give be a clue about how to get to the chartlets?

 

[Ecume]

Great. I will reinstall and have another look. Can you give be a clue about how to get to the chartlets?

There is an arrow button in the bottom right corner that takes you to the next page. Make sure your window is fitting within the screen so you can see this button and the magnifying glass. Most chartlets are on the second page of the port entry.

Shout if that doesn't work or click Tools then Feedback within the application.

The almanac is safe and stable to download and is totally free.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

There is an arrow button in the bottom right corner that takes you to the next page. Make sure your window is fitting within the screen so you can see this button and the magnifying glass. Most chartlets are on the second page of the port entry.

Shout if that doesn't work or click Tools then Feedback within the application.

The almanac is safe and stable to download and is totally free.

Actually, this raises an issue that is becoming more important with the use of netbooks.

That is that too many web-sites are designed for a fixed page size, which is too large for a netbook! The width is fine, but netbooks have a restricted height compared to a desktop monitor, and it can be very difficult to use a lot of web-sites.

Good web design should not make assumptions about the page layout in which the information is being viewed.