Visitors Help & Instructions For Using Houseofdread.

These are the top five and most used web browers by computers users today. A web Browser is the program on your computer that display the webpages you visit on the internet.

Computer Operating Systems

Darwin - the new version of BSD that serves as the core for the Macintosh's OSX. There is also a GNU version of Darwin, GNU-Darwin, which is hosted by SourceForge.

FreeBSD - the most popular of the BSD open source Unix distributions.

FreeDOS - aims to be a complete, free, fully MS-DOS compatible operating system.

Linux - a high performance, yet completely free, Unix-like computer operating system suitable for use on a wide range of platforms and compatible with 32 bit and 64 bit processors.

NetBSD - features the ability to run on more than 50 platforms, ranging from acorn26 to x68k.

OpenBSD - has a goal of becoming the most secure computer operating system.

Microsoft Windows - this ubiquitous family of proprietary operating systems probably needs no introduction.

QNX - a widely used commercial POSIX-compliant, Unix-like real-time operating system for mission- and life-critical applications. QNX also features a unique and very attractive GUI.

Solaris - developed by Sun Microsystems for the SPARC platform and the most widely used proprietary flavor of Unix for web servers.

Site Structure Features & Functions.

This section of the site is to help you understand the different components functions and unique features on Houseofdread. The pages were designed to function smooth and efficient on most computers operating systems . In this edition of Houseofdread, new and enhanced features have been added to the application using a combination of standard Xhtml and JavaScript.

Making the content of the site available and easily accessible to all users remains our first priority. This includes users with limited mobility and is unable to use a pointing device (z.B. Mouse). In keeping with this commitment, we've placed more emphasis on making the pages more user-friendly, accessible and standard compliant, to ensure stability and functionality across web browsers.

Audio & Video Files Formats

Audio and video files are two of the main features of HOD. Depending on the speed of your internet provider, these types of files can take awhile before they are fully loaded. If you select any of these features, please wait a few seconds for the files to fully load before clicking the play button. Some audio and video files on the site are activated by regular links, embedded play buttons and mini media players with forward, back, play and stop functions.

Webpage Display On Different Browsers

Due to the inconsistencies in web browsers output, all users may not see the pages the exact way the designer intended. Pages may appear with a subtle difference depending on the computers operating systems and the version of the web browser you are using. However, this should not hinder or affect the functionality of the web pages.

Scripting & Markup Languages

Some features on the site are controlled by embedded objects using JavaScript, Ajax and PHP commands. Windows Media, Quick Time, Flash and Real Player are the major media file types used on this site. Again, depending on your computer operating system, some users might not be able to access and use these and other unique features. You may be asked to download a plug in to listen or view embedded video and audio files.

Access & Tab keys Instructions

Note: There are no specific access keys functions assigned to the pages in this new version of the site. However, by using your keyboard tab key, you can navigate to any link and press enter to access the page you've selected.