HINTS AND FAQS
This site has been designed for screen resolutions of either 640x480 or 800x600 pixels; however, at 640x480 you need to use your browser's Full Screen button to see the complete screen. Click it now if you haven't done so already. On the plus side, streaming video appears larger and seems to stream better at 640x480. The choice of resolution is up to you.
Many users prefer to use the LINEAR TIMEBASE™ although it is quite large and may take several minutes to download. This one convenient data base is the result of more than twenty years of research and contains a wealth of hard-to-find information. Use your browser's "Find" command to locate specific information on almost any subject, person, place, date, or thing you wish to investigate.
Using Search or Find
1. As a general rule it is better to keep your "search" as simple as possible. Single words usually produce the most inclusive searches. When searching for proper names, enter the last name only and then narrow your search. The only exceptions are common surnames such as Perez, Smith or Brown. In such cases, enter the first name first, the last name last, using the following form:
Hiram Perez
2. When searching for dates, use the following form:
1943 September 19
Do not use commas, symbols, punctuation or abbreviations. If the user wishes to scan all of the events in a particular year, simply type in the year and hit enter. After it has been located, scroll through the timeline at will. The user may then click on any item to view its associated audio, video or photographic material.
Our own proprietary TIMEBASE™ Search Engine is still "currently under development." It's new PERL/Java features will greatly enhance all aspects of multimedia retrieval and delivery.
3. Another useful research technique, if you have a scrolling mouse such as Microsoft's IntelliMouse™, is to use the Research Mode to play the video, then use the auto-scrolling function of the mouse to scroll through the LINEAR TIMEBASE™. Most Pentiums and G3s with good phone connections are able to perform both tasks simultaneously - if you don't try to auto-scroll too fast. On most newer machines manual scrolling seems to have little affect on video playback.
4. Reference and Sources are shown at the end of many entries in the Chronography™, TIMEBASE™ and other information pages. If the note is shown in italics it refers to the reference's Title; otherwise it refers to the author's last name. Click on any links to jump to the source of that reference.
5. Should you wish to print the contents of individual frames, simply click inside the desired frame and then use the "Print" command as usual.
