The newest version of the Detector ISE should now work on all browsers as I’ve uploaded it into the Durham University webserver and I’m no longer relying on DropBox to act as a temporary server!
Here is its location:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/foundation.science/qm/DetectorISE1.2.html
And here is a screenshot:
Although there are still some problems to iron out here are some of the new features:
-The collection optics can now be dragged from an initial position into the lab space and can then be dragged in and out of the path of the laser, which in turn affects the count rate.
-The colour scheme has been made a bit more “friendly” as the last one I’ll admit was very grey and dull!
-A goal section has now been added, when the goals outlined here are achieved, a green tick and a congratulatory message appears. At the moment there are two goals: maximising the count rate and minimising the dark count, with the potential to add more if needs be.
Also in previous versions titles have had this format:
However, light text on a dark background is hard to read, especially for the visually impaired, also block capitals are advised against. Giving more thought to making this ISE more accessible to the visually impaired, guidelines suggest making all text at least size 20 point, and the advised font type is Ariel (I’ve also used sans-serif) and this has been followed within this project. (Source: SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) Accessibility Guidelines, June 2005 http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/misc/accessguidelinespublications.pdf)
Thanks for reading!
Katherine
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