# Resurrecting Interactive Mathematics

By Murray Bourne, 03 Feb 2005

I have been working on a revamp of Intereactive Mathematics lately, since the server where it is currently housed will be decommissioned sometime soon.

The new stuff is at Interactive Mathematics.

The revamp includes the following:

• removing all deprecated html (font tags, etc)
• ensuring HTML4.01 compliance
• redesigning it all using CSS and ensuring compliance
• making it search engine friendly
• attempting to make it cross-browser compliant (This part is quite a nightmare. How I hate Internet Explorer and all its non-standard ways of doing things. And Netscape and Firefox do not display Symbol font - not a good situation for a mathematics website.)
• allowing for different screen resolutions
• using CSS buttons (as opposed to 'real' buttons or images) for navigation
• using a "fixed" area for the navigation buttons (works similar to frames, but without the hassles) - does not work in IE

Any comments on the navigation and other usability issues?

See the 1 Comment below.

### One Comment on “Resurrecting Interactive Mathematics”

1. fred says:

Go for it! Looks good to me.

### Comment Preview

HTML: You can use simple tags like <b>, <a href="...">, etc.

To enter math, you can can either:

1. Use simple calculator-like input in the following format (surround your math in backticks, or qq on tablet or phone):
a^2 = sqrt(b^2 + c^2)
(See more on ASCIIMath syntax); or
2. Use simple LaTeX in the following format. Surround your math with $$ and $$.
$$\int g dx = \sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}$$
(This is standard simple LaTeX.)

NOTE: You can't mix both types of math entry in your comment.