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About JavaScript and cookies

To use all the map searching features of ALG, and to update your Library's entry on the Australian Libraries Gateway via the online forms, you will need a Web browser which supports JavaScript 1.1 and cookies.

JavaScript is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language which helps with the construction of dynamic Web pages. JavaScript sit within HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML) pages and are read by JavaScript-enabled Web browsers which, in turn follow the instructions issued. If your browser is not JavaScript-enabled, it won't understand the instructions issued. To our knowledge, Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape browsers less than version 4.0 may have difficulty updating via the ALG update forms.

Cookies are small pieces of information which are saved on the Web client side (ie stored on your computer within your Web browser settings) which may be retrieved at a later date by Website that put it there. Your Web browser will have an option which you may need to check - to accept or not accept cookies. Cookies are used for the online updating processes within the Gateway.

NB* To check what version of the Web browser you are working with, look under the 'Help' drop down menu for information 'About ...'. Talk to your IT support people if you have further questions about your Web browser's capabilities.

Last modified: August 10 2004.