A Top link is available on the right hand side to get back to the top of the page and find the description of another zone.
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The top header bar helps navigation through all arm.com and allows direct access to the different part of the website through drop down menus.
Also, on the right hand side, the user can register to get personalization on the website. For instance, when authenticated, all forms will automatically get completed with the user information. This saves time when wanting to ask questions through the forms or subscribe to the mailing list subscriptions.
The registration is now the same through all arm.com. This means you will not need multiple login and password for each area of the website as it was previously the case.
For certain downloads and to participate to the forums or blogs, the user registration is required.
At any time, you can click on the ARM logo at the top left of the page to come back to the homepage.
This section placed just below the main header show exactly where in the website the user is. This is very handy to see pages several levels up in the navigation or for the visitor to remember how to come back to the current page at a later time.
Below the breadcrumbs, the page is cut into three columns described below: left hand side, body and right hand side.
The left hand side consists of two blocks only: Quick links and navigation.
These are a selection of four links the Author thought to be the most appropriate to the user to find more information about the content of the page.
For instance, if a page describes how another product can interact with it, a direct link will be placed there. Also, as ARM is deeply Partner focused, the visitor usually has a link to find Connected Community Partners to work with.
Wherever the visitor is on the website, this navigation will show the pages from the same level as well as one level above and one level below. The link in bold orange shows the current page in the site hierarchy.
The title of the block can be clicked to go one level up.
Then, depending on the shape of the leading blue chevron, the user can know if there are children pages available:
This section shows the content of the page. Many of the pages feature a small introduction next to a product picture on its right. When the product picture content is difficult to read, clicking on the (View Larger product Image) will open a new window with a higher resolution image.
Below the introduction user can find some quick access buttons. Request More Information allows the visitor to ask ARM for more details on a specific product. Fields are pre-populated but can be changed. The user is welcome to use this functionality to enquire about the product. If there is a problem with the page itself (a mistake or a display problem), ARM would be thankful if you could select "Website Issues" in the enquiry type.
The other button can be used to access ARM's Physical IP and processor design kits; therefore most of the content will require the user to register or login.
Many pages use tabs so the visitor can quickly access the information he/she is looking for. When you print the page, all tab content will be printed one after the other.
The active tab features an orange highlight, whereas other tabs will be grey. Clicking on the tab title will change the tab focus.
The right hand side contains various containers of information that dynamically change with each page refresh. This content is often closely linked to the content on the main section of the website. Related Products features ARM products that complement the current page's product, software or service. News & Events highlight recent News that is relevant to the current content on the web page. Events highlight where the current content of the web page may next be presented. Forums and Blogs have related posts from our Forums and Blogs areas that complement or discuss the content of the current web page. ARM Onsite has links to the ARMflix YouTube Channel that discuss or complement the content of the current web page. ARM has a variety of Twitter handles that discuss relevant ARM news.
RSS : "Really Simple Syndication" is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio.
Selecting the RSS link available from the top of each page enables you to subscribe to 1 or all of the list:
Share this allows the user to share the content of the web page through various digital social media channels.
ARM.com was launched in January 2010. The website has a new look and feel, integrated features and a new navigational structure.
With the new website ARM aims to:
New navigation with the following top level (parent) links:
To provide an ‘easy on the eye’ web interface and navigation solution, the top level navigation links are not repeated in the left menu thus reducing unnecessary page clutter.
The navigation menus of ARM.com site have been designed making it easy to distinguish between a “parent” page and “child” page.
The 'child' Sub Links for each of the top 'parent' links will be displayed in the left side navigation pod.
The top links will always be available from the header section .
Top Navigation ABOUT Menu displaying sub links.
Sub page displaying section links and sub section items inherited from the Top ABOUT menu
Site statistics for ARM.com indicate the two most popular browsers that display the website is Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Below you will find a step-by-step guide to enlarging the text in your browser.
It may be worth investigating screen magnification software if increasing text size in you operating system and web browser doesn’t give you visual results you expect.
Note: The instruction below may work for browsers not listed or alternate versions of the same web browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer (ie) – all versions
Open ie.
1) Choose "view"
2) Choose "text size"
3) Select "largest" from sub menu
Mozilla Firefox (FF) - all versions
Open FF
1) Hold down the Ctrl button and press the plus (+) key
2) Repeat (CTRL +) until the text is enlarged to your requirements
Holding down ctrl and pressing the minus ( - ) key will reduce text size
Apple Safari - all versions
Open Safari
1) Hold down Apple Key and press the (+) key
2) Repeat (CTRL +) until the text is enlarged
Holding down ctrl and pressing the minus ( - ) key will reduce text size
You may require specific colors in order to be able to view the site easily.
Internet Explorer users
Navigate to 'Tools' within the browser menu.
Open 'Internet Options' window.
Under 'History' choose 'Colors'. You can change text and background color as well as the color in which links appear, then click 'OK'.
Within 'Internet Options' choose 'Accessibility' and select 'Ignore colors specified on Web pages'.
When you select 'OK', this should ensure that the page you are viewing now appears with your specifications.
Netscape users
Navigate to 'Edit' within the browser menu.
Select 'Preferences', 'Appearance', Navigate to 'Preferences', 'Colors'.
Choose 'Always use my colors, overriding document', then specify your colors.
Mozilla/Firefox users
Navigate to 'Tools' within the browser menu.
Select 'Options', 'General', 'Fonts & Colors'.
Select 'Always use my: Colors'.
TAB Key
Using the ' Tab ' key on a web page select the next link on the page Press 'Tab repeatedly to get to the chosen link. The selected link will be indicated by a dotted border around the current link
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Reverse TAB
You can reverse through links by holding shift key and pressing TAB.
Enter Key
Filling in forms with the keyboard
In forms there are specific keys for selecting radio buttons and checkboxes.
Radio buttons
When you ' Tab ' into a form section with a choice of radio buttons you can change your choice using the ' up ' and ' down ' arrows or ' right ' and ' left ' arrows to move to the next section after making your selection hit the ' Tab ' key.
Note: if you hit the ' Enter ' key by mistake the form is often ' submitted ' before you want to because the ' Enter ' key is set to trigger the form ' submit ' button.
Checkboxes
Use the Tab key to navigate between checkboxes. Use the Spacebar to select or unselect a checkbox and then press Tab to move onto the next checkbox .
Drop down combo box menus
Tab into a combo box and press Alt + down arrow together which will display the links. Use the up and down arrow to select a link then press Enter to trigger the selection.
Useful if you have difficulty using a mouse or have forgotten your mouse!
MouseKeys is inbuilt software for Windows that uses the numeric keypad to control the cursor position
How to enable Mouse Keys
There are 2 ways to enable mouse keys.
Number pad keys.
Some number pads have arrows to indicate cursor direction. The speed of the cursor can be changes using the MouseKeys settings.
Number pad keys and actions
ARM News & Events RSS (Press Releases, Media Alerts...)
