- Updating was becoming more and more difficult as the website became bigger;
- Most people using broadband - so more pictures
- Most people using screen resolutions greater than 800x600 - so bigger pages
- The chance to increase the font size
- The opportunity to improve the navigation of the picture pages and to rationalise the underlying perl scripts and javascripts
- To take advantage of the iframe tag
- To present the information in an less cluttered page design
- Because, in my opinion, the old design was getting a bit tired and in need of a lick of paint
Of course, feedback is most welcome.