Organic Coffee, Ometepe

The nilBS slide show is tuned for slow dial-up connections. The basic idea is to load the next picture while you're viewing the current one-- little or no waiting for pictures to load. Fast connections benefit too. Works best when you begin at the beginning, following the natural order.

The cockpit holds navigation controls. VCR buttons (arrow heads) carry you to first, previous, next, last, pictures.

When the mouse hovers over this menu graphic, a menu with several options pops up. Each menu item is followed by a button that brings up related help text. The menu also pops up when the `(backtick) or . (period) key is typed.

Keyboard commands: (cockpit & menu equivalents, not case-sensitive) The basic VCR controls have keyboard equivalents. Type F,P,N,L for first, previous, next, last, picture. Also, commands within the menu have keyboard equivalents: S for slide show (where pictures flip automatically) and T for table of contents (usually thumbnails) are particularly convenient.

Many commands toggle. For example, clicking Table of Contents in the menu (or typing T) will show the table of contents when it's hidden or hide it when it's visible.

For going through the pictures, the numeric keypad is even easier: instead of F,P,N,L try 7,4,6,1 with NumLock on. It sounds arbitrary, but these keys are also labeled Home, left-arrow, right-arrow, End.

In general, any button or menu option where a word has a bold character, can be activated by typing that character (e.g. T for Table of Contents). Keyboard commands for the main pop-up menu work when the menu is hidden or visible.

(Keyboard commands do not work for Netscape running on Linux.)

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On the Slopes of Volcán Maderas

Coffee has been grown on the slopes of Volcán Maderas since the late 19th century, and coffee has permeated the Sister Islands relationship.

In 2000 we revived an activity from the late 1970s--North Americans harvesting coffee along side of Nicaraguans. This time, in addition to showing solidarity, we were learning about coffee: where it comes from, and what it takes to get it to our table.

This slide show has been adapted from a one-of-a-kind book made by Marcy Jackson, a members of the 2001 coffee delegation. Marcy wanted to show her friends what she had learned about coffee. We think her beautiful creation speaks to a large audience.

If you have a slow dial-up connection, we recommend that you view this show in two stages.
1. Preload all the pictures. This could take up to 1/2 hour, but you don't have to sit and watch.
2. After all pictures have preloaded (immediately after, or days later) you can go through the show without having to wait for pictures to load.
Start preloading by hovering your mouse over the menu. Click Preload All.

Broadband connections and clean, fast dialup connections can simply click to start.