With the help of a knowledgeable working committee and suggestions from many more of our users, we have updated the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire Web site (http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/) to make it more informative and convenient, while hopefully still maintaining the feel and ease of use to which we have all become accustomed.  While a few tasks remain to be done, the majority of the site has been completed.  Of note:

      (1) prominent link to ECF log-in on our home page;

      (2) hot topic section that has direct links to the most used sections, including the popular ECF log-in screen;

      (3) fly-away menus to promote ease of navigation;

      (4) three new slide shows of the Rudman Courthouse, our courtrooms, and ADA features;

      (5) at the top of each page is a new functionality called “cookie crumbs”; this feature at a glance allows users to see the path they have taken to reach lower level pages; it is also a convenient navigation tool;

      (6) the ability to easily print any page of the site;

      (7) an enhanced search feature that now includes PDF documents as well as HTML content pages;

      (8) each page of the site is noted in the URL to ease marking and saving on a favorites list;

      (9) new graphics, new photos, and better arrangement of data.

We hope that these and the other improvements we have instituted make your use of the site more efficient.  As always, we welcome comments and suggestions and, I guess, criticism. Please let us know how we can make this tool more useful in your dealings with our court.  (mail to: webmaster@nhd.uscourts.gov)