There is a light mottled gray background and it is mostly standard HTML, without many frills. Grammar and spelling are followed and there are no advertisements. The site, with low graphical content, loads very quickly and has a consistent simple design throughout its pages. It is fairly well organized, but it could be better with some of the forum navigation as it is not easy to go between similar sections. The java applets that it links to are not per se part of the site, but the site serves as a great doorway to their realm.
Graphics are sparse and serve to highlight navigational location and topics.
The site uses standard HTML without plug-ins Java is used for the forums. The huge library of Java applets that the site provides is an excellent resource. It is geared for the college student, and has no support for those on the high school level. The site also has an active community of physicists, although they are not necessarily discussing physics topics, but rather are in communication about conferences, news and other elements of the field.