RE: [WSG] The 'Some Links for Light Reading' posts
One of the best emails I get each week. Thanks Russ!!! -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Susie Gardner-Brown Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:03 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] The 'Some Links for Light Reading' posts Hi there I'd just like to send a big thank you to Russ Weakley for taking the time to collate and send this to WSG Announce each week! I always find really interesting stuff there, and usually bookmark a couple of links from it. So, thanks Russ - it's really appreciated! Cheers susie *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
RE: [WSG] Today's lesson: Respect - be courteous up or leave
I wholeheartedly agree with these incorrect/correct replies for a forum such as this one. About two or three years ago while reading a newsgroup post for Borland Delphi someone posted suggested rules for posting on any forum or newsgroup which was excellent, in the same vein as these by Russ...of course I have no idea were it is now but this post will light a fire under me to locate it once again. Kevin S Gallagher http://www.ormap.com/ (a work in progress) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of russ - maxdesign Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:58 PM To: Web Standards Group Subject: [WSG] Today's lesson: Respect - be courteous up or leave I want to talk today about respect. For those of you who have not heard of this concept, respect is sometimes defined as courteous regard for people's feelings. When you reply to a post on the list, you should at all times try to do so with respect. Everyone on this list is entitled to their own opinion. Sometimes they may be factually incorrect, other times they may have a different view from you but EVERYONE should be treated with respect. Below are some examples of replies that LACK respect: You are totally wrong That is silly That is stupid You know nothing about... You are dumb You smell Below are some more respectful alternatives: I'm not sure I agree with that I think you may be misinterpreting... I respectfully disagree for the following reasons Have you considered taking a bath? Today's lesson: when replying to others, be courteous or leave! In the near future I will cover a more subtle concept: how not to always have the last word on a subject. However, that is a bit advanced for now, one step at a time. Russ Miss Manors ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] Web page check
Adam, Thanks for your assistance; I will tinker with this during the weekend! Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of adam reitsma Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:35 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Web page check try putting a float:left into your div.classdescriptions. worked for me in FF. On 10/13/05, GALLAGHER Kevin S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First off the site was designed before Firefox and was my first site. Now I have been seeing things were Firefox is displaying something's differently then IE which is fine except one thing. On http://www.jimjacobe.com/ClassDescriptions.html I have listed classes for an instructor, items 2, 4 and 5 (some others farther down have the same issue) have text positioned incorrectly in Firefox but look correct in IE, specifically the content starting An in the first two problem areas. If someone can look at this and tell me what needs to be done to fix this. Not necessarily looking for the fix code wise but more of is this a syntax issue or something I simple did wrong and IE is doing it's thing to fix things. Thanks for taking the time to look at this page and if possible provide some feed back Kevin
[WSG] Web page check
First off the site was designed before Firefox and was my first site. Now I have been seeing things were Firefox is displaying somethings differently then IE which is fine except one thing. On http://www.jimjacobe.com/ClassDescriptions.html I have listed classes for an instructor, items 2, 4 and 5 (some others farther down have the same issue) have text positioned incorrectly in Firefox but look correct in IE, specifically the content starting An in the first two problem areas. If someone can look at this and tell me what needs to be done to fix this. Not necessarily looking for the fix code wise but more of is this a syntax issue or something I simple did wrong and IE is doing its thing to fix things. Thanks for taking the time to look at this page and if possible provide some feed back Kevin
RE: [WSG] why oh why
Interesting, between IE6 and FF the image behind the menu is different -Original Message- From: Web Usability [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] why oh why A friend of mine came across this site yesterday and when he accessed it with Firefox he got nothing but code on the screen. http://www.ceinternet.com.au/site/index.htm I tried it with Firefox 0.9 this morning and got the same result. However when the site is viewed with MSIE 6 and NS 7 you get the actual page. Needless to say there is a wee validation problem. Anybody got any ideas why it behaves so diffently with Firefox. NB for the Firefoxers, don't hate me for I'm not suggesting this is a problem with Firefox. Roger ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] Need direction with key detection
Todd, no disagreement on leaving the back button to users but at the present
time we needed a quick fix beings our site went live two days ago and it
averages roughly 50,000 hits per day. We will work on a better solution next
month but for now this might do the trick
html
body onload=handleBackButton()
form name=_mine
input name=_a1 value=1 style=visibility:hidden
/form
script language=JavaScript
var x=1;
var isBack;
function handleBackButton()
{
isBack = (x != document._mine._a1.value);
document._mine._a1.value=2;
document._mine._a1.defaultValue=2;
}
function isBackButtonUsed()
{
return isBack;
}
/script
h1Back button testing/h1
form
input type=button value=is back button
onclick=(isBackButtonUsed())? alert('Back button was used'):alert('Page was
loaded normally')
/form
/body
/html
-Original Message-
From: Todd Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [WSG] Need direction with key detection
I think you'll find that ...
A: You can't detect that.
B: Its best left in the users hands.
The back button is the lifeline of many users. Sometimes its the ONLY
click that they know EXACTLY where they will go. To do anything with
script would be a usability disaster.
I think you need to re-architect your system and solve the problem
another way. I have had the same problem when building checkout
systems and the like and there is ALWAYS a way to solve these
problems.
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:01:02 -0800, GALLAGHER Kevin S
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We built http://www.ormap.org which is a GIS site. Our problem occurs when
a
user clicks the Back button.
What I am looking for is code to detect when the Back button is clicked
(Alt+ is another problem). Any ideas or sites to direct me too.
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[WSG] Need direction with key detection
I am not sure if this is the appropriate forum to ask this question, if it is not, please excuse me. We built http://www.ormap.org which is a GIS site. Our problem occurs when a user clicks the "Back" button. What I am looking for is code to detect when the "Back" button is clicked (Alt+ is another problem). Any ideas or sites to direct me too. Thanks in advance for talking the time to read this question, Kevin Kevin S. Gallagher Systems Analyst/Team lead IPD, ITS, App Dev I Supporting the Property Tax Division Voice (503) 945-8306 Fax (503) 945-8737 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context or otherwise that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system. attachment: image001.gif
