[WSG] AEC site web standards compliant

2004-10-09 Thread Neerav
I was just monitoring early results from the Australian federal election at http://vtr.aec.gov.au/ and noticed this note at the bottom of screen: This site is compliant with the web standards HTML 4.01, CSS2 and WCAG 1.0 for increased accessibility. -- Neerav Bhatt http://www.bhatt.id.au Web

Re: [WSG] Is XHTML harmful?

2004-10-09 Thread Chris Bentley
Geoff; But still, strictly speaking, an XML based document is bound to be more semantically correct because it is well formed. Why? Are the semantics of the following deferent? ul liIce cream/li liSprinkles/li /ul ... ul liIce cream liSprinkles /ul SGML and XML

Re: [WSG] AEC site web standards compliant

2004-10-09 Thread Amit Karmakar
must admit its good to see the move! The Standard compliance I mean. Code semantics is not the best H1 class=mainheadingspan id=labelElectionTitle2004 Federal Election /span Facts amp; Figures/H1 still I would say its a positive move. On

Re: [WSG] Is XHTML harmful?

2004-10-09 Thread Chris Bentley
Dean; Then there is the whole Web Applications trend. Again, HTML and XHTML are pretty much the same in functionality here, but if I'm using an application on the Web then I want to make sure it is well-formed and well-structured. I don't want a typo by a web developer (such as leaving off an end

Re: [WSG] AEC site web standards compliant

2004-10-09 Thread Trovster
It is a good start, especially using unordered lists for the menus at the side But some of the things like summary=layout aren't too clever... and it isn't valid HTML 4.01 transiltional, fails on one point... TD width=99% background=Images/logospacer.gifnbsp;/TD Still got spacer gif... Agreed