[WSG] W3C Semantics Checker

2005-01-08 Thread Michael Efford
http://www.w3.org/2002/08/extract-semantic.xsl Hi, has anybody ever used this? By the date on the url it looks quite old, but I've never seen it before and thought it might be useful to discuss on this list. Plug in any XHTML valid url and it will try to extract as much semantic meaning from the

Re: [WSG] W3C Semantics Checker

2005-01-08 Thread russ - maxdesign
http://www.w3.org/2002/08/extract-semantic.xsl Hi, has anybody ever used this? By the date on the url it looks quite old, but I've never seen it before and thought it might be useful to discuss on this list. There is a later version: http://www.w3.org/2003/12/semantic-extractor.html It was

Re: [WSG] G* addressing standards

2005-01-08 Thread Marilyn Langfeld
I agree with Patrick here. My only concern is with those web designers on IE/WIN, if avoiding px, who make type that will display much too small on other platforms/browsers. And the converse for me, now that I'm redesigning my site using % type ( http://www.langfeldesigns.com/test/index.html ).

[WSG] problem with gradient and background in IE/Win

2005-01-08 Thread Thorsten
hi, at http://www.thorstenpeh.de/test/devhelp/z-index/ you can see that i've achieved a blue gradient merging into a blue background-color. in the Fox, the transition between the gradient and the background-color is seamless while in IE/Win (5/5.5/6) the colors suddenly don't match anymore.

Re: [WSG] problem with gradient and background in IE/Win

2005-01-08 Thread Claudiu RADUT
To me Photoshop shows the bottom color of the gradient being #0053A5 while you have in your css file background-color:#0054A6. Hope this helps Clau Thorsten wrote: hi, at http://www.thorstenpeh.de/test/devhelp/z-index/ you can see that i've achieved a blue gradient merging into a blue

Re: [WSG] problem with gradient and background in IE/Win

2005-01-08 Thread David R
Thorsten wrote: in the Fox, the transition between the gradient and the background-color is seamless while in IE/Win (5/5.5/6) the colors suddenly don't match anymore. please disregard the slightly mangled layout. any ideas? This is because Internet Explorer's PNG handling is broken, I think it

Re: [WSG] problem with gradient and background in IE/Win

2005-01-08 Thread Thorsten
Claudiu RADUT wrote: To me Photoshop shows the bottom color of the gradient being #0053A5 while you have in your css file background-color:#0054A6. i've just double-checked in my .css and .psd file and the colour value is #0054A6 for both. as David R suggested, changing the format from .png to

Re: [WSG] G* addressing standards

2005-01-08 Thread Bruce
I was just working on that last night, firefox and ie displaying fonts different. Ended up cutting back on too many different font sizes in stylesheet, then went small on body tag, and % on a couple others... Ended up working good. I found just using em and % to some extent difficult Bruce

Re: [WSG] problem with gradient and background in IE/Win

2005-01-08 Thread Kornel Lesinski
in the Fox, the transition between the gradient and the background-color is seamless while in IE/Win (5/5.5/6) the colors suddenly don't match anymore. please disregard the slightly mangled layout. any ideas? Use GIF if you need colors to match exactly. Sad, but true.

Re: [WSG] G* addressing standards

2005-01-08 Thread Bruce
A List Apart, size matters: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sizematters/ An excellent writeup on the matter, among a few others at the site.. Bruce www.bkdesign.ca Marilyn Langfeld wrote: I agree with Patrick here. My only concern is with those web designers on IE/WIN, if avoiding px, who make

[WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2005-01-08 Thread Erwin Heiser
I definitely like the new look of your page. No question. I am not a big fan of those dropdowns, though. Why do I have to click on the primary item to get the dropdown? It forces the user to make an additional click that is not really necessary. The good old mouseOver would do the job much