Re: [WSG] super bad Opera bug - v9.62

2009-05-23 Thread David Hucklesby
the complete code will be a slide show. The pv-btm background image is gone. Adding padding-bottom: 20px; to #product-view fixed it my end. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] super bad Opera bug - v9.62

2009-05-23 Thread David Hucklesby
the complete code will be a slide show. The pv-btm background image is gone. Follow-up to my last reply: It seems to be a z-index problem in Opera. Adding z-index: 1; to pv-btm also seems to fix it. Cordially, David -- *** List

Re: [WSG] PNG - how cross-browser standard reliable?

2009-04-27 Thread David Dorward
been of using .pngs in web pages. PNG is fine unless you have gamma information in the file[1] or 24-bit translucency and a need to support IE6[2] [1] http://hsivonen.iki.fi/png-gamma/ [2] http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_belatedPNG/ -- David Dorward

Re: [WSG] PNG - how cross-browser standard reliable?

2009-04-27 Thread David Hucklesby
of using .pngs in web pages. As others confirm, only IE 6 has problems with PNG files. Even IE 6 can be accommodated if you use 8-bit PNG. Check out this Sitepoint article: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/09/18/png8-the-clear-winner/ Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

2009-04-27 Thread David Hucklesby
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Re: [WSG] Box model in IE7

2009-04-24 Thread David Hucklesby
with a minimum size set by default, so the issue is more than academic. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

[WSG] AUTO: David Fry is out of the office. (returning 27/04/2009)

2009-04-22 Thread David Fry
I am out of the office until 27/04/2009. I will be out of the office starting 23/04/09 and will not return until 27/04/2009. I will respond to your message when I return. If it is urgent please contact webt...@griffithe.edu.au or on 53737 Note: This is an automated response to your message

Re: [WSG] Borders in liquid layouts

2009-04-17 Thread David Hucklesby
Stevio wrote: [...] Essentially I reckon it comes down to equal height columns in liquid layouts. Any suggestions on how to best accomplish this? There is this: http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/equal-height-columns-cross-browser-css-no-hacks Cordially, David

[WSG] Image Replacement and Accessabilty

2009-04-14 Thread David Hucklesby
You wrote: Other than using an img element and alt attribute, what image replacement techniques are also accessible? This is worth a look: http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/tip.asp Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines

Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread David Dorward
there are old browsers that do not support HTTP 1.1 and so do not send the HTTP Host header. A line needs to be drawn somewhere. The problem is that nobody can really seem to agree on where a reasonable place to draw it is. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

2009-04-07 Thread David Dorward
to IE7 compatibility mode would resolve any issues. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: [WSG] TYPE attribute of BUTTON

2009-04-03 Thread David Dorward
does with them. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread David Dorward
to them. 2. To cover up a Oh, you have to love this website, please add it to your bookmarks, pretty please message with something resembling something useful. ... which is just tacky. Are there any other reasons? -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] a WCAG 2.0 question

2009-03-12 Thread David Dorward
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Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2009-03-06 Thread David Laakso
r...@vanillastorm.co.uk wrote: Thank you for your email. I'm now out of the office until Tuesday 10th March 2009. Who cares? *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

[WSG] Javascript Accessibility

2009-03-02 Thread David Dixon
others thoughts on the subject. David -- David Dixon t: 07967 569 489 e: da...@digitaloasis.co.uk linkedin | http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjdixon twitter | http://twitter.com/daviddixon *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Javascript Accessibility

2009-03-02 Thread David Dixon
michael.brocking...@bt.com wrote: David, I think you are reading things differently to me. I don't know the authors true intention, but I read his words as being a call for anyone who wants to see ARIA implemented to join their team, not necessarily someone who is on the ARIA team. Thanks Mike

Re: [WSG] Javascript Accessibility

2009-03-02 Thread David Dixon
, not on WAI ARIA, apologies if the content of my original email didn't make this clear. My issue with ARIA is one of documentation, and would prefer deal with ARIA in a separate conversation. David -- David Dixon t: 07967 569 489 e: da...@digitaloasis.co.uk linkedin | http

Re: [WSG] Javascript Accessibility

2009-03-02 Thread David Dixon
Guys please, move this to a different topic, this ARIA issue has now clouded the original question. David -- David Dixon t: 07967 569 489 e: da...@digitaloasis.co.uk linkedin | http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjdixon twitter | http://twitter.com/daviddixon Matt Morgan-May wrote: As someone

Re: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-02 Thread David Laakso
Mike Kear wrote: For the first time since I started building web sites, IE is not the most prominent server on my two highest traffic sites. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. -- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

Re: [WSG] DHTML Menus

2009-02-26 Thread David Dorward
is probably a better approach most of the time. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] Code scan, complient to guidelines version 2.0

2009-02-24 Thread David Dorward
Thiru Yoganathan wrote: I am looking for a code scan tool that compliant to the new accessibility guidelines v2.0 We currently use Bobby, however that is still adhering to the guidelines, version 1.0 Does anybody know of a tool which can do this? I use siteSifter -

Re: [WSG] DHTML Menus

2009-02-24 Thread David Dorward
broken again. Then there are other arguments again them: http://www.message.uk.com/index.php?page=81 -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] IE and the button element

2009-02-24 Thread David Dorward
for example. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] URL naming best practice guide? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-20 Thread David Hucklesby
from m...@me.com/my.file I need it to pass on to a manager. Google's SEO Starter Guide has a section on URLs that you may find useful: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/11/googles-seo-starter-guide.html (Download the PDF from there.) Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] Marking up news

2009-02-19 Thread David Dorward
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Re: [WSG] Accessibility testing

2009-02-17 Thread David Dorward
should be avoided. The prolog is optional if the defaults (XML 1.0 and UTF-8 or UTF-16) are used. It is forbidden if HTML 4.01 is used. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] A Semi-Transparent Background Color?

2009-02-12 Thread David Dorward
appear until CSS 3. There are some implementations of the drat, but they aren't universal. I wrote about how to make use of the technique with various fallbacks here: http://dorward.me.uk/www/css/alpha-colour/ -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] Opera Targeting?!

2009-02-04 Thread David Dixon
. -- End Quote -- David Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Side-by-side comparison and measuring on various OSes (96dpi res. all to avoid any misunderstandings) reveals the following: - Firefox (3.0.5 3.1b2) seems to increment in 10% mouse-wheel steps for both 'text zoom' and 'whole page zoom'. That means 10

Re: [WSG] Opera Targeting?!

2009-02-04 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:37:19 -0800, tee wrote: IS 200% one time font size increasement or two? While FF 3 does not tell you, Firebug will show you the calculated font-size in pixels after re-sizing. In the CSS panel, choose Options Show computed style. Hope this helps. Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] Opera Targeting?!

2009-02-04 Thread David Hucklesby
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:37:19 -0800, tee wrote: IS 200% one time font size increasement or two? While FF 3 does not tell you, Firebug will show you the calculated font-size in pixels after re-sizing. In the CSS panel, choose Options Show computed style. Hope this helps. Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] Opera Targeting?!

2009-02-03 Thread David Dixon
Chomping at the bit to dismiss IE7 a little early aren't we Georg? :) David Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Besides: one should only target/hack dead browsers, like IE7 and older. Targeting/hacking live browsers like Opera, Firefox, Safari etc. for real, will only create maintenance-problems as new

Re: [WSG] label:hover - more harm than good?!

2009-02-01 Thread David Dorward
on checkbox or option. It should do. Have you properly associated the label with the input by giving the input a unique id and using it in the for attribute of the label? -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] Parenthesis around list counters

2009-01-27 Thread David Dixon
not acceptable (especially if regulatory bodies etc try to view them in a non fully compliant browser). David On 27 Jan 2009, at 19:25, Gunlaug Sørtun gunla...@c2i.net wrote: James O'Neill wrote: We are a small county displaying our ordinances and parens are important for legal notations

Re: [WSG] Multi Column Category Lists

2009-01-27 Thread David Hucklesby
Category2 Category6 Category3 Category7 Category4 Category8 Quick answer - http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=27f87 Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Users who deliberately disable JavaScript

2009-01-26 Thread David Lane
/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** -- David Lane = Egressive Ltd = d...@egressive.com = m:+64 21 229 8147 p:+64 3 963 3733 = Linux: it just tastes better = nosoftwarepatents http://egressive.com we only use open

Re: [WSG] Users who deliberately disable JavaScript

2009-01-26 Thread David Lane
Hello Patrick, On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 21:55 +, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: David Lane wrote: Given the increased number of threats and the availability of slick script blocker extensions for Firefox like NoScript (http://noscript.net/) it's only going to get more common, particularly

Re: [WSG] Users who deliberately disable JavaScript

2009-01-26 Thread David Dixon
and its a very old and unsubstantiated argument (for example, I can assure you that the large array of anti-Flash extensions for Firefox has made bugger all impact on the market penetration of Adobe's Flash Player or its usage). David Patrick H. Lauke wrote: David Lane wrote: Given the increased

Re: [WSG] Users who deliberately disable JavaScript

2009-01-26 Thread David Dixon
observation has been stated on this mailing list since its inception, and we've yet to see any evidence of this. David David Lane wrote: Agreed - the level of savvy of most user is absurdly low, and at present few will know what Javascript is, much less how to disable it. The question is whether

Re: [WSG] CSS IE6/7 - what a surprise

2009-01-23 Thread David Dixon
*/ } #NameofContainingDiv:after { clear: both; content: '.'; display: block; height: 0; visibility: hidden; } David Todd Budnikas wrote: Damian probably gave you your answer, but I'll also say that if you review the original documentation from http://www.positioniseverything.net

Re: [WSG] HTML 5 and XHTML 2 combined

2009-01-20 Thread David Storey
...@webstandardsgroup.org *** David Storey Chief Web Opener, Product Manager Opera Dragonfly, Consumer Product Manager Opera Core, W3C Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group member Consumer Product Management Developer Relations Opera

Re: [WSG] Validating (X)HTML + ARIA

2009-01-20 Thread David Hucklesby
with the word colour in the title, should I change the spelling according to the spell-check's version - color? I think not. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Image with borders due to Anchor tag

2009-01-17 Thread David Dorward
with text in it to remove the underline. Because it is a border not an underline, and it is drawn around the image not the entire link. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Examples of great high-school websites?

2009-01-17 Thread David Dixon
spirit. David Rick Faircloth wrote: What did you find to be so bad about the site, Stuart? -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Foulstone Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 2:11 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Examples of great high-school websites?

2009-01-17 Thread David Lane
... The teacher involved is a strong web standards advocate. My suggestion to EducationalNeworks... try web standards - they're not that hard. Cheers, Dave On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 22:47 +, David Dixon wrote: Perhaps the blatant disregard for common web standards could be the reason? (this is after

Re: [WSG] Examples of great high-school websites?

2009-01-17 Thread David Storey
Sadly sites like these are the norm rather than the exception. From my experience working in web site compatibility anyway. Can someone please send them http://www.opera.com/wsc ? David On 18 Jan 2009, at 00:07, David Lane wrote: Ouch - yes, I'm a bit embarrassed

Re: [WSG] Examples of great high-school websites?

2009-01-17 Thread David Lane
with links to this group. Perhaps others would like to do similarly: http://www.educationalnetworks.net/contact/ Cheers, Dave On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 00:18 +0100, David Storey wrote: Sadly sites like these are the norm rather than the exception. From my experience working in web site

Re: [WSG] Image with borders due to Anchor tag

2009-01-15 Thread David Dorward
a very different effect to a border around just the image. There's no selector in CSS to select an element based on its descendants either. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Examples of great high-school websites?

2009-01-15 Thread David Lane
/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** -- David Lane = Egressive Ltd = d...@egressive.com = m:+64 21 229 8147 p:+64 3 963 3733 = Linux: it just tastes better = nosoftwarepatents http://egressive.com we

Re: [WSG] Examples of great high-school websites?

2009-01-15 Thread David Lane
Oops - should've been Disclosure rather than Disclaimer :) On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 15:21 +1300, David Lane wrote: Disclaimer: I've had occasional association with the work being done at Hagley, and have been a guest speaker to the computing students on a couple occasions :) -- David Lane

[WSG] It's about web standards: use SVG, not Adobe's proprietary Flash

2009-01-14 Thread David Lane
Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** -- David Lane = Egressive Ltd = d...@egressive.com = m:+64 21 229 8147 p:+64 3 963 3733 = Linux: it just tastes better

Re: [WSG] It's about web standards: use SVG, not Adobe's proprietary Flash

2009-01-14 Thread David Lane
, Dave On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 09:32 +1300, David Lane wrote: snip... Until Adobe does with Flash what it did with PDF and make it an open, unencumbered standard (making it possible to build a true market around the concept), I'll look for every opportunity to promote the SVG standard instead

Re: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-13 Thread David Lane
by b) making the terms of the NDA available only in a non-standard, proprietary MS Word DOC format. Frankly, I'm amazed that some people (the BCAT guy) have so little appreciation for the audience they're entreating to give them free consultation. Dave -- David Lane = Egressive Ltd = d

Re: [WSG] css Help Please

2009-01-12 Thread David Hucklesby
, digits, hyphens, underscores, colons, and/or periods. No spaces are allowed. Mind you, I don't know what CSS makes of IDs that have periods and colons in them... ? Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2009-01-10 Thread David Lane
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Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2009-01-10 Thread David Lane
___ -- David Lane = Egressive Ltd = d...@egressive.com = m:+64 21 229 8147 p:+64 3 963 3733 = Linux: it just tastes better = nosoftwarepatents http://egressive.com we only use open standards: http://w3.org Effusion Group Founding Member === http://effusiongroup.com

Re: [WSG] Blockquote

2009-01-08 Thread David Dorward
the wrong problem and should be seeking to license the content or otherwise use it within the constraints of the law. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Chrome and Safari render the same...or do they?

2009-01-08 Thread David Hucklesby
) to work well cross-browser. This may not be your issue, but hope it helps. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm

Re: [WSG] JavaScript as External File vs. Internal Code and linking to images

2009-01-06 Thread David Dorward
to linked images? You aren't reading the resource at the URL from JavaScript though - you are changing the DOM so it references a different URL (and it is still using the URI of the HTML document as a base). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] E649 The default scripting language must be specified for an intrinsic event:

2008-12-30 Thread David Dorward
need. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] E649 The default scripting language must be specified for an intrinsic event:

2008-12-30 Thread David Dorward
David Dorward wrote: tee wrote: I remember I asked this before, still I am unable to figure out how to fix it. I spent ages reading and rereading this until I spotted the error message hiding away in the subject line :) http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html#h-18.2.2.1

Re: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict

2008-12-15 Thread David Lane
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Re: [WSG] positioning help needed

2008-12-11 Thread David Hucklesby
/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#choose-position Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] positioning help needed

2008-12-10 Thread David Dorward
William Simpson wrote: Yup, /clear: both/ is the critical rule that allow the footer to clear both floating divs above it. #sidebar { position: absolute; left: 51em; padding: 115px 0.4em 2em 2.5em; color: #606263; top:0; } ... is not floating. Unless you can predict the height of

Re: [WSG] Downloading Fonts

2008-12-08 Thread David Hucklesby
for myself. Anyone? Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] Downloading Fonts

2008-12-08 Thread David Hucklesby
for myself. Anyone? Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] the Name attribute

2008-11-27 Thread David Dorward
/showthread.php?t=217502 Just an example. A quick search to find. A quick search can also find out how to use blink tags and tables for layout. That is a good example of worst practises. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-26 Thread David Dorward
://www.w3.org/TR/html5/parsing.html -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-26 Thread David Dorward
with SGML? HTML5 is not HTML 4 or lower, or XHTML, or XML (disregarding the XML serialisation, as it isn't the serialisation being discussed). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-26 Thread David Dorward
the schism between HTML and XHTML. It certainly doesn't do that. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-26 Thread David Dorward
Brett Patterson wrote: From what I have read so far, you are pretty much agreeing with me. It depends on how you define language. Hence, David, you said and I quote, HTML 5 is Everything you need to know to build a browser with some definition of HTML, XHTML, DOM, SQL and HTTP

Re: [WSG] the Name attribute

2008-11-26 Thread David Dorward
if you did, document.images.imageId works fine (at least in the quick test I performed). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Link or @import (was Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?)

2008-11-25 Thread David Dorward
. Embedding a stylesheet in a document which does nothing except load an external stylesheet is conceptually inelegant (and very slightly off track for the separation of style from content). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] your best practise for CSS sprites for elements that have no height declared

2008-11-25 Thread David Dorward
://hsivonen.iki.fi/png-gamma/ -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-25 Thread David Dorward
of an advantage. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-25 Thread David Dorward
/XHTML2-WG-charter and http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/xhtml-roadmap/ for more. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] the Name attribute

2008-11-25 Thread David Dorward
duplicate the functionality of the id attribute. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?

2008-11-24 Thread David Dorward
of HTML (except when they are deferred, and the browser supports that feature) while styling generally doesn't. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-21 Thread David Hucklesby
/ quirks mode switching, and all browsers switch to strict with this, I believe: !DOCTYPE html The validator still needs a DTD though. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-21 Thread David Dorward
the Facebook namespace. If you go down that path, then you should be looking at getting a DTD that includes all the elements or using schema validation. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List

Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-20 Thread David Dorward
? Replacing XHTML with XML would be like replacing buildings with brick and mortar. The point of XML is to make it possible to build languages like XHTML. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread David Dorward
With Alt/h1 div img src=http://dorward.me.uk/images/wheel/logo.png; alt=Dorward Online /div -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Animated gifs

2008-11-20 Thread David Pietersen
I had to do this once in the past... and in the end I split the animation up into its individual frames, optimized each frame to within an inch of its life, then re-built it as an animation. Cut the file size down to 10% of the original size. I recall that I did screen-shots of every 'frame' of

Re: [WSG] Animated gifs

2008-11-20 Thread David Pietersen
Just tell the client that you can charge them for a full day of your time to fix it, or they can just have a still version for free. Let them make the decision for you ;-) On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Lynette Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I had to do this once in the past... and in the

Re: [WSG] Strange character encoding issue

2008-11-19 Thread David Dorward
James Jeffery wrote: Never had a problem with character encodings on web pages, but since I reinstalled the OS on my iMac I have had an issue. Your server says: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 But the data is UTF-8. -- David Dorward http

RE: [WSG] Question on servers and Email campaign

2008-11-11 Thread David Fuller :: magickweb
and install it yourself (and charge the client appropriately for your time) I hope they help David Fuller Developer magickweb Web:http://www.magick.com.au Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] li hover bg preloader

2008-11-10 Thread David Fuller :: magickweb
You can do rollovers in javascript - its usually to do with image swapping etc but it is possible... David Fuller Developer magickweb Web:http://www.magick.com.au Tel: 0434 728 267 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] img cannot be contained within the body?

2008-11-07 Thread David Dorward
element) The content model of the body element is different in Transitional doctypes, and img is allowed to be a child of the body element there. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines

RE: [WSG] Who are the Away on leave Notices from?

2008-11-05 Thread David Fuller :: magickweb
you were ignoring them (handy for work etc) you would set up the auto responder with that message. That's about it.. Hope that helps. David Fuller Developer magickweb Web: http://www.magick.com.au/ http://www.magick.com.auTel http://www.magick.com.au Email

Re: [WSG] another form question

2008-11-04 Thread David Dorward
good; c) bad- never do that. Entirely pointless - the label for buttons is content of the button element (or value of the input element). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines

Re: [WSG] CSS invisible to IE

2008-10-30 Thread David Hucklesby
for a solution. I feel pretty sure we could come up with something. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Mark-up for physical/postal addresses

2008-10-28 Thread David Dorward
Darren Lovelock wrote: Why not use the address tag Because most addresses on webpages do not provide contact details for the author. and a definition list? Because addresses are not definitions of things. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] JavaScript clarification please

2008-10-24 Thread David Dorward
Brett Patterson wrote: Why would you avoid w3schools? They do have some good information. So why? They have a lot of bad information - and spotting the difference is hard if you are trying to learn from them. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] div over flash

2008-10-23 Thread David Storey
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Re: [WSG] CSS font-size-adjust

2008-10-22 Thread David Hucklesby
? Is there an ideal aspect value for screen display? On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:41 PM, David Hucklesby [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: Hi Christian, I believe that Firefox 3 supports it, but must admit I have not tried using it. Interestingly I can't see the property listed in Sitepoint's Ultimate

Re: [WSG] Drupal - Standards Compliant and Crossbrowser Dropdown Navigation Widget?

2008-10-21 Thread David Dorward
/a./p ... but usually isn't needed for accessibility. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: php4 and encoded ampersands (was Re: [WSG] google and validation)

2008-10-20 Thread David Dorward
. It sounds like amp; is being requested. So the fault is in the tool making the request, not in the tool parsing it. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] CSS font-size-adjust

2008-10-20 Thread David Hucklesby
: http://unitinteractive.com/blog/2008/06/26/better-css-font-stacks/ The linked PDF with samples of each type face shown side-by-side is a useful resource too, I think. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http

RE: [WSG] Flash replace Javascript in Future?

2008-10-19 Thread David Fuller :: magickweb
in flash, so no real need to upgrade it any further at this stage...) A good point raised :) David Fuller Developer magickweb Web:http://www.magick.com.au Tel: 0434 728 267 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Flash replace Javascript in Future?

2008-10-18 Thread David Hucklesby
. This is a personal choice, of course. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

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