RE: [WSG] Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5

2007-09-10 Thread John Foliot
Lachlan Hunt wrote: What should an authoring tool (like Dreamweaver) insert by default when a user adds an image and immediately dismisses the alt text prompt? (It currently omits the attribute unless the user explicitly selects empty or types in some text.) Currently, most screen

RE: [WSG] What do we say if we don't say click?

2007-04-19 Thread John Foliot
Michael MD wrote: interesting discussion I get a lot of mobile phone users here. click would definately not be a suitable word to use on any page mobile phone users are likely to look at. ...however I might use that word on pages that require javascript such as those that use an

RE: [WSG] What do we say if we don't say click?

2007-04-19 Thread John Foliot
James Leslie wrote: On a related note, though not involving galleries, I find a lot of our clients want to have linked text along the lines of Click here for more details on product x. I have managed to fairly much insist that we always use the entire sentence as a link to show context,

RE: [WSG] What do we say if we don't say click?

2007-04-19 Thread John Foliot
Terrence Wood wrote: John Foliot wrote: semi-credible stats showing that 4% of users cannot (do not?) support JavaScript [http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2007/March/javas.php] Granted, this appears to be more reliable than 99.9% - but isn't javascript required in order for thecounter.com

RE: [WSG] What do we say if we don't say click?

2007-04-18 Thread John Foliot
Brian Cummiskey wrote: I've been using View Larger Image. something like this: a href=large.jpg title=larger detail image of img src=small.jpg alt= /br /View Larger Image/a Good discussion. :) Let's introduce a new slant to this: what happens if there are 16 thumbnail images

RE: [WSG] PopUp windows

2007-03-07 Thread John Foliot
Paul Novitski wrote: You'll want to warn users, e.g. with a title/tooltip that says something like (Opens in a new window). I've been told by a small number of screen-reader users that this solves for them the disconcerting problem of windows popping open with back buttons disabled. Late to

RE: [WSG] Today's lesson: Respect - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-10 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
clients. For those users married to their MS Office suite (and thus Outlook), you may be interested in this: http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/outlook-quotefix/ Problem solved. JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist WATS.ca - Web Accessibility Testing and Services http

[WSG] ACCESS + KEY still = ACCESSKEY

2005-11-18 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
(W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, AND THE PUBLIC work together to develop Web standards. (http://www.w3.org/Consortium/) Thank you. JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing

RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: From my personal perspective, Dreamweaver has a fantastic coding view similar to Homesite, with the additional features of FTP, CSS and Site Management. Uhm... It *is* HomeSite, which Macromedia bought to add to their Dreamweaver Suite (they also

RE: [WSG] 'em' versus '%'

2005-09-25 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Specifications at www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-CSS1-19990111#length-units plus the Errata Notice correcting the original CSS1 spec. www.w3.org/Style/css1-updates/REC-CSS1-19990111-errata.html) JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing

Censorship (was RE: [WSG] IE Showing Transparent - APOLOGY)

2005-09-17 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
of Participation: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm, with failure to do so an actionable offense). Anything else is offensive _to me_! JF -- John Foliot Perth, Ontario ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Staying on topic (was RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities)

2005-08-23 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
/) and GAWDS (the Guild of Accessible Web Developers - http://www.gawds.org/discuss/). Many of the regulars on these lists are only too happy to lend a hand and provide answers, etc. when asked. Experience on the other hand takes time... But it's really worth the wait. HTH JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL

RE: [WSG] IE Madness

2005-08-18 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
this problem (IE 6.0.2 / W2K). FWIW... JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053 ** The discussion list for http

Stupid Questions? (was RE: [WSG] display: inline-block: valid or not? W3C validator says not.)

2005-08-15 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
...) Cheers all! JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] RE: Stupid Questions? (was RE: [WSG] display: inline-block: valid or not? W3C validator says not.)

2005-08-15 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Patrick Lauke wrote: John Foliot - WATS.ca There is no such thing as a stupid question (although occasionally we will see stupid responses...) You tell 'em John :) P As a point of clarification, when I say stupid responses, I meant in the form of condescending or mean responses, rather

RE: [WSG] Spacing Issue

2005-08-14 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
common sense. JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org

Accesskeys (Was RE: [WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org)

2005-08-14 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
eliminating them entirely, making your quest a moot point. Cheers! JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053

RE: [WSG] Table header

2005-08-14 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
://wats.ca/resources/accesskeysandkeystrokes/38 Cheers! JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053 ** The discussion

RE: [WSG] Newbie Questions: East-Asian Character Sets and Marking-up Poetry

2005-08-09 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
... (just a random thought...) h3Title of Poem/h3 blockquote pre Blah...blah..blah... More blah. /pre /blockquote panalyse of poem.../p Good Luck, HTH JF -- John Foliot

Politically Correct Terminology (was RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/)

2005-08-04 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
terminology changes with the times. If in doubt, ask. Most people with a disability will be more than willing to help you. HTH JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility Testing and Services http://www.wats.ca Phone: 1-613-482-7053

RE: 'users with disabilities' WAS: [WSG] New front page for http: //ab c.net.au/

2005-08-04 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
for the web -- and perhaps there should be some citizens band version of the web (which the spammers will overrun) and a professional version. Interesting thought... Please, no... JF -- John Foliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca Web Accessibility