Re: [WSG] IE Patent stupidity meets... us.

2006-03-01 Thread Justin Carter
On 3/1/06, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slightly peeved that Microsoft's patent violation ages ago means that we [may] now have to make changes en-mass to keep websites functioning, and extend browser discrepancies in implementations of certain features even further than at

[WSG] Opera Labs and Opera 9 Preview 2

2006-02-07 Thread Justin Carter
Hi Everyone, I just noticed Opera have opened the Opera Labs page and they now have Opera 9 Preview 2 available for testing. The site has minimal content at the moment (after all it just opened) but there is a short speil on Opera supported web standards and the direction they are heading in:

Re: [WSG] cool FAQ page [follow up]

2006-02-06 Thread Justin Carter
It truly is frustrating when FAQ pages hide everything with invisible DIVs. As already mentioned it makes Ctrl-F useless (which I personally find very annoying), and it also makes me click a whole bunch of useless + symbols if I want to read more than one question on the page.

Re: [WSG] Sitecheck: 7 Sunrise Family website [sunrisefamily.com.au]

2006-01-30 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/30/06, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still keen to hear anyone's suggestions as to the Firefox 1.0.x render problem... :) Josh Hi Josh, While on the topic of rendering bugs I just thought I would mention that in Opera 9 beta there is some funky stuff happening with the

Re: [WSG] The Evils of innerHTML

2006-01-19 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/19/06, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it? I'm using AHAH (H = HTML, as opposed to XML) to dynamically retrieve some content and innerHTML seems infinitely more sensible: ... innerHTML doesn't work with XHTML, etc,. I know... and it's not a DOM method... but do people consider

Re: [WSG] small screen rendering

2006-01-19 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/20/06, heretic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just discovered the 'small screen rendering' tool in Firefox (web developer toolbar). Am I right in thinking this is an attempt to show what a site looks like on a mobile device or similar? Is it a good guide? etc. That's the theory,

Re: [WSG] legend wierdness in IE

2006-01-14 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/15/06, Sarah Peeke (XERT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW I have found this article: http://jeffcroft.com/blog/archives/2004/10/styling_fieldset_and_legend. php which talks about an IE underscore hack using: fieldset{position:relative} legend{position:relative;_top:-0.5em} Does anyone

Re: [WSG] Active Links

2006-01-13 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/14/06, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the tips, unfortunately no Server Side technology can be used, just static HTML files. If the pages must be static then you only have two options that I can think of... 1) Use a current class (or id) on the navigation element that

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-09 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/10/06, Seona Bellamy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone who is running a larger resolution than 1024x768 please have a look and tell me if the layout is holding up? Even better, can someone explain to me what the code in this conditional comment is doing in the first place? According

Re: [WSG] Jello Mold not working right in IE/Win

2006-01-09 Thread Justin Carter
On 1/10/06, Justin Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I'm seeing in IE6 is a fixed width layout that is centered at resolutions above 1024x768. I'm also seeing a horizontal scrollbar on my second monitor at 1024x768 (maximised), so it seems the width might need to be 1 or 2 pixels less

Re: [WSG] Fieldset inclusions and possible Firefox bugs

2006-01-05 Thread Justin Carter
I have noticed Firefox behaving a little differently to IE when using floated elements inside a fieldset. I think you may need a clearing div (or other element if you wish) *inside* the fieldset below the definition list, rather than trying to put the clearing on the 'buttons' div which is outside

Re: [WSG] IE7 b1 :/

2005-07-31 Thread Justin Carter
IE7 will be far from a disappointment. Sure Beta 1 doesn't seem to give us anything much new and the UI is a bit topsy-turvey but I think it's mostly due to the fact that it has come straight out of Longhorn (Vista). From the IMPRESSIVE list of fixes and newly supported features posted on the IE

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-15 Thread Justin Carter
On 7/15/05, wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont think XAML needs to be hosted inside IE? No it doesn't need to be. I said You will be able to, not you must :) People need to take a step back here and stop the off topic rants. Go do some light reading or something:

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-14 Thread Justin Carter
On 7/15/05, David Pietersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We all do, really. I am at home, and don't have the research here, but current statistics show that 97.4% of all devices accessing web content are running on Windows. Every one of these machines has IE on it. Really, are we mad to

Re: [WSG] 'strong' as class name

2005-06-26 Thread Justin Carter
You're also missing a semi-colon after San Serif =) - carter On 6/26/05, Tatham Oddie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tee,You've got the wrong selector. Use:strong{ font: 1em bold #369 Arial, San Serif text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none;}Or consult the

Re: [WSG] the use of reset buttons on forms

2005-06-15 Thread Justin Carter
i thinkReset buttons can have their merits depending on the context of their use. think of an application where a user is Editing data in a form, not starting with a blank form! - the user is wanting tochange 2 fields in a customer record, an address and a phone number... - they change an address