Re: [WSG] DOM tutorials/books?

2005-06-14 Thread Alan Trick
There's these also, I can never spend too long w/o them: http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-DOM-Level-1-19981001/ http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/ Alan Trick Nick Elliott wrote: Hi Following up on a thread from a month back, this book is now finally out. DHTML Utopia

RE: [WSG] Fair usage of Pre and a Mac issue with it

2005-06-14 Thread Mike Foskett
Thanks Philippe. So it appears to be a waste of time developing further while IE 5 on a Mac is still prevalent. I'm dropping back to divs and setting white-space to pre. Cheers mike 2k:)2 marqueeblink e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] site: http://www.webSemantics.co.uk /marquee/blink

[WSG] Standards and ADS

2005-06-14 Thread Jad Madi
Hi Will ADS break web standards in any mean ? such as Google ads, and Amazon ads? -- Web standards Planet http://www.w3planet.info/ Personal Blogger http://www.EasyHTTP.com/jad/ EasyHTTP Network http://www.EasyHTTP.com ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Standards and ADS

2005-06-14 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day Jad Madi wrote: Will ADS break web standards in any mean ? such as Google ads, and Amazon ads? Not if they use standards compliant markup. Easiest way to check is to get a page to validate, then insert the ad and see if it is still valid. Regards -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design

Re: [WSG] Standards and ADS

2005-06-14 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
On 6/14/05, Jad Madi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Will ADS break web standards in any mean ? such as Google ads, and Amazon ads? No. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

[WSG] site check w3planet.info

2005-06-14 Thread Jad Madi
Hi I have made some changes to W3 planet, would you please check it http://www.w3planet.info/site/ and give me your feedback Regards ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Standards and ADS

2005-06-14 Thread Alan Milnes
Jad Madi wrote: Hi Will ADS break web standards in any mean ? such as Google ads, and Amazon ads? I added a PayPal link to my website but the supplied code snippet isn't valid XHTML so I had to manually alter it. Alan ** The discussion

RE: [WSG] site check w3planet.info

2005-06-14 Thread Colin Steele
I would recommend not having ::Web Design References:: for 14 different areas of web design. These should be made into the sub headings of Usability, XML, Typography etc. Colin Steele - www.e-connected.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [WSG] site check w3planet.info

2005-06-14 Thread Bruce
Jad wrote, Hi I have made some changes to W3 planet, would you please check it http://www.w3planet.info/site/ and give me your feedback ** It is a very interesting site and a well put together package of standards related information. All my favorites in one place is great to see and

Re: [WSG] site check w3planet.info

2005-06-14 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:11:39 -0400, Jad Madi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have made some changes to W3 planet, would you please check it http://www.w3planet.info/site/ and give me your feedback Jad, Nice, clean, well designed site. Worked well for me in XP_SP2 at 1280 in Opera8, Moz1.7.4,

[WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Kim Kruse
http://mouseriders.dk/ I would be glad if you could help me with the following... On OS9 Mac/IE 5 I have a background painting bug in the list menus on the right. I've read a ton of articles and none of them seems to apply to my problem (they way I read them anyway). So if anyone has an idea

RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Josef Dunne
I don't have a certain answer, but I have a questions; Why are you trying to get your website to work on IE on a Mac?? (OS9)?? You know that IE on a mac has been ditched in the new OSX (Tiger). And Safari is the dominent Browser. You should have a message appear on your site for any users that are

Re: [WSG] -Mouseriders-Site check...

2005-06-14 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:00:05 -0400, Kim Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mouseriders.dk/ [...] I would be happy for a sitecheck in general regarding DL time, accessibility Accessibility suggestion: body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } or, body { font: 100.01%

RE: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Peter Firminger
Hmmm... I don't have a certain answer, but I have a questions; Why are you trying to get your website to work on IE on a Mac?? (OS9)?? You know that IE on a mac has been ditched in the new OSX (Tiger). And Safari is the dominent Browser. You should have a message appear on your site for

[WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, I recall some controversy surrounding when to use em and i, could someone clarify proper use? CK __ Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do. ---Bruce Lee

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Martin Heiden
Chris, I recall some controversy surrounding when to use em and i, could someone clarify proper use? Simply don't use i, because it is visual markup. Think about what you really want. Is it emphasis, use em, is it just something visual use span class=someclasstext/span. And try to give the

Re: [WSG] -Mouseriders-Site check...

2005-06-14 Thread David Laakso
Apology. My reply to Kim Kruse was meant for the css-list, not WSG. David Laakso On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:28:05 -0400, David Laakso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:00:05 -0400, Kim Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mouseriders.dk/ [...] I would be happy for a sitecheck in

[WSG] small and big : accessibility usage?

2005-06-14 Thread Matt Thommes
Is there any reason at all to ever use small, and big? I know they are visual elements, but I thought I heard somewhere that small represents a tonal adjustment, for screen readers - such as *lowering* the tone of voice. em and strong provide levels of emphasis - but is there an opposite to

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Ben Curtis
I recall some controversy surrounding when to use em and i, could someone clarify proper use? Simply don't use i, because it is visual markup. Think about what you really want. Is it emphasis, use em, is it just something visual use span class=someclasstext/span. And try to give the class a

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Lukasz Grabun
Martin Heiden napisa(a): Simply don't use i, because it is visual markup. Think about what you really want. Is it emphasis, use em, is it just something visual use span class=someclasstext/span. And try to give the class a semantic name, not italic. Great, and left Lynx and CSS-off users

RE: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Josef Dunne
Well of course I'd make the site degrade gracefully in IE on a Mac, id use the @import reference so that older browsers would just render the content, im all for web standards, but if you are having major problems with IE on a Mac, which a lot of developers do have, then id say just render the

Re: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi Josef, Have you looked at the page? I'm using @import and I'm *only* having problems with one particular OS... Mac OS9 and IE5X! AFAIK the page looks fine on all other browser/OS. Regarding the hint. Isn't it so that if you put a this page is best view or Update your browser... or worse

Re: [WSG] Standards and ADS

2005-06-14 Thread Roger Johansson
On 14 jun 2005, at 14.20, Jad Madi wrote: Hi Will ADS break web standards in any mean ? such as Google ads, and Amazon ads? Yes. You need to use some workarounds to be able to serve Google ads if you use application/xhtml+xml to deliver XHTML. More info here:

Re: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Hi Kim, Ive opened your page in IE for Mac, versions 5.0 and 5.1.7 and it seems exactly equal to what I see in Firefox on Windows. Do you want me to send a printscreen to your email? Roberto Kim Kruse wrote: Hi Josef, Have you looked at the page?

Re: [WSG] Standards and ADS

2005-06-14 Thread Wayne Godfrey
I can't believe this subject just came up. I'm about ready to have to deal with advertising myself, but not something as simple as Google ads. What happens to dealing with Flash based ads as well as some the other horrible formats that are going to be thrown into my site. I have outlawed

Re: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi Roberto, Thanks. I guess you didn't open it OS9? So unless that's the case it should not be necessary. Thanks though :-) Kim Ive opened your page in IE for Mac, versions 5.0 and 5.1.7 and it seems exactly equal to what I see in Firefox on Windows. Do you want me to send a printscreen

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, Any reference on this? On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Ben Curtis wrote: for example when you are italicizing foreign words, book titles, ship names, or other things that are typically italicized but not emphasized. Also although I've googled I know from one or Russ' must reads a noted

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Joseph Lindsay
Here's one of the best explanations of when to use b and i: http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2004/05/02/b-and-i On 6/15/05, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Any reference on this? On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Ben Curtis wrote: for example when you are italicizing foreign words, book

Re: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Kim, Is it possible to open the versions I mentioned with OS X? I dont think so I opened it in the 0S9 emulation provided by OSX But, now, Ive tried also an old ibook I have here, with only OS 9.2 and IE 5.1 and I do not see absolutely nothing that qualifies as a background painting bug (or

Re: SPAM: RE: [WSG] Site check with a problem and something new

2005-06-14 Thread John Wells
For what it's worth, if a user is browsing on OS9's IE, then they have little choice--Firefox, Safari, etc. are all only available on OSX. So to suggest that someone upgrades from Mac IE5 is to suggest they go out and shell out a cool grand for a new machine that runs a new OS. So maybe go a bit

[WSG] Wellington WSG meeting Thusday 16 June

2005-06-14 Thread Mike Brown
Hi everyone just a reminder about the Wellington WSG meeting to be held tomorrow. Details of the meeting are here: http://webstandardsgroup.org/go/event41.cfm It's looking to be a good meeting - good speakers, food and drink provided and over 70 people attending. And should be a good feeling

Re: [WSG] em vs i

2005-06-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Lukasz Grabun wrote: Great, and left Lynx and CSS-off users alone. i is not depracated. b is not deprecated. Both have its meaning and purposes. span is perfectly rendered by all browsers but if you apply font-style: italic rule to the text you want to be italic when using Lynx I won't see

[WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread Richard Czeiger
Hi all, Wondering how we can get CSS to specifity the spearator used in ordered lists (ie: the thing between the list item number and the value of the list item). For example... 1. a) 1 - a: I need this ability to replicate government legislation and apparently it has to be an

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread John Allsopp
Richard, Wondering how we can get CSS to specifity the spearator used in ordered lists (ie: the thing between the list item number and the value of the list item). For example... 1. a) 1 - a: I need this ability to replicate government legislation and apparently

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Richard Czeiger wrote: Wondering how we can get CSS to specifity the spearator used in ordered lists As far as I can tell, you should be able to define that with the styles provided for automatic numbering and lists in CSS 2.1 http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/generate.html#counters

[WSG] valid javascript code

2005-06-14 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Hello, I just tried to validate a page against an XHTML strict DTD with javascript code and received these errors: there is no attribute language required attribute type not specified I am calling the JS code externally and thought it was correct. the syntax in question is: script

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread Richard Czeiger
Thanks, Patrick. John reminded me of the counters. I'd forgotten about them because of their total lack of support... C'est la guerre :o) Richard - Original Message - From: Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:30 AM

Re: [WSG] valid javascript code

2005-06-14 Thread tee
the syntax in question is: script language=javascript src=/javascript/rollover.js/script what am I doing wrong?? TIA Hi Bruce, Change to: script type=text/javascript src=/javascript/rollover.js /script This should work. tee ** The

[WSG] the use of reset buttons on forms

2005-06-14 Thread Andreas Boehmer
Hi guys, just wanted to hear what other people's thoughts on this topic are. I have been adding submit reset buttons to most of my forms all along. But I am getting the feeling that the reset button is not only a waste of time, but in fact fairly user-unfriendly. Seriously: how many people

Re: [WSG] valid javascript code

2005-06-14 Thread Dmitry Baranovskiy
Bruce Gilbert wrote: Hello, I just tried to validate a page against an XHTML strict DTD with javascript code and received these errors: there is no attribute language required attribute type not specified I am calling the JS code externally and thought it was correct. the syntax in

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread John Horner
I need this ability to replicate government legislation and apparently it has to be an EXACT duplicate. As far as I can tell, this isn't in the spec. Has anyone found a solution? Some fancy CSS hack or DOM scripting that will get around this? If that EXACT is truly non-negotiable, as in, it

Re: [WSG] valid javascript code

2005-06-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Bruce Gilbert wrote: there is no attribute language required attribute type not specified script language=javascript src=/javascript/rollover.js/script script type=text/javascript src=/javascript/rollover.js/script -- Patrick H. Lauke _

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

2005-06-14 Thread Richard Czeiger
In terms of accessibility and usability... what's the difference between RESET and refreshing the page? R - Original Message - From: Andreas Boehmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:48 AM Subject: [WSG] the use of reset buttons on

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

2005-06-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Andreas Boehmer wrote: I am getting the feeling that the reset button is not only a waste of time, but in fact fairly user-unfriendly. Agree 100%. Never found any situation that would warrant a reset button. On the other hand, how many people *accidentally* press the reset button when they

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

2005-06-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Richard Czeiger wrote: In terms of accessibility and usability... what's the difference between RESET and refreshing the page? In some browsers, if you fill in any fields and then refresh the pages, your entries remain intact. Admittedly, this doesn't seem to happen in IE, but it can still

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread heretic
Wondering how we can get CSS to specifity the spearator used in ordered lists (ie: the thing between the list item number and the value of the list item). For example... As someone has already mentioned, http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/generate.html#counters will eventually be the way to do

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

2005-06-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
(posted back to the list, because it could be of interest for this conversation ... if it's too OT, just shout) Richard Czeiger wrote: Hey patrick - does that still apply with Shift+Refresh? Good one...I thought along those lines as soon as I posted the last reply. Tested in Firefox/Win,

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

2005-06-14 Thread heretic
Seriously: how many people enter data into a form and go so completely wrong that they want to erase everything they have just done and start over new? Some users may want to do that; alternatively some users will change their minds about submitting at all and do not trust simply closing the

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread Terrence Wood
On 15 Jun 2005, at 12:19 PM, John Allsopp wrote: numbering is a very important part of the content of some documents (particularly legislation) and so should be in the content of the HTML I completely agree, and have been involved in translating legislation into a web format. It's a shame

RE: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread Derek Featherstone
On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:56 PM, Terrence Wood wrote: I completely agree, and have been involved in translating legislation into a web format. It's a shame that the start attribute has been deprecated in XHTML (last I looked). Well, there is always HTML 4.01 for these cases (legislation,

Re: [WSG] Fair usage of Pre and a Mac issue with it

2005-06-14 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 14 Jun 2005, at 7:23 pm, Mike Foskett wrote: So it appears to be a waste of time developing further while IE 5 on a Mac is still prevalent. I'm dropping back to divs and setting white-space to pre. Depending on how important IE Mac is, you can always serve it a bit of different style.

Re: [WSG] CSS List Separator

2005-06-14 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 15 Jun 2005, at 11:11 am, Derek Featherstone wrote: As has already been said, simply choosing the right DOCTYPE for the job may not be enough, though, given that we still don't really know to what degree punctuation matters. I've been busy putting a law text on a web page (alongside

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

2005-06-14 Thread Francesco Sanfilippo
I have a different opinion. Neither Reset nor Cancel are necessary. Studies show most users click the back button to abort transactions (even I do, and I'm a web developer) or leave sites (if there are no appealing links to go anywhere else). I can see where Cancel could be a little more