Re: [WSG] Target Attributes

2004-10-26 Thread John Horner
frames, iframes and targets become modules in XHTML 1.1. So they will still be around, but not in the core XHTML DTD. Fascinating stuff. I had no idea about modules. I'll have to read in detail before I can claim to understand the whole thing, but at least it solves the mystery and shows how

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Chris Thompson
Dan, Nice clean design, I like it. Very usable too, The only comment I would make would be on the primary Navigation, I feel the colour you have chosen may lack contrast a little. but other than that, nice site! cheers Chris Thompson On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:03:43 -0500, Daniel Bowling [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Broken In Safari/IE Mac

2004-10-26 Thread Chris Thompson
I've had this problem too, I resorted to hiding certain rules using hacks (cringe) helped. This css hack chart is handy. http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/ Safari CSS support: http://developer.apple.com/internet/css/safari_css.html Nice looking site though. Chris Thompson On Tue, 26 Oct

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Dave Lyons
? i didnt know i submitted a site, lol do u mind if i ask which 1 it gave u? thanks dave -- Original Message -- From: Chris Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:37:04 +0100 Dan, Nice clean design, I like it.

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Dave Lyons
oops, sorry, i didnt see where that signed me up for a discussion group lol -- Original Message -- From: Dave Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:49:00 -0400 ? i didnt know i submitted a site, lol do u mind if i

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread john
I like it. Clean and simple. IMO, you should include a skip to content link for the screen readers. ~john _ Dr. Zeus Web Development http://www.DrZeus.net content without clutter Daniel Bowling wrote: Hello, I would greatly appreciate any feedback for my personal site

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Todd Baker
I too like the design, I wish I could design like that. My only comment would be that I think the standard font size is a bit small.. yes I know you can resize it but a well sighted person shouldnt have to. My 50c worth. -- Todd Baker http://electronet.com.au - Where electrons go for a good

Re: [WSG] Select form element doesnt validate

2004-10-26 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:42:32 +1000, Michael Kear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True, Patrick, it's not a teaching tool. But you do need to be able to find out what is correct if it says it's wrong. It is not a teaching tool. Using any tool you must have an idea what it is doing. That means if

RE: [WSG] Select form element doesnt validate

2004-10-26 Thread Bert
G'day If you find the output from the validator puzzling and are looking for the tool to provide clearer answers, suggest you take it up with the people who provide the tool. Having said that... The elements, attributes and values are defined in the DTD (

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Amit Karmakar
'About' and 'Accessibility' should be on different pages IMHO, not everybody wanting to know about 'Accessibility Statement' may like to read through all of the 'about' page to get there. And there yes 'Accessibility Statement' should stand out on equal footing as 'Skip to content'. Other than

RE: [WSG] site layout problems, specifically in Mac IE

2004-10-26 Thread Craig Millman
Hi, sorry it has taken a while to get back, I have been away. I am not sure I understand how to solve the problem. I think I am more confused after reading the bugs for IE5 Mac. Should I put in my XHTML div id=clearer/div then in the CSS #clearer{clear:none;} again the page is

Re: [WSG] Broken In Safari/IE Mac

2004-10-26 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On 26 Oct 2004, at 9:37 AM, Natalie Buxton wrote: Woe is me. It's busted big time. And for the life of me I cannot work out which CSS rules Safari and IE Mac are refusing to honour. Two things: In IE the navigation bar is sitting wrong. In Safari it's the entire layout is busted big time. Natalie,

RE: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Ryan Nichols
Hi Dan, It is a nice design, with attractive colors. One thing I would mention is the main menu text is a little small. One thing I wanted to mention to people that I learned recently is about LCD monitors vs CRT monitors. I have both here on my desk, and my CRT is a cheap brand, probably what a

RE: [WSG] dublin core and search engines

2004-10-26 Thread Ted Drake
Hi Steven I believe this is the paper you are looking for. I included the Dublin Core to prepare our site for future search engines. I hope SEO benefits will be an added bonus. It looks like this paper illustrates the added bonus aspect.

Re: [WSG] Downloadable docs

2004-10-26 Thread Susan R. Grossman
is it possible to search in this mailing list archive? it would save time and resources sometimes You can search the archive at: http://webstandardsgroup.org/manage/archive.cfm There is also a resource search on this page in the bottom right nav. The resources are also all listed at:

RE: [WSG] dublin core and search engines

2004-10-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I have been searching for an article I read a while ago on the Dublin Core, but cannot find it anymore. If I remember correctly it was published by an SEO group and mentioned that it was very doubtful the Dublin Core would be accepted as standard, as it has been around for many years and so far

Re: [WSG] Site Review Request

2004-10-26 Thread Damian Sweeney
Regarding skip to content links, I found this article recently about usability testing of screen reader users: http://www.stcsig.org/usability/newsletter/0304-observing.html In particular under the 'Many want to skip the navigation, but don't use that feature' section: Some developers have

Re: [WSG] site layout problems, specifically in Mac IE

2004-10-26 Thread Matt Andrews
just to clarify: clear:none means don't clear anything - position this element next to floated blocks according to normal flow. clear:left means if this element would normally be positioned next to a float:left block, put it below the float:left block instead. clear:right means if this element

[WSG] Some links for light reading (27/10/04)

2004-10-26 Thread russ - maxdesign
What is a standard?: http://webstandards.org/buzz/archive/2004_10.html#a000463 SiFR - mezzoblue review: http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/10/26/sifr/ Clearing Floats - The FnE Method: http://www.orderedlist.com/articles/clearing_floats_fne Semantically Correct Knockout Quotes:

[WSG] two column IE issues

2004-10-26 Thread Darren Wood
Hey team! Like the rest of you I wish I didn't have to worry about IE. I do all my dev on a linux box running Firefox 0.10. Needless to say all my XHTML and CSS looks exactly the way I want it to...then I start testing in IE...sigh / http://dev.webdeveloper.co.nz/site/ [The CSS is in the

[WSG] WE04 Summary (blowing my own trumpet)

2004-10-26 Thread Jason Foss
Greetings! I penned a bit of a summary of some of the things I learned at WE04, and Sitepoint have published it! http://www.sitepoint.com or straight to the article: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/essentials-modern-web-design Did I miss anything imprtant? Well, it's too late now if I did, but

Re: [WSG] two column IE issues

2004-10-26 Thread Jason Foss
Have you fixed it already? IE6 on WinXP looks the same as Firefox 0.9... On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:13:13 +1300, Darren Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey team! Like the rest of you I wish I didn't have to worry about IE. I do all my dev on a linux box running Firefox 0.10. Needless to say

Re: [WSG] two column IE issues

2004-10-26 Thread Natalie Buxton
Same here, tested on Firefox and IE all looks the same (and very nice to boot). On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:35:28 +1000, Jason Foss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you fixed it already? IE6 on WinXP looks the same as Firefox 0.9... On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:13:13 +1300, Darren Wood [EMAIL