Hi James
I got so sick of doing rounded corners and having to open a graphics program
to change them (Hey, I'm a developer) when the design changed that I wrote
PHP script using Imagick2.0 that draws the quadrants using the correct
foreground colour, background color (or transparent), border
Hi Paul
Too true, I'll figure out some sort of caching - probably a combo of server
and client - at the moment it is just me hitting the script during testing.
Thanks
James
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:07:45 am Paul Bennett wrote:
Now instead of opening up inkscape it's just a call to a PHP
Hi Bob
Not related to your IE issues, but if you need some help with testing in IE
(including multiple IEs), here's a fairly successful workflow to follow as a
write up in the WSG resource section:
http://webstandardsgroup.org/manage/resource_display.cfm?resource_id=896
I've found this makes a
Hi Tee
You are correct: Opera doesn't do opacity. The best way I have found is to use
an opaque transparent PNG, which will work on everything not IE6.
For IE6, use one of their opacity filter: things.
Not to helpful with those fade effects but it will work in your case.
With Opera I have a
Sheesh, I could have sworn I was fiddling around with Opera and opacity the
other day and it wasn't working, there goes my opacity credibility.
I ran a few test on 9.5b and 9.24 (windows and linux) and they both do the
opacity rules. It's only Konquerer that doesn't do it. Maybe that's where I
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:33:44 am Crocker Ryan (rc) wrote:
Looks good in IE 6 IE 7 also.
Hi
I think it's a case of works in IE, then good enough.
Hello 1999! : Designed forbr id=XSpLit247/Internet Explorer 6.0
Something weird about passport renewal pages, I don't know if they are all
Hi
I read this on the Opera feed this morning, I'm not sure how it will proceed
but it mentions:
The complaint describes how Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by
tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating system and by
hindering interoperability by not following
Hi
This is an oft asked question by a lot of clients and relies on a basic
misundertanding of how documents are passed around the internet.
Basically, it is impossible (see examples below). If you don't want
information copied from your web page then don't put in on the web. period.
Hi list
This is starting to move off topic, if not already there. Being more a
question of client or server side scripting rather than web standards, it
really doesn't belong on the WSG list (see guidelines) - I'd suggest a
general web development source or moving it to the WSG forums for further
Hi Kevin
One option is to use VirtualBox (virtualbox.org) which is virtualisation
software written in Qt. Looks to have Mac OSX host capabilities
(http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=8)
I use the open source edition in KDE and run all the Windows browsers in an XP
guest for testing.
Hi Tony
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:07:06 am Tony wrote:
Hello,
If, by default,
PDFs open within the browser, then won't we be changing their user
experience by forcing them to open/save?
Regards,
Tony
Not really, the current position of inline PDF and other documents in
probably due to the
Hi
It's a bit difficult to work out what is going one given the image itself
seems to be a 1x1 transparent gif. You may find that your browser is blocking
these as they most likely represent web bugs, causing the issue you see.
the HTML spec redirects URI info to RFC2396. In section 3. URI
Hi
That's a common enough response when dealing with standards based
implementations from companies that either:
* do know and don't care
* don't know and are scared/worried
* do know, do care but don't have the resources
* do know but implementation would have internal political implications
Hi
This discussion is off topic for the WSG list. If you would like to respond to
Michael, please do so off list.
The list guidelines are available at the footer of each list email.
Thanks
James
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:34:22 am Michael Horowitz wrote:
If I am including a menu using
and remember that Wine is an emulation layer, it may not give the same
results as virtualising Windows (which is a standard Windows install). It
depends on how good the emulation is.
For instance, before using virtualisation to test IE in XP, I was using Wine
and ies4linux and not getting
Hi Naveen
Options are, as discussed, fieldsets and labels to assist with positioning.
There is nothing illegal about using form elements in a table - some see it
as the widget labels being in the th and the actual widgets being in
the td. For a quick, single fieldset form, it's a useful layout
Hi Angus
Do you happen to be talking to people who like itsy bitsy font sizes ? Do they
happen to be setting their own font sizes ? I guess, find out if it is
widespread and then consider your options. Font-size is bit like calling
purple lavender, violet or magenta - everyone has an opinion
Hi, inline comments ..
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:02:46 pm Breton Slivka wrote:
i understand that javascript is needed to pass information from a form to
a data base for storage or retrieval of data.
Incorrect- Javascript is absolutely not needed for this. In fact, I
would actively
Agreed, plenty of virtualisation software out there that makes problems like
the ones reported just go away.
In most VM's you could take a snapshot of Windows prior to install of IE8 then
roll back to that snapshot when you are done with IE8 or until a workable
standalone comes through. For
I had this crazy idea that MS would allow developers to implement something
like this so we could forget about the various furbar'd rendering engines MS
produces and just run with something that works for those of us who code to,
or try to code to, the various standards:
meta name=engine
Hi
The validator is doing the right thing in flagging these rules as either not
existing or at another version of CSS. Usage of -vendor-specific-css in this
manner is also perfectly fine when you want to target a feature that has been
introduced into a rendering engine but has not yet been
Hi
I read through that post and the available comments and I'd say it's a bit
pedantic of the author to go on about a subset of an application and link
that to the end of XHTML and worse. Especially one that seems to be third
party and incorporated into WP. The author also confuses the
On Wed, 7 May 2008 02:35:51 pm Elizabeth Spiegel wrote:
It can be great for getting immediate feedback without reloading a page
e.g. building a customised bag at Timbuk2:
http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/products/bagbuilder
Elizabeth
Hi
Yes, but that kind of functionality can easily be done
Hi
Reading through all the replies on this topic is quite interesting. The one
thing that you can be sure about in web work of any kind is (aside from
taxes) that users will interact with an interface in ways we never dreamed
of - using their fridge, a keyboard, a mobile, the wrong address bar
Hi
Using both Tidy (1) and HTML Purifier (2) can improve tag soup no end --
although even they have their limits. They also add a bit to processing time,
especially HP as it is written in PHP - you can solve that issue with page
caching, though.
(1) php.net/tidy
(2) htmlpurifier.org
HTH
James
Hi
Try sticking a revision number on the style/script url like so:
href/src=/path/to/file?r=12
Browsers will download and cache that link (depending on the cache settings of
the browser/ web server / proxy). When you make a revision to the file, bump
the revision number:
Hi
Note sure about which one is the best for standards support - they all have
their little oddities that are usually down to the developers' interpretation
of what is correct. Most of them have this odd wiki markup so you type in
headline instead of h4headline/h4 - which stupidly
Hi
That's not exactly right .. if you install v3 to a different location (tip:
choose Custom install) then you can run either version from the relevant file
location, but not at the same time.
The only problem you will find is compatibility with some extensions when you
run FF3. If you want
On Sunday 06 July 2008 17:43:08 Matijs wrote:
Wrong group I'm afraid Bidemi, but one wonders, why Flash in the first
place?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:20 AM, Bidemi Adejumo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All,
Is there anyone who can design guestbook with flash? I guess you know
what the
Hi
This thread has previously been closed. If you want to continue with it,
either do so off list or alter the subject to something descriptive and ask
questions in the context of web standards.
If you are unsure of what is on and off topic for the list, consult the
mailing list guidelines, a
Barney,
One other thing you might want to check is how (mime type, character encoding)
your web server is serving the file.
If you are using a server side language then most (if not all) can send http
headers to a browser, including a content type header. In PHP, for instance,
you'd do this
Hi
I guess the first questions are - where is the bug report, do you have an
example url and what is the opacity issue you mention ?
If I remember rightly (and I stand corrected) opera uses Qt 3 as it's
widgeting engine and I think the Konquerer/KHTML developers were running into
similar
It's just a name branding exercise... having an iphone in your domain, e.g
as a subdomain has more to do with marketing efforts and user identification
(I've got an iphone and I want to use it on something) than it does with the
code it actually presents.
Look under the hood at
On Sunday 27 July 2008 08:41:04 Hayden's Harness Attachment wrote:
At http://www.choroideremia.org/new/crf_header.php I have three buttons.
The first is Decrease font size the second is ?Default font size. And
the third is Increase font size:. Firefox 3.0.1 shows them in 15 point
Arial font
On Sunday 27 July 2008 08:41:04 Hayden's Harness Attachment wrote:
At http://www.choroideremia.org/new/crf_header.php I have three buttons.
The first is Decrease font size the second is ?Default font size. And
the third is Increase font size:. Firefox 3.0.1 shows them in 15 point
Arial font
Hi
There is some really good information in all these posts. I'd also go so far
as to say look at the theory of developing specifics for IE6. There is a
gaining movement around to start phasing out IE6 support - look at 37signals,
I think they begin IE6 phase out this week or next. They've
Hi
Not wanting to hijack the PNG thread, so I've altered the subject.
I understand the issues involve in huge migrations, it's not that easy..
especially if your systems have a vested interest in some piece of obsolete
technology.. but there are two things that strike me as odd here -
- IE7
Hi Mike
No worries, not interested in war, but I do understand.
I guess the one big answer about why change is that, over time, sites will
just stop working to their full efficiency. There is also the big one called
security (or lack of). I hope, but I don't think, that this fabled desktop
A table is a good option for static calendars. i.e a grid. On the flip side,
using a list based calendar, you'll be able to present it in different ways by
altering the style rules for the elements, e.g as a pseudo-grid, a list etc
etc.
And of course, there's no reason why you can't do both
On Wednesday 13 August 2008 21:23:23 Krystian - Sunlust wrote:
Could some of you guys trim the messages?
It's really hard to read when you top post above useless tones of wording.
Regards,
Hi all
This thread has gone off topic for the list, if you want to continue to
discuss it, please do
Interesting to read the many comments on this. It's utilising Webkit as a
rendering engine (also behind Safari and Konquerer 4), which is BSD and LGPL
licensed. In turn Google say they are licensing Chrome as Open Source, meaning
depending on the actual license, items like V8
You can grab the source from : http://code.google.com/chromium/
http://dev.chromium.org/Home and try to build it if you want ..
According to the site, it won't (yet) build fully on Mac or Linux
(http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-linux) but I'm
sure it'll happen
Tee:
I haven't seen your code but is it possible this is occurring because both
checkboxes and radios are, in fact, input elements ?
e.g
input {
border : #000;
background-color : #f00;
}
I'd suggest just adding a rule to text fields if that is what you want.
HTH
J
On
..and if you are truncating url paths based on a page title at a certain
point, you'll end up with some odd urls sooner or later..
e.g example.com/blog/why-xyz-browser-sucks.html
when your title is:
Why XYZ browser sucks less than ABC browser
RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1) doesn't set a maximum length on
Hi Sherri and others..
This topic is outside the guidelines for the WSG list. Please feel free to
continue it off list.
Guidelines are available in the footer of each list message.
Thanks
James
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Graphics Web Designing, LLC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Again,
Hi
If there is CSS related issue that doesn't seem to want play nice, no matter
what you do, it's probably a rule being set by the browser in its user agent
stylesheet.
In firefox's case, it's in firefox install dir/res/forms.css (for forms).
Have
a peek at that stylesheet and you'll see all
Kevin
There have been several discussions on the list regarding ecomm systems, you
might find your answers browsing the archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=ecommercel=wsg%40webstandardsgroup.org
Thanks
James
On Thursday 26 February 2009 16:27:17 Kevin Erickson wrote:
Hi,
Does
Hi
Not at the moment. For out of office replies I suggest you write a filter in
your
mail program checking the message subjects for the text out of office and
variations., dumping them in another folder. Works for me, hardly ever see em.
Return receipts are harder and we suggest people just
On Wed, 27 May 2009 12:04:48 pm Chris Dimmock wrote:
We can flag text that appears to be hidden using CSS at Google. To
date we have not algorithmically removed sites for doing that. We try
hard to avoid throwing babies out with bathwater.
MattCutts at Oct 21 2005 - 02:09
That was nearly 4
Hi
Firefox places 1em 0 anyway on p elements anyway (not sure about the other
browsers), so it (firefox) will define the same margin as your framework's p
rule.
Type this into your firefox address bar:
resource://gre/res/html.css
p, dl, multicol {
display: block;
margin: 1em 0;
}
You
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00:27 pm Mark Harris wrote:
Henry Mencia wrote:
So you just have serif or sans serif in the font-family?
Pretty much, unless a client specifies otherwise (and I'll try to talk
them around).
The biggest cost I have seen in web design since 1996, when I started,
is
To put what you wrote another way, with a font family list such as your
example, the visitor is at the designer's mercy to see only the designer's
choice of fonts,
Yes, that's the point of typography and meeting the requirements of a client
specification. Provided it's readable I don't see
Hi
Two good resources may help you here:
HTML help: http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/lists/dd.html
Contents Inline elements, block-level elements
The DTD for XHTML (strict e.g):
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd
and
Hi
Use virtualbox (.org) and run up a virtual machine that only has IE7 on it.
You can do this by installing XP into the virtual machine and updating it to
IE7. Remember to turn off Windows Update so it doesn't upgrade to IE8 when you
are not looking.
Virtualisation is the only real way to
Hi
Try looking at Drip, an IE memory leak detector:
http://www.outofhanwell.com/ieleak/index.php?title=Main_Page (first result
in Google)
https://ieleak.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ieleak/trunk/drip/docs/index.html
Thanks
James
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Mads Erik Forberg m...@hardware.no
Hi
You can safely ignore any -prefix validation errors (-moz, -webkit, -opera)
- they are never going to validate on the W3C validator. The point of the
vendor specific rules is to do stuff the W3C haven't standardised yet.
The validator should probably ignore them as well. If you really must
Hi
I guess it's understand the consequences and use at your own risk. I doubt a
vendor will change the spelling and if they do, I'm pretty sure they'd
maintain BC by allowing both to work.
Using the example of *-radius, the vendor differences are more to do with
what the values selected will
Hi
One problem might be that you have the word paris before your doctype,
which shows up as the page is rendering:
paris
!DOCTYPE html P
Which could affect the CSS somewhat (at a guess). Try removing everything,
including white space and line breaks before the doctype.
I see the font
Hi
Give them all the background information that people have listed here. WCAG,
usability info etc. If they still decide they want it, do as the client
instructs. Make sure you code in a simple off switch configuration option
into the site and when they want to change it, turn it off while
Hi
As this is a web design dev list please keep the discussions on-topic. If
anyone wants to help Marvin please contact him directly.
Thanks
James (core admin bod)
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Uday uday.tew...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Marvin,
You can try Easy Recovery Pro. if your hard drive
Hi
Sorry, Marvin, but you raised this topic on the WSG list a few weeks back
and, if memory serves me correctly, it was deemed off-topic. While it's
obviously a very annoying situation to be in, it really has nothing to do
with the WSG. Please stick to the mailing list guidelines when posting. If
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