Re: [WSG] how to force a cache bypass?

2012-08-03 Thread David Hucklesby
-boilerplate/blob/83f4f281866be1cf7f391738c53c448a5ac658e9/.htaccess#L233 Rob You may be interested in this automated way of doing it: http://derek.io/blog/2009/auto-versioning-javascript-and-css-files/ -- Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-06-30 Thread David Dorward
… /html [1] http://idpf.org/epub -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] cross-browser or vendor-specific CSS

2012-06-29 Thread David Hucklesby
there's going to be a severe performance hit on page load. I hope I'm wrong. -- Cordially, David *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: [WSG] cross-browser or vendor-specific CSS

2012-06-29 Thread David Hucklesby
On 6/29/12 11:08 AM, coder wrote: - Original Message - From: David Hucklesby Start with a simple design for mobile and old browsers. Add advanced CSS inside @media queries or qualified by :root. qualified by :root? can you give us an example here? In HTML, :root is functionally

Re: [WSG] More on forms

2012-05-19 Thread David Dorward
. (You should also use regular expression literals ( /bar/ instead of new RegExp(bar) ) as they avoid having to escape things for regex and then escape them again for the string.) -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List

Re: [WSG] list heading – best practice?

2012-03-02 Thread David Dorward
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Re: [WSG] WSG: Best Practice Page/Content Tools [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2012-02-26 Thread David Hucklesby
a size that defaults to 20px body text at the fairly usual 96 DPI desktop setting. (i.e. 125%.) I got used to that size on my previous laptop that was set to 120 DPI. On a 14 inch screen, 1400px by 1050px, it seemed right. -- Cordially, David

[WSG] Re: WSG Digest (Out of office)

2011-12-22 Thread David Linden
Hi I'm out of the office from 28 Dec, returning Tuesday 3 January 2012. If you message is urgent you can contact me on 0431 183 204. Regards David Linden This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. They are intended solely for the use

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-21 Thread David Hucklesby
page. If a link does open a new window, say so. A case could be made for opening PDFs in a new window. But this always breaks the back button, and I doubt there are many who don't know about that browser feature. :) -- Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-21 Thread David Hucklesby
On 12/21/11 9:35 AM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: On 21/12/2011 17:14, David Hucklesby wrote: Excellent points. If your reason for wanting to open a new window or tab is to be helpful, I suggest telling your visitors about the right-click option right there on your web page. Ah, but then do you

Re: [WSG] Is it possible to style an attribute?

2011-12-20 Thread David Hucklesby
in that book. :) -- Cordially, David *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Accessible Slideshow

2011-12-06 Thread David Laakso
On 12/6/11 12:44 PM, Ted Drake wrote: trimmed These are just some of the features I would look for in an accessible slideshow. -- Ted Drake Does such a slideshow exist; and, if so, can you please point to one that uses those features... and, includes any other features that are

[WSG] Desktop. Tablet. Mobile.

2011-12-05 Thread David Laakso
Comments and suggestions welcome. This end OS X 10.4: Parallels IE 6/7/8 on IETester. Android/2.2.2 with Opera Mobile and OperaMini. http://chelseacreekstudio.com/z/z.php Best, Jimi Hendrix -- Desktop. Laptop. Tablet. Mobile! http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [WSG] Divs for tabular data

2011-12-05 Thread David McKinnon
/datatable/ You can easily make your data table sortable, generate charts, make it super accessible and more. You can't do the same with positioned divs. ted On 12/5/11 8:44 AM, Hassan Schroeder has...@webtuitive.com wrote: On 12/4/11 11:22 PM, David McKinnon wrote: OK, so I'm working

[WSG] Divs for tabular data

2011-12-04 Thread David McKinnon
if they aren't. What do you think? Are tables too hard for the real world in large sites or web apps where large amounts of DOM manipulation is required? Or have these guys taken the 'Tables are bad' thing a bit too far? Kind regards, David

Re: [WSG] Content div sticking out the side of container div

2011-12-03 Thread David Hucklesby
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Re: [WSG] nav element

2011-11-22 Thread David Hucklesby
where convention dictates the purpose of the links - as in the case of a menu bar, for example. So it can be moved off screen or otherwise visually hidden, but available to screen readers etc. HTH. -- Cordially, David *** List

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-15 Thread David Laakso
On 11/15/11 12:49 AM, Grant Bailey wrote: Is anyone able to offer suggestions as to how demonstrate to the user that overflow content has been truncated, like this (see attachment). Grant Bailey I guess the question for me is whether I understand the question??? Set width in %,

Re: [WSG] Wrapping text before float drop

2011-11-03 Thread David Hucklesby
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Re: [WSG] Best Practice - Content Within Tables

2011-10-13 Thread David Dorward
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Re: [WSG] media queries can't understand body tag

2011-09-29 Thread David Laakso
I did figure it after my post, from xcode's web inspector, a feature I never used before until today. Tee Care to share what you found out? Thanks. ~d -- Desktop. Laptop. Tablet. Mobile! http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [WSG] media queries can't understand body tag

2011-09-29 Thread David Laakso
On 9/29/11 5:28 PM, tee wrote: Trying to figure all these another question has arisen. Take iPad for example which supports portrait and landscape, so if I have two separate images target for the two, doesn't it load two images? Say, I first view a page from landscape and this loads the image

Re: [WSG] media queries can't understand body tag

2011-09-28 Thread David Laakso
On 9/28/11 8:27 PM, Hassan Schroeder wrote: Maybe the third time's the charm -- Oh, easy for Leonardo! -- Dylan Thomas -- Desktop. Laptop. Tablet. Mobile! http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] RE: WSG Digest

2011-09-27 Thread David Laakso
On 9/27/11 5:04 AM, Dave Smith wrote: Hi Tee When trying the max/min width approach, was the Meta Viewport Tag used? ::trim:: all the best, Dave @davesmiths Try also, simply: metaname=viewport content=width=device-width ~d -- Desktop. Laptop. Tablet. Mobile!

Re: [WSG] media queries can't understand body tag

2011-09-27 Thread David Laakso
On 9/27/11 10:29 PM, tee wrote: Hi Tom, Thank you. I don't know how to check it either, I have iPad and iPod, so would like to learn how to check too. tee Not terribly scientific but simply clear the cache on the iPad and the iPhone and view the page. You'll know whether it is loading

Re: [WSG] media queries can't understand body tag

2011-09-27 Thread David Laakso
On 9/27/11 11:44 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: David, with nothing but mobile Safari, if I hit a page with multiple queries or an element specced as display:none but has a bg image, how to you *verify* that an unwanted image loads anyway or not? There's no inspector that I'm aware of like desktop

Re: [WSG] media queries: device-width vs max/min width

2011-09-25 Thread David Laakso
On 9/25/11 5:38 PM, tee wrote: I would love to hear what other think about the approach for device-width vs max/min width. tee The approach to responsive web design is not particularly difficult. Your castle in the air needs a simple and solid foundation. That's the key. The one-size

Re: [WSG] IE9's Browser Mode Controls - Reliable?

2011-09-23 Thread David Hucklesby
convenient than firing up several VMs. http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage HTH. -- Cordially, David *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] media queries can't understand body tag

2011-09-18 Thread David Laakso
On 9/18/11 5:43 PM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:34 PM, teeweblis...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm, media queries can't understand body tag; a id or class for the tag is needed. Spec on W3C site doesn't indicate though as I see example like so: @media all { body {

Re: [WSG] flat form with check boxes [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2011-09-12 Thread David Thomas
of a square box. or maybe even have a pdf of the form because pdf's are a good for material that is meant to be printed. Let us know how you go, as i'm also interested what everyone else thinks. David Thomas d...@daveycreative.com On 12/09/2011, at 12:57 PM, Chris Vickery wrote: Hi all

Re: [WSG] Fwd: Video in web page

2011-09-06 Thread David Thomas
fallback if you didn't want the video on youtube although this requires converting it to a few different filetypes for compatibility and can be hard to implement. Remember: Make the video accessible by adding captions and a descriptive text base transcript alternative. David Thomas On 07/09

Re: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread David Laakso
On 8/23/11 3:53 AM, Mike Kear wrote: Mike Kear http://afpwebworks.com Setting the fonts at user default and ditching Verdana is the first place to start... *** List Guidelines:

Re: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread David Laakso
On 8/23/11 2:07 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: On Tue, 23 Aug 2011, David Laakso wrote: On 8/23/11 3:53 AM, Mike Kear wrote: Mike Kear http://afpwebworks.com Setting the fonts at user default Absolutely! and ditching Verdana is the first place to start... Totally irrelevant

Re: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread David Laakso
On 8/23/11 7:32 PM, Tom Ditmars wrote: On 2011-08-23 19:12, David Laakso wrote: It is relevant only if you are one of the few on the planet who are concerned with typography and see Verdana for what it is at default: pug-ugly. While that might be your opinion, it's not necessarily relevant

Re: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread David Laakso
On 8/23/11 10:32 PM, tee wrote: Then this will do... body { font-family: sans-serif; } If you ever do this, I strongly suggest you test it on older Windows System. tee Each and everyone of you win. I give-up. I have taken a coil of rope to the woods. Farewell.

Re: [WSG] iOS Safaro issue (?): Fixed and Absolute position

2011-08-10 Thread David Laakso
On 8/10/11 10:30 PM, tee wrote: iOS Safari has rendering issue with fixed position, that is, the element will stay at the middle of the page when the hight of content is longer than the device height. Anyway to get around this? tee I think position:fixed works on iOS5...

Re: [WSG] a:link behaviors issues

2011-07-29 Thread David Dorward
don't is when you have a non-linked anchor (which you shouldn't have these days since `id` on a heading or div/section/etc makes more sense). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] HTML5 and invalid meta tags

2011-07-26 Thread David Dorward
be registered in the WHATWG Wiki MetaExtensions page. [WHATWGWIKI] Anyone is free to edit the WHATWG Wiki MetaExtensions page at any time to add a type. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http

RE: [WSG] Modal forms - what to call them?

2011-07-20 Thread Nixon David
I usually go with business activity - business function with my modal forms (SharePoint) e.g. Records - Declare a new record -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Stevio Sent: 20 July 2011 16:46 To: Web Standards Group

Re: [WSG] html5 quest: figure

2011-07-18 Thread David Laakso
On 7/18/11 7:47 PM, tee wrote: Or maybe the question should be , can a single figure contains many figcaption? And use it for slidershow's markup. Thanks! tee Not really sure whether this answers your question from an article in html5 doctor but either way you may want to check it for

[WSG] OperaMini

2011-07-16 Thread David Laakso
What will stop this test-case [1] from jumping from default to a larger font-size in OperaMini in /landscape/ view (resumes default with reload)? It is fine in OperaMini portrait view. And on the same device there is no problem in portrait /or/ landscape view in Android/2.2.2 and Opera Mobile.

[WSG] Re: WSG Digest (Out of office)

2011-07-16 Thread David Linden
Hi I'm currently out of the office. Please contact Kieran Curtain on (03) 9269 0652 (ext. 652 in Melbourne) . Regards David Linden This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. They are intended solely for the use of the individual

[WSG] Re: WSG Digest (Out of office)

2011-07-15 Thread David Linden
Hi I'm currently out of the office. Please contact Kieran Curtain on (03) 9269 0652 (ext. 652 in Melbourne) . Regards David Linden This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. They are intended solely for the use of the individual

Re: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-14 Thread David Dorward
enhancement[1] is a better approach, but it isn't deprecated Which means you would need to use a transitional doctype. The relationship between Appears in transitional but not string and is deprecated is not 1:1. [1] http://icant.co.uk/articles/pragmatic-progressive-enhancement/ -- David Dorward

[WSG] Re: WSG Digest (Out of office)

2011-07-14 Thread David Linden
Hi I'm currently out of the office. Please contact Kieran Curtain on (03) 9269 0652 (ext. 652 in Melbourne) . Regards David Linden This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. They are intended solely for the use of the individual

Re: [WSG] IE issues: display none vs absolute position for show/hide effect

2011-06-16 Thread David Hucklesby
On 6/15/11 10:24 PM, tee wrote: Repost, change subject line. David and Jon, I am not trying to hide the texts from desktop screen and has screen reader able to read it - I want the content be available at all time for search engines, browsers, CSS enabled/disabled and JS enabled/disabled. I

Re: [WSG] IE7 page load issue, can it be prevented?

2011-06-15 Thread David Hucklesby
On 6/14/11 7:45 PM, tee wrote: David, Thanks for the response. I made two screencasts. In advanced browsers and no problem. The dropdown at the left top somtimes does show through if the connection is very slow and the page takes more than 10 seconds to load. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Re: [WSG] IE7 page load issue, can it be prevented?

2011-06-14 Thread David Hucklesby
an element, div#part-2 for example, use this CSS: .js #part-2 { display: none; } /* hide if JS is enabled */ Apologies if I misunderstood. Your example code is beyond my comprehension this early morning... :( -- Cordially, David *** List

Re: [WSG] mobile

2011-06-10 Thread David Laakso
Greetings from San Juan, Puerto Rico. re: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ Thanks all. Best, Milagros Sanchez *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe:

[WSG] mobile

2011-06-09 Thread David Laakso
Greetings from San Juan, Puerto Rico. re: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ Constructive comments are always welcome. Specifically we are interested to know if the images within the portfolio section fill the window horizontally in both portrait and landscape view in handsets smaller than 320

Re: [WSG] the image is not showing in IE7

2011-06-03 Thread David Hucklesby
increasingly don't work. They are a usability problem as well. I'd look for an alternative solution if I were you. -- Cordially, David *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Site test?

2011-05-22 Thread David Laakso
On 5/21/11 5:22 PM, Telford Computer Doctor wrote: Just in the process of designing a website for a client, just wondering whether iPad, iPhone, mobile users could give me some feedback as to the jQuery used - whether it works basically. http://www.telfordcomputerdoctor.co.uk/lt Only the

Re: [WSG] Accessible Modal/Lightbox Code

2011-05-17 Thread David Dorward
to the other images. So, despite being CSS 3 based and without JavaScript, a cursory glance at it leads me to conclude that it is highly inaccessible. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Can I have a Safari check?

2011-05-09 Thread David Laakso
On 5/9/11 4:02 PM, tee wrote: http://208.43.169.106/m151/index.php/patterns.html Add the product to cart. What do you see after that? tee Mac OS X 10.4.11 Safari 4.1.3(4533.19.4) test was added to your shopping cart. http://208.43.169.106/m151/index.php/checkout/cart/ Best, ~d --

Re: [WSG] Desktop. Tablet. Mobile.

2011-05-06 Thread David Laakso
On 5/6/11 11:42 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: On Fri, 6 May 2011, David Laakso wrote: This end... Desktop: OS X 10.4 Tablet: No got. Mobile: OperaMini os SanyoMirro 4 BoostMobile. uri: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/m/ Text is cut off: http://t.cfaj.ca/mentor.jpg In what OS, in what

Re: [WSG] Desktop. Tablet. Mobile.

2011-05-06 Thread David Laakso
uri: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/m/ ~d Thanks to all of you who took time to view the site and share your thoughts and opinions... Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ ***

[WSG] Desktop. Tablet. Mobile.

2011-05-05 Thread David Laakso
First-pass. Comments and suggestions appreciated. This end... Desktop: OS X 10.4 Tablet: No got. Mobile: OperaMini os SanyoMirro 4 BoostMobile. uri: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/m/ Thanks. Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/

Re: [WSG] Mobile detection using CSS media queries

2011-05-03 Thread David Laakso
On 5/3/11 3:16 AM, Caleb Wong wrote: Hi, Is it safe to use just css media to target mobile devices such as iphone, blackberry, android phones? And assume if I'm only embedding 1 stylesheet with various media queries in it, would there be any lag in the page style load? Has anyone got some

Re: [WSG] Title tags - site name then keywords?

2011-04-19 Thread David Dorward
, Pipework, Welding - ABC Engineering Ltd And put titles in the title element, not a list of keywords. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Need to access parent content from iframe

2011-04-05 Thread David Dorward
iframe js? p.s. The iframe and parent window are different domain. The js file resides in iframe. No. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Same_origin_policy_for_JavaScript -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines

Re: [WSG] Need to access parent content from iframe

2011-04-05 Thread David Dorward
On 5 Apr 2011, at 11:55, Mahendran Venkatesan wrote: I thought the policy is applicable only for accessing the content from parent window to iframe. So, the access permission in both ways is not possible. It applies to all cross origin communication - XHR, frames, etc, etc. -- David

Re: [WSG] Need to access parent content from iframe

2011-04-05 Thread David Dorward
but not mozilla.com or org. So you can, but only in non-standard and very limited ways. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] what is the exact version of FF 3.6 x prior to FF4?

2011-03-31 Thread David Hucklesby
://davemartorana.com/multifirefox/ -- Cordially, David *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] what could be the cause that Safari can't load a page?

2011-03-31 Thread David Laakso
On 3/31/11 6:09 PM, tee wrote: http://bit.ly/eKE1He (safe to click - I made the shorten url myself, but if you rather not clicking it, that's ok. The link goes to a blogger's site). tee The load is continuous. OS X 10.4 Safari/4.1.3 Had to force quit on video error. Check markup:

Re: [WSG] what could be the cause that Safari can't load a page?

2011-03-31 Thread David Laakso
On 3/31/11 10:52 PM, tee wrote: The load is continuous. OS X 10.4 Safari/4.1.3 Had to force quit on video error. Check markup: http://html5.validator.nu/ ~d Thanks. The first video link on the right column? tee Yes, I thi/m/k so. As ever, ~quasimodo --

Re: [WSG] why :first-child pseudo-class doesn't work for some selectors/elements?

2011-03-06 Thread David Dorward
the two individually as I thought maybe they can't be grouped, but it makes no differences. !-- Container -- body !-- 1st Child -- dl ... /dl !-- 2nd Child -- h2Heading 2 this is the first-child and the bg color should be in Olive./h2 Ditto. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-27 Thread David Hucklesby
... -- Cordially, David *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-25 Thread David Dorward
markup, but I have not seen anything to indicate that they do. So what exactly is the benefit? It saves having to rewrite the site when AT, SEs, etc do have significant support for them. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk

Re: [WSG] Aside and section

2011-01-24 Thread David Laakso
On 1/24/11 2:41 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: Is it ok to nestsection elements inside theaside element? Can't come up with anything about this scenario on Google... I'll have a first real attempt at an HTML5 page for critique soon... Yes. http://gsnedders.html5.org/outliner/

Re: [WSG] Aside and section

2011-01-24 Thread David Laakso
On 1/24/11 4:37 PM, David Laakso wrote: On 1/24/11 2:41 PM, Tom Livingston wrote: Is it ok to nestsection elements inside theaside element? Can't come up with anything about this scenario on Google... I'll have a first real attempt at an HTML5 page for critique soon... Yes. Best, ~d

Re: [WSG] To marquee or not to marquee here is the question!!! [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2011-01-19 Thread David Dorward
On 19 Jan 2011, at 01:43, David Bromage wrote: marquee is non-standard and deprecated. It can't be both. It is not valid HTML 'tis. Sadly. (So long as you accept drafts) http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/obsolete.html#the-marquee-element and is not supported by all browsers. Yes, well, nor

Re: [WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc

2011-01-18 Thread David Laakso
On 1/18/11 6:49 AM, designer wrote: I making an html5 site with a few galleries, each one being a grid of images 4 rows of three thumbnails. Clicking the thumbnails provides a 600px wide image via lightbox++. The images are all 600px wide, but the heights are different. When it comes to

RE: [WSG] To marquee or not to marquee here is the question!!! [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2011-01-18 Thread David Bromage
UNOFFICIAL marquee is non-standard and deprecated. It is not valid HTML and is not supported by all browsers. A “web standards group” should adhere to web standards! Regards David UNOFFICIAL *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Default style declaration?

2011-01-14 Thread David Dorward
. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] nav or menu?

2011-01-09 Thread David Laakso
On 1/9/11 7:44 AM, designer wrote: Hi LG, I am making a site (html5) which has a nav section at the top of each page. Some pages will also have a 'menu' which will be a short list of links to other pages in the site, and these will appear lower down in the content of the page. Instinct

Re: [WSG] CSS variable navigational menu`

2011-01-09 Thread David Hucklesby
indicates,,,) Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] CSS lists

2011-01-08 Thread David Laakso
On 1/7/11 8:10 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Hi all, Besides the CSS-D list, which CSS lists would you recommend subscribing to? Thanks, -- Thierry These come to mind??? The appropriate w3c list, and... http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/ http://csscreator.com/ http://bytes.com/ Best, ~d --

Re: [WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

2011-01-07 Thread David Laakso
On 07/01/2011 04:10, Mike Kear wrote: I have to convert a client site to enable phone users to use the site and I was wondering what is the best method to detect the mobile user agent and switch the css sheet? On mobile strategy: Bruce Lawson

Re: [WSG] IE hasLayout - the long and short of it

2011-01-06 Thread David Hucklesby
On 1/5/11 11:12 PM, G.Sørtun wrote: On 06.01.2011 07:21, David Hucklesby wrote: Here's my attempt to put a gradient behind some headings. To get Microsoft's gradient filter to work, I must give the headers layout. This causes the headings to expand in width in IE6, and to shrink in IE7: http

Re: [WSG] IE hasLayout - the long and short of it

2011-01-06 Thread David Hucklesby
On 1/6/11 9:43 AM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: Hi David, It appears to be the existence of hasLayout on the .vcalendar that causes the problem (due to it being floated...) I don't think this is the issue per se. Imho, the problem is that this float is width-less. Give it with a width and things

Re: [WSG] IE hasLayout - the long and short of it

2011-01-06 Thread David Hucklesby
Re: http://thewebwiz.net/temp/has-layout-long-and-short/ On 1/6/11 5:05 PM, Jon Reece wrote: Hi David, Sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't read all that I should have, also didn't notice that removing hasLayout also removed the filter. Maybe you want to try PIE (css3pie.com)? - Jon That had

Re: [WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

2011-01-06 Thread David Hucklesby
/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/ (Broken? try http://goo.gl/CRQY ) I'll certainly be interested in any other possibilities. I have not got very far with this myself... Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http

[WSG] IE hasLayout - the long and short of it

2011-01-05 Thread David Hucklesby
, will be most gratefully welcome. Thank you for your time. Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] mobile

2010-12-30 Thread David Laakso
On 12/30/10 9:10 AM, Rick Faircloth wrote: Two comments... 1)I recommend a Home link on all pages. I tried to get back Home and couldn't find a way to get there, until I just happened to click on your name at the top. 2)Just a minor thing, but I think the Show / Hide Details would look

Re: [WSG] mobile

2010-12-30 Thread David Laakso
http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ No doubt about it. You folks inspire an empire state of mind both on and off-list. Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8 Best, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys PS Have one! *** List

[WSG] mobile

2010-12-29 Thread David Laakso
If anyone has time to check this site [portrait/landscape] in their mobile device it is greatly appreciated. http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ Best, ~d *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] Re: [WD]: mobile [+1]

2010-12-29 Thread David Laakso
On 12/29/10 10:59 PM, David Laakso wrote: On 12/29/10 9:34 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: On Dec 30, 2010, at 7:57 AM, David Laakso wrote: - the box for a link on an active page is a pixel or two wider than the other links I am aware of this and have not been able to determine if it my

Re: [WSG] mobile [+1]

2010-12-29 Thread David Laakso
- the box for a link on an active page is a pixel or two wider than the other links I am aware of this and have not been able to determine if it my error or browser bug. On desktop WebKit/Safari/FF/Opera get it right, whereas Chrome gets it wrong. Or, the other way around depending on how

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-21 Thread David Hucklesby
works much better. [...] This is where I came in. (2002) All that said, I don't test in IE6 anymore and have not done so for a year or so. The Year of Living Dangerously? ;) Cordially, David -- *** List Guidelines: http

[WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2010-12-20 Thread David Linden
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Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest (was disallow IE6...)

2010-12-20 Thread David Hucklesby
. And, no, my pages did not look the same in both browsers. But similar, and equally usable, was good enough for me then... and now. Thanks to all for adding useful tools to my toolbox. Season's greetings! Cordially, David -- *** List

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-20 Thread David McKinnon
I've said about it :) David On 20/12/2010, at 8:13 AM, David McKinnon wrote: Sounds like you're going to a lot of effort to make the IE6 experince worse than it needs to be. Is this *dis*graceful degradation? ;) David On 20/12/2010, at 1:18 AM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-19 Thread David McKinnon
Sounds like you're going to a lot of effort to make the IE6 experince worse than it needs to be. Is this *dis*graceful degradation? ;) David On 20/12/2010, at 1:18 AM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I need to look into it and run a few tests. I think it may not be a safest approach

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-18 Thread David Laakso
On 12/18/10 6:20 AM, tee wrote: I am finally to begin to stop supporting IE6 starts from 2011 as the usage has fallen below 5%. I don't want the IE6 users to see a broken page due to no special treatment made for the browser, rather, I would like them to see an un-styled page as if the style

Re: [WSG] Document Formats

2010-11-30 Thread David Hucklesby
, etc. [...] I'd opt for just the HTML version. After all, HTML was created to solve precisely this problem--people trying to communicate using incompatible software... Of course, the conversion may not be easy. :\ Cordially, David

Re: [WSG] advice on background images?

2010-11-26 Thread David Storey
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Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-26 Thread David Laakso
On 11/26/10 6:25 PM, Daniel Anderson wrote: What are the considerations I need to take into account with a project like this? eg ability to change contrast, text size etc? Are there any good resources or advice you could share with me? With regard, to typography the consideration is the

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread David Dorward
linking to fragment identifiers in the document (#foo - div id=foo). If the user wants to get back to the menu, it is not a great hardship to scroll back up or hit the home key. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk *** List

Re: [WSG] Fixed-position menus?

2010-11-24 Thread David Laakso
On 11/24/10 7:06 PM, Thierry wrote: Thanks, Thierry; Could you expound a bit on what evil these CSS expressions might bring on? Are we talkin' red guys with horns, tails and pitchforks? Worse than that! Check this: http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2007/07/high_performanc_6/ --

Re: [WSG] disable user scale for iPhone only, not iPad

2010-11-18 Thread David Laakso
On 11/18/10 8:55 PM, tee wrote: meta content=width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0; name=viewport With the size of iPad, having zoom feature seems a more sensible approach however the meta tag disables the zooming in iPad too. I'd been searching the web

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