Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
Bulletproof Web Design. It outlines common problems, the old-school solution, and how the same thing can be done better with CSS and good markup. Good luck! K. -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com standards: kay.zombiecoder.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: goatlady.wordpress.com

Re: [WSG] tabular data

2007-03-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
Is there a definition of what is considered tabular data (or is it in the eyes of the beholder)? If you would put it in a spreadsheet, it belongs in a table. Your example is tabular data. -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com standards: kay.zombiecoder.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] It's times like this you remember how far you've come

2007-03-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Whatever you decide to do, you should definitely NOT be recoding their work without being paid for it. -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com standards: kay.zombiecoder.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: goatlady.wordpress.com

Re: [WSG] css generating i.e security pop up

2007-03-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
to this, if you need to preview locally, add this mark of the web line to the head of the document: !-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -- That will suppress the local warning. Nice-looking site btw. -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com standards: kay.zombiecoder.com coldfusion

Re: [WSG] Re: Website Directory Structure - Best Practice

2006-03-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
separate things. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Certified Usable

2006-03-19 Thread Kay Smoljak
that it allows you to create your templates however you wish - I'd be willing to bet that this is one case where the problems *cannot* be blamed on the CMS. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] AIMIA Awards

2006-02-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
program is something you'd like to see! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] No style

2006-01-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
as 'no style'. The closest you'll get is to specify the same padding, margins, font etc as your most common browser displays when no author styles are specified. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] 2 Q: New web site, which DTD I should use? and Compresion

2006-01-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
-not-quite-well-formed pages that were parsed as soup -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] IE, selecting text, and lots of absolutely positioned elements

2006-01-22 Thread Kay Smoljak
); } } HTH, Kay. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ On 1/23/06, Joshua Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least, I'm fairly certain the absolutely positioned elements are causing the problem(s). I can't give an example page (NDA, and it's too complex to bother recreating -- the complexity

Re: [WSG] H1 Image Replacement and Search Engine Rankings

2006-01-18 Thread Kay Smoljak
weight on them, but probably not anywhere near as much as on other elements such as the page title. That's really OT for this list, however... a forum like SEOChat.com would probably be more helpful to you on matters concerning SEO. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ On 1/19/06

Re: [WSG] Plesk (hosting control panel system) and web standards support

2006-01-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
underneath HSphere that allowed you to set the colours in the font tags and the backgrounds of table cells - a massively complex undertaking for what could be far more easily accomplished with a stylesheet. But enough ranting from me... -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com

[WSG] Plesk (hosting control panel system) and web standards support

2006-01-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
- has anyone had any experience with Plesk who could comment on whether it uses web standards (I doubt it but it doesn't hurt to dream) or perhaps just good CSS? Is it easy to modify? Thanks! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com

Re: [WSG] Best Web Standards thing I learnt in 2005.

2005-12-21 Thread Kay Smoljak
Not the best thing I learnt, but the best thing I did: going to Web Essentials. I can't wait for next year. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Can't select text on IE

2005-11-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Regards, Kay. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ // begin code // fix absolute positioning text selection problem with IE6 if (window.createPopup document.compatMode document.compatMode==CSS1Compat){ document.onreadystatechange = onresize = function fixIE6AbsPos

Re: [WSG] Never ending cross browser problems! Lets just do IE!

2005-10-19 Thread Kay Smoljak
but this looks like a major problem to me in IE. So make it a few pixels narrower, to allow some wiggle room? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Couple of question - Image Map etc.

2005-10-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hi Taco, On 10/16/05, Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.startregistration.com Validate your HTML first - at least then you can eliminate HTML nesting errors as the cause of your problem. Then post back and we'll give you a hand. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] Couple of question - Image Map etc.

2005-10-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
does not allow element H2 here; missing one of OBJECT, MAP, BUTTON start-tag. What does that mean? The rest is the same, what is it talking about that I can't put a p element in the place it is? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com

Re: [WSG] Chinese food and web standards

2005-10-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
especially like the favicon - nice touch. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Chinese food and web standards

2005-10-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Chinese food and web standards

2005-10-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
the line somewhere with browser support. Your own logs are the only real way to determine where that line lies. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Chinese food and web standards

2005-10-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
be something similar which uses the KDE desktop. According to Ben whom I'm sitting here now with, Knoppix (which also runs off a CD/USB Stick or whatever) uses KDE - knoppix.org. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Meta Keywords?

2005-10-08 Thread Kay Smoljak
worth considering (for Australian sites) IMHO. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting

Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
, or to do with linked sites we have no control over - in other words, nothing to do with the construction or implementation of the site itself. I think Jakob is probably quite spot on in this case. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.zombiecoder.com

Re: [WSG] Secure Credit Card Field

2005-09-19 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 9/19/05, Stuart Sherwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: autocomplete=off I would check MSDN to see if there's a meta tag equivalent you can use. I know with their imagetoolbar parameter, you can put a meta tag in the head of the document to apply the same effect. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] a: class border width problem

2005-09-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 9/18/05, kvnmcwebn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im using the class .corner to insert a bg image in the button. It works apart from the stuborn bottom border that wont go away. Any explanations for this? Could it be a specificity problem? Instead of .corner{} try #drNav a.corner{}. -- Kay

Re: [WSG] a: class border width problem

2005-09-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
sorry, didn't look closely enough... that would be #drNav li.corner a{} On 9/18/05, Kay Smoljak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/18/05, kvnmcwebn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im using the class .corner to insert a bg image in the button. It works apart from the stuborn bottom border that wont go

Re: [WSG] firefox for OS9?

2005-08-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
this person for more advice? I had a client with OS9 who were using Netscape 4 (!), and I got them to upgrade to Netscape 7. The later builds don't support OS9, but earlier ones do, so if you look around you should be able to find one. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] My life as an 800x600 leper (was: Site Check: Broadleaf)

2005-07-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
to test something, and the type just renders so beautifully at that res I can stare at it for hours. Then I get sick of scrolling :) I think accessibility is starting to be as much about accommodating *any* browsing situation as much as accommodating disabilities. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] My life as an 800x600 leper (was: Site Check: Broadleaf)

2005-07-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 7/26/05, TN38 [Admin] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not starting to, it always has been. What I meant was that more people are starting to see it that way. Although way too many people still think accessible sites are for blind people :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Right column Float prob?

2005-07-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
to this element would force a scrollbar for lower resolutions. HTH, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] correct use of BR tag

2005-07-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
correct either (although better than option 1). -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting

Re: [WSG] Firefox top margin

2005-07-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
tip is to use Firefox or Mozilla with the web developer toolbar, and turn on outline block level elements. This shows you the exact space that each element is occupying. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak new standards blog: http://kay.zombiecoder.com

[WSG] footer technique

2005-07-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
it can be made to degrade acceptably. Could someone with a Mac please check the test page? Thanks! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] looking for an accessibility reference on why text-only is bad

2005-07-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
-only version so their staff on satelite phones in remote areas could access info... which is fair enough! We'll give them a totally stripped down version using the CMS. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

[WSG] looking for an accessibility reference on why text-only is bad

2005-06-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
instead) but I'm kinda lost for the right words. Does anyone know of a good online article/resource to help me out? Something specific to Australian legislation would be fantastic. Thanks! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion

Re: [WSG] looking for an accessibility reference on why text-only is bad

2005-06-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
on Webcredible: http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/text-only.shtml -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] looking for an accessibility reference on why text-only is bad

2005-06-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
write the tender for them - they quite freely admit that they know nothing and are looking for guidance. But I know your pain, we have lots of we know best clients too :) Thanks Jan too - that's a pretty concise summary. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] html nowrap question

2005-06-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 6/28/05, Drake, Ted C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my question. What is the proper way to put nowrap in a td? It currently looks like td nowrap I would think it should be td nowrap=nowrap or something like that. Yep, that's correct! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Page structure - navigation

2005-06-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
and accessibility reasons, and there's absolutely no problem with it. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] inline-block support?

2005-05-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
of users. Anything I'm missing? Any recent documentation on browser support? I've never really thought about it before, but now I'm intrigued... what specific, real-world problem could be solved by the use of display:inline-block? Thanks, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] A way to skip a Flash-intro if Flash is not installed?

2005-05-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
to install Flash every time they visit the page. I could be wrong - I don't think I tested it with the alterate content actually in the object tag. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] A way to skip a Flash-intro if Flash is not installed?

2005-05-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
a bit funny in how it handles plugins. JavaScript detection seemed to be the safest way. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ On 5/25/05, heretic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought that if Flash wasn't installed, the browser would prompt you to download and install it rather than just

Re: [WSG] Best way to train someone in css and web standards

2005-05-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
standards. I would recommend Zeldman's Designing with web standards as a good primer, on both how to approach web standards and why. My copy has been around our office several times now and is looking rather dog-eared and annotated. I'm still not allowed to take it home! K. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] very frustrated

2005-05-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
to be bothered with a complex layout that's out of their tabular comfort-zone. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Playing a sound file - what is the best way?

2005-05-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 5/18/05, Geoff Deering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) I have never come across a browser, which installed with Macromedia Flash pre-installed. IE6 comes with Flash player pre-installed. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Playing a sound file - what is the best way?

2005-05-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 5/18/05, Geoff Deering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IE6 comes with Flash player pre-installed. All versions, or a specific implementation/installation? I can't say for sure, but my feeling is that it's all versions. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Space-saving Form Select vs Space-hungry HTML List

2005-05-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Problem with print friendly and name anchor

2005-05-13 Thread Kay Smoljak
away from it (IE5's market share is definitely dropping throught the floor). Hope that's helpful, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
a print stylesheet and changing position:absolute to position:relative (as well as removing unnecessary navigation and a few other things). -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Form Validation error

2005-05-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 5/5/05, tee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, have anybody done the e-commerce site that is fully xhtml validated? This one is valid: http://www.australianopalsrus.com.au This one still has a few minor issues that are being fixed: http://www.elizabethsbookshop.com.au -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: {Spam?} Re: [WSG] IMAGE(was Mystical belief etc)

2005-04-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
Vincent Flanders only includes business and/or public service sites as web sites that suck - he has stated in the past that he considers personal sites, entertainment sites etc to fall under different rules. Plus he's a lot more with it than Jakob, and more of a standards evangelist which Mr

Re: [WSG] 309 Validation errors - Reliance Petroleum

2005-04-18 Thread Kay Smoljak
they should)... but I wonder what the person responsible for picking a web designer would think if you told them them that Google can only see about five pages of that site? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Hidden Content

2005-03-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
again. However, the biggest risk is your competitors - if I see a site spamming a search engine I report it. Many people do the same, and there *have* been cases of the engines taking action. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Standards compliant site, clients wants to make updates themselves

2005-03-21 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Personally, I wouldn't dream of turning a client away, but that's just me! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Standards compliant site, clients wants to make updates themselves

2005-03-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
, and if you use Dreamweaver templates you can specify which parts of the page the client is allowed to edit. It's very squarely targeted at *maintenance* rather than you can use this to build your own web site. Highly recommended! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Targeting Mac IE5.1 on OSX

2005-02-14 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:27:46 +0100, kemie guaida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you can use IE's conditional comments, which let you target specific versions of IE: Unfortunately, conditional comments are Windows only :( -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Follow up from Brisbane meeting

2005-02-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
://dean.edwards.name/ - although I haven't checked recently. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] newbie with popup menus question

2005-02-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
, accessibility-wise and from a web standards perspective. I would highly recommend checking out the Suckerfish menus - http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/ - they're simple, lightweight, search engine friendly and all round fantastic. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Standards?

2005-02-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
not to like? :) Zeldman's book talks about each of these ideas at length. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Search Engines and CSS

2005-01-30 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:24:29 +1000, Lea de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, not particularly - the search engines dont seem to be semantic at all. In my experience - and seo is part of my job - search engines *do* place higher relevance on keywords inside H1 tags. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] Navigation Help

2005-01-11 Thread Kay Smoljak
/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/ -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Connditional Comment / @import Problem in IE 5.0.1

2005-01-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
you... those standalone versions are very, very confused about their identities :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] Connditional Comment / @import Problem in IE 5.0.1

2005-01-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
the standalone versions to be accurate for anything. I have a Virtual PC image with Windows 98 SE and IE 5.00.2614.3500 and Windows 2000 with IE 5.50.4134.0600 - but no 5.01, unfortunately. If you'd like me to take some screenshots anyway just send the link. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] Connditional Comment / @import Problem in IE 5.0.1

2005-01-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
the conditional comment syntax wasn't quite right. The way they handle GT and LT is a little odd... I'd check what you have against MSDN. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

[WSG] What can you say to a site like this?

2004-12-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] What can you say to a site like this?

2004-12-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
is a) not serving their market; and b) most probably illegal. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ [1] Imagined conversation: Some pointy-haired boss: Oh dear, what about all this accessibility legislation? 17yo work experience dude who's just completed their Certificate in Multimedia: Don't worry

Re: [WSG] Semantic Sanity Check

2004-12-30 Thread Kay Smoljak
everyone knows how to get them and how to install them. Good luck! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] making money out of web standards

2004-12-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
for effective search engine optimisation, but it's certainly a good start, and also an awesome selling point. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] rationalising my refusal to support IE/NS4

2004-12-21 Thread Kay Smoljak
was really searching for words that would say your requirements are bad for web standards and accessibility and therefore bad for your site which I think is mostly on-topic. Cheers! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list

[WSG] rationalising my refusal to support IE/NS4

2004-12-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
possibilities will be limited, the accessibility of the site lessened, and download time increased. I'm feeling like this whole week is one big Friday afternoon, and that somehow sounds rather lame. Can anyone recommend any other reasons or throw in some kick-arse buzzwords to make me look good? -- Kay

Re: [WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
to the main state government stuff. They're currently discussing getting rid of it completely. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what they come up with when the new common badging is released. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-15 Thread Kay Smoljak
that accessibility is a big issue for them and I have no doubt the new sites will be much, much better than what's there now. I believe that several years of planning and discussion has gone into the project! I might drop an email to someone and try to find out more... Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Firefox screen-reader emulator

2004-12-07 Thread Kay Smoljak
://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/ -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Semantic Breadcrumbs

2004-12-07 Thread Kay Smoljak
if breadcrumbs are really that important. This is veering off-topic rapidly, but here's an interesting discussion on real world data on the use of breadcrumb navigation which suggests they're not utilised by most average users: http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/oct04.asp#kath -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Firefox screen-reader emulator

2004-12-07 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:21:14 +, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kay Smoljak wrote: There's a number of different screenreaders available for testing. Some are free, others have trial periods. I recently installed the demo version of JAWS under Virtual PC - it will run for 40

Re: [WSG] Text selection in CSS layouts

2004-11-28 Thread Kay Smoljak
before, Johannes - I'll have to try it out. Thanks! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] another problem with new site

2004-11-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
as text/plain instead of text/css. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] It's so frustrating. Webstandars, accesibility and Firefox as a sales argument.

2004-11-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:57:29 +0800, Vicki Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rarely even mention web standards to clients anymore unless they are snip Amen! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] optimising CSS?

2004-11-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
exactly where it is, but if you set up a Top Style site you should see the option. Basically it finds classes and ids in your css that aren't used in your HTML, and classes and ids used in your HTML that aren't defined in your css. Very handy!. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Discussion Threading

2004-11-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
it, Outlook will handle threads quite acceptably if you choose Arrange By - Conversation from the View menu :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Careers in web standards

2004-11-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
to the idea of doing things a different way. We're fairly resigned to the fact that we need to train new people. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ On 25 Nov 2004 11:25:56 +1100, Andrew Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's very interesting and tallies completely with my experience. Mind you

Re: [WSG] Shared Div heights

2004-11-02 Thread Kay Smoljak
it with a background image, ala Faux Columns (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/). -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] CSS drop-down menus

2004-11-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
the page anyway. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 08:38:48 -0700, Shane Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This works on Mac Firefox, but not in Safari or IE. On Oct 31, 2004, at 1:22 AM, Florin Cojitza wrote: object type=application/x-shockwave-flash data=banner.swf

Re: [WSG] Duplicate navigation?

2004-10-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
etc. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] IE misbehaving with a list

2004-10-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
to the containing DIV or the UL, LI or A elements. Try removing all line breaks between your list items, ie: ulliitem one/liliitem two/li/ul Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] CSS - How the max size of a .css file

2004-10-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
/ - the analyzer gives specific recommended sizes for each component of a page (css, js, html, images), and reasons for each too. Another useful tool that reports on similar aspects is http://www.sitereportcard.com/ Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Looking for party animals

2004-10-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
Don't forget to sign up if you're in Perth too! On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:51:40 +1000, Nigel McFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.openforce.at/mozparty2/?view=AU -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Adding full doctype to pages

2004-10-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
(bad) browser behaviour - when no doctype is present. If you post the pages exhibiting the problem, I'm sure someone here will be able to give you some idea as to why. Cheers, Kay. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Tables, is it Standard?

2004-10-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
I've found on how CSS positioning works is http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/ - I had it saved on my PDA and read it every morning on the train ride into work for weeks, until it really sank in. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] netscape gasp/ 4.7 emulator

2004-09-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:47:12 -0700, Ted Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know an online resource that emulates netscape 4.7? Why not just install it on your dev machine? It's not that bad... http://browsers.evolt.org has an archive with heaps of different versions. K. -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Overflow on select or options

2004-09-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
widgets is highly OS-dependent, so most people probably don't bother. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards

Re: [WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

2004-09-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Where else will you get to hang out with html geeks, standards nazis and css heads? You can learn stuff just by osmosis. Yet another reason to support conferences like these is to encourage the industry to hold more. Damn, I *so* wish I could go! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Absolute positioning vs floats

2004-08-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
for stuffing the navigation and masthead fluff down the bottom of the source code (good for screen readers and search engines). You go with what suits the project. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

[WSG] Fluid-fixed design

2004-08-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
for any pointers... -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held

Re: [WSG] cutoff bug in Safari?

2004-08-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
the pages to see if I ever actually did any of that. Cheers! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility

[WSG] cutoff bug in Safari?

2004-08-19 Thread Kay Smoljak
it, and Google is not being helpful. Has anyone seen anything like this before? http://203.59.70.252/wsg/ Thanks for any advice or pointers! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters

Re: [WSG] IE print bug crashes page

2004-08-11 Thread Kay Smoljak
to display:none. Sorry, that probably doesn't help you too much! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:56:20 +1000, Gavin Cooney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a page that when someone tries to print it in IE 6 on windows, it crashes the browser. There's

Re: [WSG] Tabindex tags not necessary here?

2004-07-30 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Ick. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:59:48 +0200, John Britsios [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question: Doesn't my web site pages here http://www.webnauts.net have a logical navigation structure, therefore I do need to use the Tabindex tags

Re: [WSG] divs and copying their content

2004-07-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
, and it will use the IE5 box model... yuck. another page about it here: http://blog.tom.me.uk/2003/07/23/boie6selecta.php This looks interesting... if it works in an external file, I think I'll add this to my box of standard tricks. Good one! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

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