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Regards, Sam Sam Lawry Acting Content Manager (Mon-Wed) Online Services Victoria Legal Aid www.legalaid.vic.gov.au 9269 0279 >>> <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> 11/28/10 08:50 >>> ********************************************************************* WEB STANDARDS GROUP MAIL LIST DIGEST ********************************************************************* From: "Ruth, Jodie" <jodie.r...@environment.gov.au> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:49:06 +1100 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest I am out of the office from Friday November 26, returning Monday November 6. Please direct any web-related questions to web.helpd...@environment.gov.au, or Intranet to intranet.helpd...@environment.gov.au Kind regards, Jodie Ruth If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. If this e-mail or any attachments h ave been sent to you in error, that error does not constitute waiver of any confidentiality, privilege or copyright in respect of information in the e- mail or attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ********************************************************************* From: David Storey <dsto...@opera.com> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:53:53 +0100 Subject: Re: [WSG] advice on background images? On 26 Nov 2010, at 22:32, cat soul wrote: > Any tips on how to minimize or eliminate how obvious it is where the "tiles" meet when you have the background image repeat? Use a better background-image? Im not sure what you mean? bg images repeat if you tell it to do. You either have an image designed to repeat or you don' (or you have a vector image via SVG that scales instead). > > > thanks > > cs > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* -- David Storey Chief Web Opener / Product Manager, Opera Dragonfly W3C WG: Mobile Web Best Practices / SVG Interest Group Opera Software ASA, Oslo, Norway Mobile: +47 94 22 02 32 / E-Mail/XMPP: dsto...@opera.com / Twitter: dstorey ********************************************************************* From: "Kepler Gelotte" <kep...@neighborwebmaster.com> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:07:04 -0500 Subject: RE: [WSG] advice on background images? > Any tips on how to minimize or eliminate how obvious it is where the > "tiles" meet when you have the background image repeat? I'm not sure what this has to do with web standards, but you can check out http://tutorialblog.org/make-repeating-seamless-tile-backgrounds-with-photos hop/ Best regards, Kepler Gelotte Neighbor Webmaster, Inc. 156 Normandy Dr., Piscataway, NJ 08854 www.neighborwebmaster.com phone/fax: (732) 302-0904 ********************************************************************* From: Henrik Madsen <hen...@igenerator.com.au> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:14:08 +0800 Subject: Re: [WSG] advice on background images? Have you checked that the tiles, do in fact tile seamlessly? Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 27/11/2010, at 5:32 AM, cat soul wrote: > Any tips on how to minimize or eliminate how obvious it is where the > "tiles" meet when you have the background image repeat? > > > thanks > > cs > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > ********************************************************************* From: "Jon @ The PixelForge" <jon.war...@thepixelforge.net> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:25:10 +0000 Subject: Re: [WSG] advice on background images? Again, I'm not sure if this deserves place in WSG, but to give you some direction: Photoshop has an Offset filter. Combined with the clone tool you can usually generate repeating images relatively quickly. Quality depends on a lot of factors though. I would recommend you try somewhere like cgtalk.com (or email me directly) for better instructions. Regards, Jon Warner Tel: 0788 99 424 30 http://thepixelforge.net/ 57 Arnold Road Eastleigh Hampshire SO50 5AR England On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Kepler Gelotte < kep...@neighborwebmaster.com> wrote: > > Any tips on how to minimize or eliminate how obvious it is where the > > "tiles" meet when you have the background image repeat? > > I'm not sure what this has to do with web standards, but you can check out > > http://tutorialblog.org/make-repeating-seamless-tile-backgrounds-with-photos > hop/ > > > Best regards, > > Kepler Gelotte > Neighbor Webmaster, Inc. > 156 Normandy Dr., Piscataway, NJ 08854 > www.neighborwebmaster.com > phone/fax: (732) 302-0904 > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ********************************************************************* From: cat soul <cats...@thinkplan.org> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:53:15 -0800 Subject: Re: [WSG] advice on background images? Hi, Jon; Thanks for the offer of more info on this, and sorry for bending (breaking?) the main purpose of WSG! Any info you can offer on this subject would be a huge help! cs On Nov 26, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Jon @ The PixelForge wrote: > Again, I'm not sure if this deserves place in WSG, but to give you > some direction: > > Photoshop has an Offset filter. Combined with the clone tool you > can usually generate repeating images relatively quickly. Quality > depends on a lot of factors though. > > I would recommend you try somewhere like cgtalk.com (or email me > directly) for better instructions. > > Regards, > > Jon Warner > Tel: 0788 99 424 30 > http://thepixelforge.net/ > > 57 Arnold Road > Eastleigh > Hampshire > SO50 5AR > England > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Kepler Gelotte > <kep...@neighborwebmaster.com> wrote: > > Any tips on how to minimize or eliminate how obvious it is where the > > "tiles" meet when you have the background image repeat? > > I'm not sure what this has to do with web standards, but you can > check out > http://tutorialblog.org/make-repeating-seamless-tile-backgrounds- > with-photos > hop/ > > > Best regards, > > Kepler Gelotte > Neighbor Webmaster, Inc. > 156 Normandy Dr., Piscataway, NJ 08854 > www.neighborwebmaster.com > phone/fax: (732) 302-0904 > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* ********************************************************************* From: Daniel Anderson <daniela...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:25:36 +1100 Subject: Site for Vision Impaired G'day Everyone, I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually impaired? I have just started a projet for a school for the visually impaired and the site must cater for these people, and obvioulsy for people with normal eysite. 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? It would be greatly appreciated. ********************************************************************* From: David Laakso <da...@chelseacreekstudio.com> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:55:20 -0500 Subject: Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired 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 same as it is for any user. Set the fonts throughout at user default. And ensure the site will hold when scaled at twice user default. Best, ~d -- :: desktop and mobile :: http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ********************************************************************* From: John Unsworth <john.unswo...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:55:53 +1100 Subject: Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired Hi Daniel, It maybe has incorrectly become a by-word for accessibility, but web standards are certainly your first step to provide sites for vision or indeed other disability needs. > I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually > impaired? I have never specifically done a site for an audience explicitly identified as visually impaired, I've has presumed that users of any site maybe impaired and worked from that premise. > 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? It is a considerable subject area and there are a vast array of tools and resources, but here are a few modest suggestions. The good people of Think Vitamin have made available all their tutorial videos for accessibility for free; http://membership.thinkvitamin.com/library/accessibility/?cid=106 Vision Australia has a number of very good resources and are focused on vision issues; http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=740 Formerly of Vision Australia was a gentleman called Steve Faulkner, he created the Web Accessibility Toolbar, and is now in the USA with the Paciello Group and they to have a number of useful tools and resources; http://www.paciellogroup.com/index.php > > It would be greatly appreciated. > The only other consideration I would encourage you to think about is the content. If your clients are visually impaired then whilst a pleasing design a good thing, not at the expense of the information your audience is after. Hope this is helpful, Cheers, John Unsworth ********************************************************************* From: Lesley Binks <lesley.bi...@googlemail.com> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:38:33 +0000 Subject: Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired On 26 November 2010 23:25, Daniel Anderson <daniela...@gmail.com> wrote: > G'day Everyone, > > I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually > impaired? I have just started a projet for a school for the visually > impaired and the site must cater for these people, and obvioulsy for people > with normal eysite. > > 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? > > It would be greatly appreciated. > Apart from letting the user decide the font, some visual impairments mean you can't rely on the user using your colour scheme at all either. Such people will override the whole colour scheme to one suitable for them by using their own css for specific colour combinations. I have no idea what the guide lines are in such a situation. Also consider people who might use a screen reader to have your website read to them rather than view it. They might prefer if you can get extensive menu options out the way instead of having them at the start of each page. They can get to the content quicker but it isn't SEO friendly. Forget about image maps, flash and fancy roll-over stuff and avoid using colours that are difficult to differentiate for varying values of ability to differentiate. 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