RE: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict

Both my previous and current employer are XHTML strict: http://www.tesco.com/ http://becta.org.uk/ Tesco is a .net site. Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Milner Sent: 08 October 2008 03:23 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.o

[WSG] re: Semantic use of rel and rev in anchors

Hi all, Could someone tell me if the following use of rel and rev are semantically accurate? T&Cs ... ... T&Cs I'm currently developing a pop-up method specifically for Terms & Conditions. One where the T&Cs are in a div at the bottom of the page and a second where an Aja

RE: [WSG] re: Semantic use of rel and rev in anchors

Thanks for the replies. That answered my question. Regards Mike Foskett http://webSemantics.co.uk/ Disclaimer This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not Tesco. Tesco Stores

RE: [WSG] RE: Accessible date picker widget

Hi Jens, You could take a look at these two: http://websemantics.co.uk/tutorials/accessible_date_picker_calendar/ http://stage.websemantics.co.uk/resources/accessible_jquery_date_picker_ calendar/ Neither project was 100% completed but both work and are very accessible. The second is actually t

RE: [WSG] your best practise for CSS sprites for elements that have no height declared

While I cannot help with the spacing issue I do strongly suggest using png rather than gif. File size is smaller especially when run through pngGauntlet. Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 25 November 2008 10:48 To: ws

RE: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?

I'd add a furtherance to Steve Sounders / Yahoo's recommendations and use the @import method for style sheets and not link. Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Hall Sent: 24 November 2008 21:07 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

RE: Link or @import (was Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?)

@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Link or @import (was Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?) Foskett, Mike wrote: > I'd add a furtherance to Steve Sounders / Yahoo's recommendations and > use the @import method for style sheets and not link. Why? Netscape 4 isn't

RE: [WSG] your best practise for CSS sprites for elements that have no height declared

compressor. On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Foskett, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While I cannot help with the spacing issue I do strongly suggest using png rather than gif. File size is smaller especially when run through pngGauntlet. Mike Foskett -Original Message- From:

RE: Link or @import (was Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?)

EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Foskett, Mike Sent: 25 November 2008 13:50 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: Link or @import (was Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?) Using the link tag prevents parallel downloads in the same manner as the script ta

RE: [WSG] your best practise for CSS sprites for elements that have no height declared

red There is an issue where a PNG will not look exactly the same in IE vrs FF So if you try to match a background with the PNG you may have issues between the browsers having said that I love PNGs myself > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Foskett, Mike > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &

RE: [WSG] Streamline a video question

Hi Brett, It's inadvisable to auto-play video content, but a lot depends on the actual content. Getting video to autostart depends on the deployment method chosen. Personally I highly recommend the JW FLV media player for online delivery: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_P

RE: [WSG] JS patterns

Hi Jason, I use jQuery too, well when I have to. An excellent operating model and file-size when minified and gzipped. A brilliant tool in the hands of experts, a hammer on a screw to others. I hate the way jQuery, and other libraries, are used to provide cheap effects. It's taken no

[WSG] re: Firefox v3 and opacity on opacity

Hi all, After finally upgrading Firefox to version 3.05, I encountered a rather unusual bug. When opacity is set to more than one level of container, contained links render badly on hover. Hovered link text turns white on white, which doesn't return to the natural state on mouse out. Scro

RE: [WSG] re: Firefox v3 and opacity on opacity

t have any of that problem or any other issues with Firefox 3.04, 3.05 or 3.1b2 on Mac OS X 10.5.6 Nick 2008/12/19 Foskett, Mike Hi all, After finally upgrading Firefox to version 3.05, I encountered a rather unusual bug. When opacity is set to more than one level of container, conta

RE: [WSG] re: Firefox v3 and opacity on opacity

: Re: [WSG] re: Firefox v3 and opacity on opacity Perhaps try it with Firefox in safe mode, just to be sure it isn't an add-on? On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 12:39 AM, Johan Douma wrote: It's working fine for me on Windows XP, FF3.1b2 No issues at all. Cheers, Johan 2008/12/19 Fos

RE: [WSG] re: Firefox v3 and opacity on opacity

thout extensions? Cheers, Johan Douma johando...@gmail.com 2008/12/22 Foskett, Mike Good idea Jon, Just tried it and the code still has display issues. Johan, I'm surprised it worked correctly for you. The only difference I can see is you are running XP while my testing was on V

[WSG] re: IE8 display inline list issues - Any more gotchas?

Hi all, With the imminent release of IEv8 I did a quick site revision today. I noticed that all the inline navigation lists went askew. li {display:inline} The repair that worked for me was to add a float left to each. li {display:inline; float:left} Which appears to be the same fix

RE: [WSG] Browser / OS Test on website.

Hi Danny, Just one issue on the usage of headings. Try to use only one h1 tag at the beginning of the content. It's an accessibility thing. Follow that with h2 etc. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto

RE: [WSG] embedding quicktime .mov cross-platform

Maybe try this out? http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/embedding_flash_video/ Simple, accessible and web standards compliant. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Ron Zisman Sen

RE: [WSG] Helpful Criticism and Browser test plz

Hi Dave, Nice looking site. I only noticed a few accessibility issues: 1. Add labels to your contact form. 2. "Based in Lancastershire..." should be an image not a background graphic. 3. Main navigation links need a bit more attention to separate states: visited, hover, active and focus. Hope

[WSG] IEv8 support for Data URIs?

Hi All, I was under an impression that IEv8 was to support Data URI format for images. Yet preliminary testing with IETester shows a lack of support. Can anyone confirm if IEv8 is to support the format? Preliminary test results for IEv8b2: 1. The NOT IE conditional comment fa

RE: [WSG] IEv8 support for Data URIs?

://websemantics.co.uk/ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Foskett, Mike Sent: 23 January 2009 10:55 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] IEv8 support for Data URIs? Hi All, I was under an impression that IEv8 was to support Data URI

RE: [WSG] Accessibility testing

http://faetest.dres.uiuc.edu I'm totally shocked, that tool is actually quite good. If I get time later I'll run it through a few problematic sites and compare against manual reviewed reports. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] Accessibility testing

Jon, I submitted the tool on the accessify forum for comment. http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=13098 Some interesting comments there. Mike. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Foskett, Mike Sent: 17

RE: [WSG] Javascript & Accessibility - ARIA

Dude, that's a little unrealistic and a tad bitter: "Its been possible to do ARIA style accessibility since about 1995 - its just now that people are starting to care." Personally I've been waiting for ARIA to come of age now both assistive technologies and browsers offer support. With the immi

RE: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

Tesco's (a major UK online retailer) stats concur with Matt's results within 1%. mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Pennell Sent: 03 March 2009 11:52 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

RE: [WSG] Accessible popup help

Take a look at this method: http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/accessible_ajax_glossary/ An AJAX method which embeds the help into the page upon demand. Alternatively: http://direct.tesco.com/homepage/furniture.aspx Click on "Spare parts" or "Customer services". With JS you get a pop-up, withou

RE: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released!

An excellent tool. I'm intrigued as to why this code would flag an error: Welcome to siteName - blah blah blah ... siteName ... Welcome yada yada yada Live page: http://websemantics.co.uk/ Test result page report: http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/report/11ffbe32e288ea27/page/1/nav/

RE: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released!

10:59 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released! double tags are never good! chechout http://slipper-shop.nl 1 1 multiple On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > An excellent tool. > > I'm

RE: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released!

to it" should match part of the title content (which of course it doesn't). Try removing the tagline so it just reads "Welcome" and test again. On Sat, March 14, 2009 12:35 am, Stuart Foulstone wrote: > > possibly something to do with: > > #websemantics a {

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

> Oh, forgot to kudos the IE8 team, that I find the page load performance is on par with Safari :) It's actually on par with Firefox 3 - running six parallel downloads per url. Safari and Opera should do slightly better running 8 concurrently. But either way it's far better than the original

RE: [WSG] no scrollbars in ff

Did you try this from the articles comments? :root {overflow-y:scroll} I gave it a quick test and it appeared to work well in Firefox and Chrome. Regards Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Mathew Robert

RE: [WSG] Back to basics!

http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/common_symbols/ Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 10 July 2009 10:08 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Back to basics! Hi all, Could anyone tell me w

RE: [WSG] Back to basics!

st one URL! On 7/10/2009 at 7:39 pm, "Foskett, Mike" wrote: http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/common_symbols/ Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 10 July 2009 10:08 To: wsg@webstandard

RE: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility?

Remember device independence? So it's still important to design for large font-sizes. I believe i read somewhere that the WCAG 2 guidelines recommends up to 200% font scaling. That's Ctrl+ six times in Firefox. >From a personal perspective. I need to have larger text to read articles and it annoy

RE: [WSG] Ordered list start value

The correct way to use list start values in XHTML is to use HTML v4 instead. mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James O'Neill Sent: 28 September 2009 14:11 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Ordered list start value Really, rea

RE: [WSG] IE6 display issue

> "Try onload() event handler" Alternatively place the script at the bottom of the page? mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Foulstone Sent: 09 October 2009 11:00 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [

RE: [WSG] Accessible Image Map Editors

Image maps are the only thing I still use Adobe's Dreamweaver for. It's good at it. Note: 1. Use meaningful alt text. 2. Do not use small clickable areas. 3. Use both name and id on attributes on the map element. Regards Mike Marvin Hunkin schrieb: > hi. > is image map accessible with jaws? >

RE: [WSG] Including a DIV element inside an HREF tag

Personally I'd structure it like so: Link text lorem ipsum Then use JavaScript to make the whole div clickable: var bigLinks = function(){ /* Make a block elements (div) clickable (to first and only link). author

[WSG] RE: Deprecated "start" for lists confirmation

That came up as a topic recently. I'm told a transitional doctype allows it. Mike Foskett From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: 10 November 2009 15:17 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Deprecated "start" for lis

RE: [WSG] I.E Navigation help

Sounds to me like you’ve added display:inline to the li but left out float:left. Mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of dwain Sent: 18 November 2009 10:52 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] I.E Navigation help On Wed, Nov 18, 2009

[WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting

Hi all, I'm about to do a set of yearly updates on my personal website. This time around I thought I'd add syntax highlighting to the code examples presented. After looking at a few highlighters the best visually appeared to be SyntaxHighlighter

RE: [WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting

ginal Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of i...@eyemaxstudios.net Sent: 21 December 2009 13:06 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting Make your own Foskett, Mike wrote: > > Hi all,

FW: [WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting

mited. Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of i...@eyemaxstudios.net Sent: 21 December 2009 13:06 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting Make your own Foskett, Mike wrote: > &

RE: [WSG] How to resolve z-index problem for select box in IE 6

Personally I'd just disable the select when the pop-up opens. By adding a style to the select object so: .selectHide {display:none} To hide it when opening the pop-up: document.getElementById('selectID').className += " selectHide"; To show it again afterwards: document.getElementById('selec

[WSG] Data URI encoder

Hi all, May I ask the group to critique and comment on this image to data URI conversion tool? http://websemantics.co.uk/online_tools/image_to_data_uri_convertor/ thanks Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ This is a confidential email. Tesco may monito

RE: [WSG] Data URI encoder

Hi David, A browser will fetch a style sheet but only fetches an image background it contains upon use in the XHTML. Consequently overwriting background-image: url('http://example.com'); With background-image: url('data:...'); will not fetch the image but use the data version. So to the question

RE: [WSG] Data URI encoder

sends data back to themselves in a 1px by 1 px image yes?) So while I think its a fun tool, I'm wondering what the applications actually would be. And are there tools that do the reverse? Cheers Chris On 10/02/2010 10:21 PM, Foskett, Mike wrote: Hi all, May I ask the group to critique

RE: [WSG] Data URI encoder

Hi Chris, That's a little beyond topic scope but here goes. The image / CSS / data URI layout used on the page is a little complex I'll agree. It was optimised to provide the key images first and quickly, even in IEv6. Note the different sub-domains used. The CSS is served via a gzip and cache

RE: [WSG] Minimal forms or marking up a search field

Hi Paul, An interesting question. I'd go with b. The label is almost, but not quite, redundant when presented with in a simple search form. I'd advise against method a. A confusion of goals takes place. The label is explicitly associated via the for attribute to the search field, but implicitl

[WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

Hi all, Ref "Links for light reading" article: http://mashable.com/2010/06/01/ie6-below-5-percent/ Which basically states IEv6 has dropped below the 5% threshold across USA and Europe. I just took a peek at our own stats for May 2010. A very large set limited to UK online shoppers only. And I

RE: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

[mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Lea de Groot Sent: 11 June 2010 13:33 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS] On 11/06/10 9:32 PM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > I just took a peek at our own stats for May 2010. > > A very larg

RE: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

chnology. Would it be reasonable to assume that the second category probably don't spend much money online? - so maybe the percentage of revenue gained from IE6 users may be much lower that 10% ? Thanks, Andy On 11 Jun 2010, at 21:32, Foskett, Mike wrote: Hi all, Ref "Links for ligh

[WSG] RE: Video Accessibility Help

Hi Mike, I'd recommend the JW player for delivering Flash video: http://www.longtailvideo.com/ An example of an accessible result can be found on my own site: http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/embedding_flash_video/ I'm unaware of any service that'll create srt captions. If you find one plea

RE: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu)

Hey Thierry, Sorry to say this but the keyboard friendly version: http://tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dropdown_menu/EK.asp Only fires, via keyboard, on "Articles E-K" in IEv8 or Firefox. Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandards

RE: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu)

Sorry Thierry I only took a quick look at the page and didn't read it fully. Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Thierry Koblentz Sent: 29 June 2010 17:34 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: Using CSS instead

RE: [WSG] Overflow hidden and floated divs

Using overflow:hidden is the standard method of clearing floated objects. It'll even work on the ul directly. Sometimes IEv6 requires a width to be stated, but it doesn't have to be fixed. Note height is no longer needed. Which allows the user to increase text size while retaining some

RE: [WSG] ems versus pixels

Has anyone on the list considered using keywords? Set body tag to either 100.1% in IE, while pixels are fine in non-IE browsers: body { font: 16px/1.4em verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; } * html body { font: 100.1%/1.4em verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; } Though recently I've been using line-h

[WSG] Testing styling availability when using JavaScript

Hi All, Is there any advantage to testing the availability of styling before running scripts? The scenario I'm thinking of is JS available but no CSS, either unavailable or switched off. Something like: var cssOn; var gotStyle=function(){ function init(){ // Simon Willisons - http://si

RE: [WSG] CSS and h264 vs Flash

Strange, My answer would've been not yet. Too many differences in supported video codecs cross-browser. A bit of a mare in production unless you've a transcoding service on your media server. For the maximum audience: Flash 8 preferably (9 if full screen is a requirement), ON2 VP6 Codec, with H

RE: [WSG] Long documents

A usability study I read a while ago suggested pagination too be a bad thing. Sometimes you have no choice though. I would leave as is. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Al Spa

[WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

Hi All, I was wondering if you had a little time to comment on the following technique? http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> /**/ ... yada ... body {background:#ccc; color:#000}

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

tional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/) the change makes sense. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Foskett, Mike mailto:mike.fosk...@uk.tesco.com>> wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if you had a little time to comment on the following technique? http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtm

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

Thanks David, My impression that it's valid to add a class to the html element was true. I know that you should not actually apply a style to it though. Hi Kurtis, > I think that it's positively Byzantine. > Why do you need or want to do this? I manage, create and update hundreds of unique

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

t: 29 October 2010 16:51 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method? On 10/29/10 2:13 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: [...] > David, > >> How, without using conditional comments at all, do I target IE 6,7, >> and 8 > > From the example:

RE: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

Animated GIF I believe. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Grant Bailey Sent: 08 November 2010 12:14 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner Hello, Do

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

Here's an example of what I gather to be best practice. http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> h1 text - site section - site name /**/

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

) On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > 8. The head section must not finish with a self closing element such as > link. It may cause copy selection errors and "Flash of un-styled content" > issues This is news to me. Does anyone have a citation or

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML) On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Foskett, Mike wrote: > Referencing my own work seems pretty pointless but hey: > > http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/useful_css_snippets/ Not at all - thanks for the references.

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 16 December 2010 11:58 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML) Could you expand on this please Mike? Thanks, Bob - Original Message - From: Foskett, Mike

RE: [WSG] To or not to here is the question!!!

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> Marquee? - jus' kickin' the canvas! div {width:30em; border:1px solid #ccc; padding:0.5em 1em} ul {width:100%; overflow:hidden; margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none} li {float:lef

RE: [WSG] screen reader friendly and keyboard accessible popup?

Just a few thoughts. It would be better if the keyboard link had an id reference in it. pop-up And the associated div had an id: ... The close link references the opening link: Close Also shift the pop-up off-screen rather than display:none #popup1 {position:

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

Hi all, Just finished a major update for Tesco's homepage. http://www.tesco.com/ Tesco's are the UKs largest retailer and this page gets approximately 1 million hits a day. The page has been speed tweaked as much as possible given IT / server restraints. Unfortunately the page

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

sgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Support Sent: 14 July 2011 12:08 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution? On 14/07/2011 11:36, Foskett, Mike wrote: Hi all, Just finished a major update for Tesco's homep

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

Thanks Chad, It all works without JavaScript too. It's not critical to pass validation, I can think of two other circumstances when breaking validation is essential but I didn't want to add another. Regards Mike Foskett http://webSemantics.co.uk/ From: li...@websta

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

Hi Tee, On an iPad touching one of the tabs changes the tab content, in the same manner as hover, while tapping it twice activates the link itself. Standard iPad / iPhone behaviour I thought? Regards Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandards

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

d accessibility tutorials: http://dev.opera.com/author/947856 On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Foskett, Mike mailto:mike.fosk...@uk.tesco.com>> wrote: Hi all, Just finished a major update for Tesco's homepage. http://www.tesco.com/ Tesco's are the UKs largest reta

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

with ".noJS". Then: ... All styles severed here. ... /*<![CDATA[*/document.body.className="";/*]]>*/ ... Thanks Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/

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

I have to agree with Julie here. Working for the largest UK retailer we pay a lot of attention to accessibility. Currently reviewing http://www.tesco.com/ in response to only five minor issues raised by the RNIB accessibility report. The way we state it is web standards and validation are the fi

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

For an tooltip you could look at: http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/styled_accessible_tooltips/ But maybe this would better suit: http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/accessible_ajax_glossary/ Regards mike foskett www.websemantics -Original Message- From: li..