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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Mathew Robertson
 Tom, I think the answer to that is semantics - div has no meaning. Id's are
 there for you to manipulate the look and behaviour, the tags themselves
 offer a way for third parties to glean meaning from the page. e.g you could
 build an overview of a page by grabbing the first bit of text inside each
 section, assistive technologies can benefit from knowing what part of the
 page is the main part, header, footer, asdie or google might give greater
 weight to any text inside a section etc.

That is definitely one person's interpretation... :)

a 'div' definitely has meaning, ie: it is a division of one part of
the page, from another; whether it is used for other behaviour,
doesn't preclude it from from its original meaning.

Similarly, a #id was originally designated as the location within a
page, not for CSS - semantically it is to reference a particular
piece of information, within the bigger piece of content, eg: a
section header maybe...   It just so happens that it works really
well for CSS too.  And simplifying content manipulation. And so on.

I'm not sure why you would infer that information in section's, is any
more important than stuff written in a div?  Can you elaborate?
ie: assistive technologies can already target div's, so using that
argument needs more.


As with all things, use the most appropriate tool for the job.

cheers,
Mathew Robertson


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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Chris Knowles

a 'div' definitely has meaning, ie: it is a division of one part of
the page, from another; whether it is used for other behaviour,
doesn't preclude it from from its original meaning.
but when everything is in a div, div ceases to have much meaning. It 
simply says theres a bunch of things on the page that are separate to 
each other without giving any clue as to what they might contain



Similarly, a #id was originally designated as the location within a
page, not for CSS -  semantically it is to reference a particular
piece of information, within the bigger piece of content, eg: a
section header maybe...   It just so happens that it works really
well for CSS too.  And simplifying content manipulation. And so on.
but in the context of the question, the reason to use header, for 
instance, vs div id=header, is to add meaning to the markup



I'm not sure why you would infer that information in section's, is any
more important than stuff written in a div?  Can you elaborate?
ie: assistive technologies can already target div's, so using that
argument needs more.
I didn't intend to infer that, I was just trying to show how section 
is more useful because it can be programmatically accessed in a way that 
div id=section can't. With regard to relevance of content, I was just 
trying to say that a search engine *might* choose to weight content in a 
given tag more than in another, whereas if everything is in a div it's 
harder to do this. A better example would have been to have said that 
the content in article *might* be more relevant to a search engine 
than the content in aside - compared with div id=article and div 
id=sidebar which would be harder to tell apart.


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Re: [WSG] HTML5 offline storage question

2010-08-13 Thread Rob Crowther

On 13/08/10 05:17, Ryan Seddon wrote:

Yeah that is a good point. Although doing so would require the person to
visit each page which has it's own manifest before it will be cached.

  Have you ever tried caching pages which themselves have manifests?


If you're referring to the page which references the manifest. The page
which calls the manifest is automatically included in the cache.

What I was driving at was if you list in a 'parent' manifest five pages, 
and each of those pages have manifests, does the browser download all 
files in those five manifest files?  Or, as you say above, does the user 
have to visit each page?  I'll have some time this afternoon so I'll 
probably just try it myself :)


Rob


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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Chris Knowles w...@ckweb.com.au wrote:
 a 'div' definitely has meaning, ie: it is a division of one part of
 the page, from another; whether it is used for other behaviour,
 doesn't preclude it from from its original meaning.

 but when everything is in a div, div ceases to have much meaning. It simply
 says theres a bunch of things on the page that are separate to each other
 without giving any clue as to what they might contain

 Similarly, a #id was originally designated as the location within a
 page, not for CSS -  semantically it is to reference a particular
 piece of information, within the bigger piece of content, eg: a
 section header maybe...   It just so happens that it works really
 well for CSS too.  And simplifying content manipulation. And so on.

 but in the context of the question, the reason to use header, for
 instance, vs div id=header, is to add meaning to the markup

 I'm not sure why you would infer that information in section's, is any
 more important than stuff written in a div?  Can you elaborate?
 ie: assistive technologies can already target div's, so using that
 argument needs more.

 I didn't intend to infer that, I was just trying to show how section is
 more useful because it can be programmatically accessed in a way that div
 id=section can't. With regard to relevance of content, I was just trying to
 say that a search engine *might* choose to weight content in a given tag
 more than in another, whereas if everything is in a div it's harder to do
 this. A better example would have been to have said that the content in
 article *might* be more relevant to a search engine than the content in
 aside - compared with div id=article and div id=sidebar which would be
 harder to tell apart.

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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Jason Arnold
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Chris Knowles w...@ckweb.com.au wrote:
 a 'div' definitely has meaning, ie: it is a division of one part of
 the page, from another; whether it is used for other behaviour,
 doesn't preclude it from from its original meaning.

 but when everything is in a div, div ceases to have much meaning. It simply
 says theres a bunch of things on the page that are separate to each other
 without giving any clue as to what they might contain

 Similarly, a #id was originally designated as the location within a
 page, not for CSS -  semantically it is to reference a particular
 piece of information, within the bigger piece of content, eg: a
 section header maybe...   It just so happens that it works really
 well for CSS too.  And simplifying content manipulation. And so on.

 but in the context of the question, the reason to use header, for
 instance, vs div id=header, is to add meaning to the markup

 I'm not sure why you would infer that information in section's, is any
 more important than stuff written in a div?  Can you elaborate?
 ie: assistive technologies can already target div's, so using that
 argument needs more.

 I didn't intend to infer that, I was just trying to show how section is
 more useful because it can be programmatically accessed in a way that div
 id=section can't. With regard to relevance of content, I was just trying to
 say that a search engine *might* choose to weight content in a given tag
 more than in another, whereas if everything is in a div it's harder to do
 this. A better example would have been to have said that the content in
 article *might* be more relevant to a search engine than the content in
 aside - compared with div id=article and div id=sidebar which would be
 harder to tell apart.

 --
 Chris Knowles

Just to add onto Chris' email.

This sounds like a good place to suggest people purchase Jeremy
Keith's book HTML5 for Web Designers.  In it he actually describes the
semantics of the new tags and gives defines when and how to use tags
like section article header footer etc.  If you have questions
like these definitely pick this book up as it will help clear up the
confusion.

Also as far as section goes there is not much difference between it
and div as section is suppose to be used for grouping of
thematically similar content.  The difference between the two is that
div has no semantic meaning and doesn't tell you anything about the
content whereas section does.

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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Tom Livingston
 Just to add onto Chris' email.

 This sounds like a good place to suggest people purchase Jeremy
 Keith's book HTML5 for Web Designers.  In it he actually describes the
 semantics of the new tags and gives defines when and how to use tags
 like section article header footer etc.  If you have questions
 like these definitely pick this book up as it will help clear up the
 confusion.

 Also as far as section goes there is not much difference between it
 and div as section is suppose to be used for grouping of
 thematically similar content.  The difference between the two is that
 div has no semantic meaning and doesn't tell you anything about the
 content whereas section does.

 --
 
 Jason Arnold
 http://www.jasonarnold.net
 


I actually have this book. And read it cover to cover. The problem
comes when I actually have to BUILD something using these elements...
guess I'll read it again...


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RE: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Dan Freeman
Tom,

HTML5 allows for the use of the elements header, footer, and aside in
multiple instances.

For example, an article could have a header and footer:

section
article
header
h2Article title/h2
pAugust 12, 2010/p
/header
p Article copy here. Article copy here. Article
copy here. Article copy here./p
footer
pBy: Dan Freeman/p
/footer
/article
/section

Using ID's would not help you replicate this.  You'd have to structure it
like this:

div class=section
div class=article
div class=header
h2Article title/h2
pAugust 12, 2010/p
/div
p Article copy here. Article copy here. Article
copy here. Article copy here./p
div class=footer
pBy: Dan Freeman/p
/div
/div
/div

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Behalf Of Tom Livingston
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To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

 Ignoring that this isn't using HTML5 elements, but using it as an
 analogy - via the classes and IDs - could this be improved upon? Is
 there a place for section(s) here? Did I get the element concepts
 right?

 Thanks again...


Sorry,, Corrected Structure:

div id=wrap
   div id=header
   pHeader here/p
   /div!-- !End Header --

   div id=container class=clear
   div class=article
   Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
picture
   /div
   div class=article
   Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
picture
   /div
   div class=article
   Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
picture
   /div
   /div!-- !End #container --
   div id=aside
   pSidebar/p
   /div

   div id=footer
   pFooter/p
   /div!-- !End Footer --
   /div!--! end of #wrap --


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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Tom Livingston
 Sorry,, Corrected Structure:

 div id=wrap
               div id=header
                       pHeader here/p
               /div!-- !End Header --

               div id=container class=clear
                       div class=article
                               Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
 picture
                       /div
                       div class=article
                               Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
 picture
                       /div
                       div class=article
                               Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
 picture
                       /div
               /div!-- !End #container --
               div id=aside
                       pSidebar/p
               /div

               div id=footer
                       pFooter/p
               /div!-- !End Footer --
       /div!--! end of #wrap --




Dan,

I am aware of the HTML5 elements, thanks. I'm just not ready to leap
into that right yet, but want to try to understand the semantics of
the element and, with classes/IDs, make an analogy with my structure.
My 'header' is the header for the entire page. My 'articles' have an
H2 in each and can't see why I'd wrap each on in a 'header' element
(or analogous one). My structure above is what I am literally using on
a page. WHat I am after is an HTML5 analogy to this. Does a
div.section belong in there somewhere?

THanks


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RE: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Ted Drake
Tom, just go for it. 
You can add the modernizr or similar js to get IE to recognize the elements. 
But you won't appreciate the semantics of HTML5 until you ditch divs for the 
new tags. I speak from experience. There's a certain level of awareness you get 
while trying to decide the most semantic structure. Continuing to work with 
divs/classes will always leave you half way there.

Ted

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On 
Behalf Of Tom Livingston
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:59 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

 Sorry,, Corrected Structure:

 div id=wrap
               div id=header
                       pHeader here/p
               /div!-- !End Header --

               div id=container class=clear
                       div class=article
                               Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
 picture
                       /div
                       div class=article
                               Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
 picture
                       /div
                       div class=article
                               Content with an H2, a UL, Ps and As and a
 picture
                       /div
               /div!-- !End #container --
               div id=aside
                       pSidebar/p
               /div

               div id=footer
                       pFooter/p
               /div!-- !End Footer --
       /div!--! end of #wrap --




Dan,

I am aware of the HTML5 elements, thanks. I'm just not ready to leap
into that right yet, but want to try to understand the semantics of
the element and, with classes/IDs, make an analogy with my structure.
My 'header' is the header for the entire page. My 'articles' have an
H2 in each and can't see why I'd wrap each on in a 'header' element
(or analogous one). My structure above is what I am literally using on
a page. WHat I am after is an HTML5 analogy to this. Does a
div.section belong in there somewhere?

THanks


-- 

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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread designer

Tom,

I have 'played' with the simple elements and I like them. I actually wanted
to have a 'page' element (or wrapper) since that is an element that is used
an awful lot, but I never got anywhere with folk accepting it. For a simple
example, see:

http://www.betasite.fsnet.co.uk/gam/altgam/gwelanmor.html

Also see:

http://www.betasite.fsnet.co.uk/gam/altgam/portfolio.html

for an example of the use of figure and figcaption

I was very impressed with that - simple and semantic.

Also note from the above that target=_blank is now valid!

Hope this helps.

Bob


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Subject: Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5


[snip]
I actually have this book. And read it cover to cover. The problem
comes when I actually have to BUILD something using these elements...
guess I'll read it again...


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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Tom Livingston
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:11 PM, designer
desig...@gwelanmor-internet.co.uk wrote:
 Tom,

 I have 'played' with the simple elements and I like them. I actually wanted
 to have a 'page' element (or wrapper) since that is an element that is used
 an awful lot, but I never got anywhere with folk accepting it. For a simple
 example, see:

 http://www.betasite.fsnet.co.uk/gam/altgam/gwelanmor.html

 Also see:


This is great. THanks. One other thing that's making me shy from the
edge. A production (client site) site that relies on JS to render
makes me sweat a little. Can anyone convince me that it's ok?


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RE: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Ted Drake
Take a look at the js, it's pretty simple. 
However, it is true that you are leaving yourself open. At Yahoo, we treat IE6 
as an a-level browser. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/
So you aren't going to see me push to change Yahoo! Finance to HTML5 tags. 
However, I have been doing it to smaller projects and am about to convert a 
client's site to html5 structure. 

You need to build a site to learn HTML5 semantics, it's like the old days of 
hybrid table-based layouts. 7 years ago you really needed to ditch tables to 
truly understand CSS. 

If you are worried about a client, than do it on your personal site or for a 
more progressive client.

Ted




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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On 
Behalf Of Tom Livingston
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 10:34 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:11 PM, designer
desig...@gwelanmor-internet.co.uk wrote:
 Tom,

 I have 'played' with the simple elements and I like them. I actually wanted
 to have a 'page' element (or wrapper) since that is an element that is used
 an awful lot, but I never got anywhere with folk accepting it. For a simple
 example, see:

 http://www.betasite.fsnet.co.uk/gam/altgam/gwelanmor.html

 Also see:


This is great. THanks. One other thing that's making me shy from the
edge. A production (client site) site that relies on JS to render
makes me sweat a little. Can anyone convince me that it's ok?


-- 

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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Tony Crockford
On 13 Aug 2010, at 18:51, Ted Drake wrote:
 You need to build a site to learn HTML5 semantics, it's like the old days of 
 hybrid table-based layouts. 7 years ago you really needed to ditch tables to 
 truly understand CSS. 


Are you suggesting that to switch to HTML5 we should avoid the use of div 
entirely, using only section, article etc to chunk up the content?





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Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Tom Livingston
 Take a look at the js, it's pretty simple.
 However, it is true that you are leaving yourself open. At Yahoo, we treat 
 IE6 as an a-level browser. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/
 So you aren't going to see me push to change Yahoo! Finance to HTML5 tags. 
 However, I have been doing it to smaller projects and am about to convert a 
 client's site to html5 structure.

 You need to build a site to learn HTML5 semantics, it's like the old days of 
 hybrid table-based layouts. 7 years ago you really needed to ditch tables to 
 truly understand CSS.

 If you are worried about a client, than do it on your personal site or for a 
 more progressive client.

 Ted


Thanks Ted. Appreciate it.

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RE: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-13 Thread Ted Drake
No, I'm suggesting that if you truly want to learn html5 semantics you need to 
build a site without divs. Once you understand the semantics you can better 
understand why you would use the new tags and why you would fall back to divs. 
But to continue working with divs that have semantic class names will not give 
you that understanding. It's a mental leap.



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Behalf Of Tony Crockford
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 10:57 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

On 13 Aug 2010, at 18:51, Ted Drake wrote:
 You need to build a site to learn HTML5 semantics, it's like the old days of 
 hybrid table-based layouts. 7 years ago you really needed to ditch tables to 
 truly understand CSS. 


Are you suggesting that to switch to HTML5 we should avoid the use of div 
entirely, using only section, article etc to chunk up the content?





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[WSG] Tracy Gulliksen/ALIC is out of the office.

2010-08-13 Thread TGulliksen

I will be out of the office starting  08/13/2010 and will not return until
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RE: [WSG] Paul Irish/Divya Manian HTML5 Boilerplate

2010-08-13 Thread Thierry Koblentz
 I rather liked the conditionals around the body. What's not to like?

Imho, it goes against the separation of structure and presentation (plus it
messes up with the cascade), but I can understand why they are doing this.
Since most people strongly believe that CSS validation is a must, they have
to offer a solution that comes with the badge.
 
Fwiw, I'd delete that junk markup and go with good old _property and
*property hacks ;-)

In any case, they are plenty of good things in there. A lot to learn...

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Re: [WSG] Paul Irish/Divya Manian HTML5 Boilerplate

2010-08-13 Thread Russ Weakley



I rather liked the conditionals around the body. What's not to like?


Imho, it goes against the separation of structure and presentation  
(plus it
messes up with the cascade), but I can understand why they are doing  
this.
Since most people strongly believe that CSS validation is a must,  
they have

to offer a solution that comes with the badge.

Fwiw, I'd delete that junk markup and go with good old _property and
*property hacks ;-)


I like to concept of Conditional Comments around the body, and can  
see your point about it going against the concept of structure/ 
presentation. Regardless, I have two other concerns:


1. to stop IE8 stalling, you have to place an empty conditional  
comment near the top of the document head. I'm sure that every time  
one of these is added to a document a fairy dies somewhere. Details  
here (under Update):

http://www.phpied.com/conditional-comments-block-downloads/

2. if you use a CMS that pushes classes into the body element, you  
are in all sorts of trouble with this method.


If you really like this method, an alternative is to use the same  
method on the html element.

http://htmlcssjavascript.com/css/rethinking-the-how-to-serve-ie-specific-css-question/

Here is a sample page (view source to see the Conditional Comments  
around the head element):

http://htmlcssjavascript.com/samples/cc/mine.html

The bottom line is that all solutions when dealing with earlier  
versions of IE are going to be some sort of hack - whether it is a CSS  
hack or an HTML hack - it comes down to choices that you have to make...


- which is most efficient
- which is most future proof (won't come back and bite you)
- which is easiest to maintain
etc

Thanks
Russ



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[WSG] accessible html editors

2010-08-13 Thread Marvin Hunkin

hi.
i know front page is no longer around.
but will expression web work well with jaws.
need to use a wiyziwig html editor.
any suggestions or recommendations.
thank you.
marvin.

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