[WSG] A Standards Oxymoron

2009-08-22 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

After peeping the following requirement in a job description,

  looking for a Web Developer who can translate visual designs into  
pixel-perfect, standards-compliant html/​css pages


a grin rivaling a James Bond villain curled the corners of my mouth.

Pixel perfect and standards is an oxymoron, complete opposed by goals  
and

the nature of the web.



C










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Re: [WSG] A Standards Oxymoron

2009-08-22 Thread Bushidodeep

R,

It seems we've arrived at another topic
exposing the youth of both the web
and Web Standards.

The exchange is rich food for
thought, and inspiration for research.

Many Thanks,
C






On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Rimantas Liubertas wrote:


Hi,
I've sided with the following camps regarding the notion of
pixel perfect designs and standards, so my
interpretation of the job requirement left me
amused by the juxtaposition.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/csstalking/
. And once we get over pixel perfect layouts (as a recovering  
pixel-nazi,
I know it is really, REALLY hard) our designs should look lovely in  
any

newer browser.
http://www.message.uk.com/index.php?page=31
Why websites look different in different browsers

(or why pixel-perfect design is not possible on the web)

http://www.motive.co.nz/glossary/pixel.php


I still fail to see how this leads to Pixel perfect and standards is
an oxymoron, complete opposed by goals and
the nature of the web.

Let me quote http://acid3.acidtests.org/ To pass the test, a browser
must use its default settings, the animation has to be smooth, the
score has to end on 100/100, and the final page has to look exactly,
PIXEL FOR PIXEL, like this reference rendering. (caps are mine).
Toughest test to test standards compliance calling for pixel perfect
match hardly makes pixel perfection and web standards an oxymoron.

Though let me repeat: in most cases this requirement does not make any
sense. On the other hand, it is not that hard to achieve as some may
claim.


Regards,
Rimantas
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Re: [WSG] A Standards Oxymoron

2009-08-22 Thread Bushidodeep

F,

As in the case of clients that rigidly adhere to the notion of pixel  
perfection,
the design usually spirals into perfection on a single user-agent,  
with complete

disregard of the possible thousands in circulation.

The jobs description just seemed one to avoid.


C




On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Felix Miata wrote:


On 2009/08/23 00:02 (GMT+0300) Rimantas Liubertas composed:


...in most cases this requirement does not make any
sense. On the other hand, it is not that hard to achieve as some may
claim.


Achieving px perfection on a designer's machine isn't so hard, but
maintaining it on all visitor's machines is impossible. None do well  
when
encountering the minimum font size or text zoom defenses too often  
required
to use them. If existed web standards of politeness or user  
friendliness,

such designs could never meet them.
--
How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose
understanding rather than silver. Proverbs 16:16 NKJV

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[WSG] An Acceptable Dropdown

2009-08-22 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

All debates aside on drop-down menus, they're called
for, demanded by some. I like this onehttp://www.csun.edu/,
and wondered if anyone has a tutorial URL bookmarked?


C








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Re: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Bushidodeep

All,

The following article shed light on both mark-up and styling.

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css/



It should help.


C,




On Aug 19, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote:


Wow! So what is the best practice???

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org]
On Behalf Of Steve Green
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:59 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org]
On Behalf Of Tom Livingston
Sent: 19 August 2009 20:10
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible Forms

The reason I use this was because I found an easy way to style forms
that included the broader compatibility for the clickability of labels
for focus with the flexibility of layout with the inclusion of a span
like:

label for=name
spanFirst Name/span
input type=text /
/label

I use this a lot for putting the label text next to the input, instead
of stacking, and it gives easy control of this layout.

Any info on the wrapping of inputs in a label being bad would be
appreciated.



We recently tested this exact construction (with the appropriate 'id'
attribute in the input element) and got surprising results with  
JAWS.

It does not associate the text label with the form control even though
they are associated in two ways (the 'for' and 'id' attributes and the
fact that they are enclosed in the label element.

JAWS does associate the text label and form control if the span
element is not present but that limits your styling options. I have no
idea why JAWS behaves this way.

Steve Green
Director
Test Partners Ltd



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Re: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

I recommend this publication http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/webforms/ 
. It just arrived from Amazon

today, and is very informative.

C



On Aug 19, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote:


FYI- I did replace align=right  align=center with CSS styling.

-Original Message-
From: Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:33 PM
To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org'
Subject: RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

I have two simple forms. Which is better?:
http://www.doedev.vi.virginia.gov/z_testing_area/kevin/form_mail_vi/form
_mailer4.shtml
Code:
 form name=form_submit method=post
action=/home_files/forms/form_mail_template.cfm
   p
span id=sprytextfield1
label for=FirstNameFirst Name:br /
input type=text name=FirstName
id=FirstName size=30 /
/label
span class=textfieldRequiredMsgA
value is required./span
   /span br /
span id=sprytextfield2
label for=LastNameLast Name:br /
input name=LastName
type=text id=LastName size=40 /
/label
span class=textfieldRequiredMsgA
value is required./span
   /spanbr /
span id=sprytextfield3
label for=EmailEmail Address:br /
input name=Email type=text
id=Email size=50 /br /
/label
span class=textfieldRequiredMsgA
value is required./spanspan  
class=textfieldInvalidFormatMsgInvalid

format./span
   /span
   /p
   p
span id=sprytextarea1
label for=CommentsComments:br /
textarea name=Comments id=Comments
cols=50 rows=5/textarea
/label
/span
   /p
   p
label
input type=submit name=submit2 id=submit
value=Submit /
/label
   /p
 /form

AND
http://www.doedev.vi.virginia.gov/z_testing_area/kevin/form_mail_vi/form
_mailer6.shtml
Code:
 form name=form_submit method=post
action=/home_files/forms/form_mail_template.cfm
 p*Required information/p
 table width=800
   caption
 Form Mailer
   /caption
   tr
 td width=158 align=right
   label for=FirstName*First Name:/label/ 
td

 td width=626span id=sprytextfield1
   input type=text name=FirstName
id=FirstName size=30 /
 span class=textfieldRequiredMsgA value is
required./span/span/td
   /tr
   tr
 td align=right
 label for=LastName*Last Name:/label/ 
td

 tdspan id=sprytextfield2
 input name=LastName type=text
id=LastName size=40 /
   span class=textfieldRequiredMsgA value is
required./span/span/td
   /tr
   tr
 td align=right
 label for=Email*Email
Address:/label/td
 tdspan id=sprytextfield3
   input name=Email type=text id=Email
size=50 /
 span class=textfieldRequiredMsgA value is
required./spanspan class=textfieldInvalidFormatMsgInvalid
format./span/span/td
   /tr
   tr
 td align=right
   label for=CommentsComments:/label/td
 tdspan id=sprytextarea1
 textarea name=Comments id=Comments
cols=50 rows=5/textarea
 /span/td
   /tr
   tr
 td colspan=2 align=centerlabel
   input type=submit name=submit id=submit
value=Submit /
 /label/td
   /tr
 /table
 /form

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org]
On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:10 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible Forms

On 19/08/2009 20:04, David Dorward wrote:


On 19 Aug 2009, at 19:35, Tom Livingston wrote:


On a slightly related topic, I have wrapped inputs inside of labels
for browser compatibility for the label clickability/focus issue
(based on some research some time ago), but have just read for the
first time recently, that this is not a good idea. Any thoughts?



It isn't really a bad 

Re: [WSG] table inside a dd?

2009-08-17 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

A little late to the thread, but how about:

the contents of the table
captionSample Complex Table/caption
tr
th abbr=page id=pageNoPage
Name/th
th id=catCategory/th
th abbr=tool id=acc axis=test
resultsAccessibility Tool Test/th
th abbr=manual id=man axis=test
resultsManual Test/th
th abbr=jaws id=jaws axis=test
resultsJAWS test/th
/tr
tr
th id=homeHome/th
td headers=home catCommon/td
td headers=home acc4/td
td headers=home man2/td
td headers=home jaws3/td
/tr
tr
th id=resResources Welcome/th
tdResources/td
td6/td
td0/td
/tr
tr
th colspan=2 id=totTotals:/th
td headers=tot acc10/td
td headers=tot man2/td
td headers=tot jaws3/td
/tr
/table






On Aug 17, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Tim MacKay wrote:

Thanks Ben and Christian for the replies,  Ben thanks particularly  
for the
links. Based on the accessibility bonuses of the methods you  
suggested I

might opt out of the def list route and use headings.

Thanks again.

Tim

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org  
[mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 5:47 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] table inside a dd?

On 17/08/2009 06:18, Tim MacKay wrote:
I am marking up product nutritional information and am thinking of  
doing

it like so:

dl

dt The Product /dt

dd Paragraph blurb about the product /dd

dd

table

.etcTabular data of the nutritional information/.etc

/table

/dd

/dl

Is nesting the table within the def list valid markup?


Yes.

I'd tend to suggest using headings (or headings inside a list) instead
of a definition list, so that each product has an entry in the  
effective

document outline:

h2The Product/h2
pblurb/p
table
captionNutritional information/caption
...
/table

More practically, this allows non-mouse users of Opera
(http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/nomouse/) or assistive
technology
(http://www.freedomscientific.com/Training/Surfs-up/Navigating.htm) to
skip effectively from one product to another, and surfaces the  
products

in assistive technology heading lists.

Some assistive technology does have some support for definition lists,
but it's not especially pretty, which isn't surprising given the HTML
spec suggests using the element for terms and descriptions, and  
also

for dialogs:

http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_message.php?id=11226

--
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis


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Re: [WSG] Checking CSS3 Support [hr / or CSS3 Border Background]

2009-08-10 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

Many Thanks. Just what was desired.

C




On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:20 PM, Ross Bruniges wrote:


http://www.modernizr.com/

From: Bushidodeep field.ni...@gmail.com

Does a JS/DOM script exist for checking CSS3 support across user- 
agents?




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[WSG] Checking CSS3 Support [hr / or CSS3 Border Background]

2009-08-09 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

As usual, all the replies to my post have been valuable, providing  
much to think about. Does a JS/DOM script exist for

checking CSS3 support across user-agents?

C


On Aug 9, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Keryx Web wrote:


On 2009-08-09 12:48, Stuart Foulstone wrote:

The hr element represents a paragraph-level thematic break, e.g. a
scene change in a story, or a transition to another topic within a
section of a reference book.


Correct, but rarely useful. The only indication given to users is  
visual. I do not think AT-technologies picks it up.



So the decision is  circumstantial, sometime you  use hr, and
sometimes use CSS 3 border background property.


I've not seen a case in a really long while where an hr would be  
useful, except for debugging.


hr /  deprecated in XHTML and the correct mark-up is to use a  
header

which helps to help define that relationship.


No, it is not. But it is better avoided, as said by many in this  
thread.



--
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http://keryx.se/
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[WSG] hr / or CSS3 Border Background

2009-08-08 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

After reading the following article, I ask which is more semantic,  
using the hr / element with a background or using the CSS3 border  
background property?


C


http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/09/the-hr-contest-results-download-your-fresh-hr-line-now/ 








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Re: [WSG] hr / or CSS3 Border Background

2009-08-08 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

Thanks, SMASH has some good contributions. As with any resource,  
absorb what is useful, reject the useless. Does any

DOM conditional exist for checking CSS3 support in user agents?

C





On Aug 8, 2009, at 7:53 PM, tee wrote:



On Aug 8, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Bushidodeep wrote:


Hi,

After reading the following article, I ask which is more semantic,  
using the hr / element with a background or using the CSS3 border  
background property?


C


http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/09/the-hr-contest-results-download-your-fresh-hr-line-now/ 





I never use hr tag, find it unsemantical and redundant. Before CSS3  
is fully supported by all important browsers, the semantic way I use  
is utilizing one of the existing div or type selector.


Site like smashing magazine feeds hype which is unhelpful for web  
standards and accessibility–but this is what the site's purpose is:  
vanity, kitsch and hype. Oops, I hope the site owner isn't a member  
here :-)


However, seeing that HTML 5 has given hr tag  a new purpose:
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-hr-element
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#flow-content-0

quote:
The hr element represents a paragraph-level thematic break, e.g. a  
scene change in a story, or a transition to another topic within a  
section of a reference book.



So the decision is  circumstantial, sometime you  use hr, and  
sometimes use CSS 3 border background property.


Then my question, what about those who prefer to stick with XHTML?  
The hr tag is deprecated.


In gassho,
tee




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Re: [WSG] Usability in Links

2009-07-19 Thread Bushidodeep

Thanks,

Would you provide url's on organizing links, for reference to the  
client. As that was also disturbing during the site check.




CK




On Jul 19, 2009, at 5:07 AM, Stuart Foulstone wrote:



Hi,

if the different links are in clearly defined different areas there  
should
be little confusion, even with using the same colors reversed.  If  
you mix
them in the same menu, then there's obviously a problem of  
consistency of

the meaning.


However, what you should NOT do, from a usability point of view, is  
have

an external link in the middle of the site navigation menu, i.e.

a href=http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/; title=National
Response id=dhtml_menu-262CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD HOMELESSNESS/a


The link color scheme seems OK from a color-blindness accessibility  
angle,

see:

http://vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php?origUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.familyhomelessness.org%2FsimUrl=uploads%2F124800363616183sensorType=tritanope


On Sat, July 18, 2009 11:09 pm, Bushidodeep wrote:

Hi,

Following is a link to the site in question.

http://www.familyhomelessness.org/





On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:


On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Bushidodeep wrote:


I've a client wishing to call attention to (2) a: links, in a
vertical list by simply reversing with the hover color. The a:links
are now the hover color value and the a:hover is now the a:link
color value.
After reviewing the change I found it conflicting with the
surrounding a:links, so did some of my flat-mates used for
usability testing.

Would someone suggest a method that doesn't cause disharmony, or is
it just nit-picking on our part?


 Use different colours.

 (And post a URL so we can see whether there really is a problem.)

--
 Chris F.A. Johnson  http://cfaj.freeshell.org
 ===
 Author:
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Re: [WSG] Usability in Links

2009-07-19 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

I'm also suggesting reordering the hierarchy (Taxonomy) of the  
navigation.



CK





On Jul 19, 2009, at 5:07 AM, Stuart Foulstone wrote:



Hi,

if the different links are in clearly defined different areas there  
should
be little confusion, even with using the same colors reversed.  If  
you mix
them in the same menu, then there's obviously a problem of  
consistency of

the meaning.


However, what you should NOT do, from a usability point of view, is  
have

an external link in the middle of the site navigation menu, i.e.

a href=http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/; title=National
Response id=dhtml_menu-262CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD HOMELESSNESS/a


The link color scheme seems OK from a color-blindness accessibility  
angle,

see:

http://vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php?origUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.familyhomelessness.org%2FsimUrl=uploads%2F124800363616183sensorType=tritanope


On Sat, July 18, 2009 11:09 pm, Bushidodeep wrote:

Hi,

Following is a link to the site in question.

http://www.familyhomelessness.org/





On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:


On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Bushidodeep wrote:


I've a client wishing to call attention to (2) a: links, in a
vertical list by simply reversing with the hover color. The a:links
are now the hover color value and the a:hover is now the a:link
color value.
After reviewing the change I found it conflicting with the
surrounding a:links, so did some of my flat-mates used for
usability testing.

Would someone suggest a method that doesn't cause disharmony, or is
it just nit-picking on our part?


 Use different colours.

 (And post a URL so we can see whether there really is a problem.)

--
 Chris F.A. Johnson  http://cfaj.freeshell.org
 ===
 Author:
 Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)


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[WSG] Usability in Links

2009-07-18 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi All,

I've a client wishing to call attention to (2) a: links, in a vertical  
list by simply reversing with the hover color. The a:links are now the  
hover color value and the a:hover is now the a:link color value.
After reviewing the change I found it conflicting with the  
surrounding  a:links, so did some of my flat-mates used for usability  
testing.


Would someone suggest a method that doesn't cause disharmony, or is it  
just nit-picking on our part?


CK









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Re: [WSG] Usability in Links

2009-07-18 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

Following is a link to the site in question.

http://www.familyhomelessness.org/





On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:


On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Bushidodeep wrote:

I've a client wishing to call attention to (2) a: links, in a  
vertical list by simply reversing with the hover color. The a:links  
are now the hover color value and the a:hover is now the a:link  
color value.
After reviewing the change I found it conflicting with the  
surrounding a:links, so did some of my flat-mates used for  
usability testing.


Would someone suggest a method that doesn't cause disharmony, or is  
it just nit-picking on our part?


  Use different colours.

  (And post a URL so we can see whether there really is a problem.)

--
  Chris F.A. Johnson  http://cfaj.freeshell.org
  ===
  Author:
  Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)


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Re: [WSG] Usability in Links

2009-07-18 Thread Bushidodeep

Hi,

My (our) thoughts, my commission was developing a DRUPAL theme. Having  
not had a hand in the design, the .psd was provided, has stirred some  
questions with usability and accessibility.

I'll address these with the client.

Many Thanks,
CK




On Jul 18, 2009, at 8:42 PM, dwain wrote:

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Bushidodeep field.ni...@gmail.com  
wrote:

Hi,

Following is a link to the site in question.

http://www.familyhomelessness.org/



the way the links are currently set when i hover over the blue link  
that is next to an orange link things get a bit confusing when the  
two links meld in color.


i also checked the color contrast on the links and they do not fair  
well for visitors with color blindness.  you might want to talk with  
your client about this issue, if you feel that it is important  
enough to address.


also, the pointers on the links on the left of the page made me  
think that a fly-out menu was available.  not a critical issue, but  
could also cause some confusion.


cheers,
dwain

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