Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-19 Thread David Hucklesby
Al Sparber wrote: From: Reese howel...@inkworkswell.com I agree with you that your suggestion is the preferred option, but the menu items range from 5 to 20 characters (with spaces, some of them). The text of those items is not negotiable with the client so I don't see that getting very

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-19 Thread Del Wegener
BTW - I was not suggesting that all menu items be set to the same width. You can of course set each one to match the length of the text. Cordially, David -- I suspect that is the client's call and my clients all want menu items of the same length/width. And I tend to agree with them. Del

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-19 Thread Bob Rosenberg
At 20:47 -0500 on 07/18/2009, Reese wrote about Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to Brow: It isn't asnSEO-friendly as text links and SEO-friendliness is important. So long as each image has an ALT tag with the text, the SEO Police should be reading it and treating it as if

[css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread Reese
I have an inline, unordered list for a horizontal navigation menu. What I'm seeing on BrowserCam, all Mac browsers increase the size of the text in those hnav links, causing the list to wrap to a new line where the wrapped text gets lost against the background. That's BrowserCam, a Mac user tells

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread David Laakso
Reese wrote: I have an inline, unordered list for a horizontal navigation menu. What I'm seeing on BrowserCam, all Mac browsers increase the size of the text in those hnav links, causing the list to wrap to a new line where the wrapped text gets lost against the background. Reese Are

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread Reese
Hello David, David Laakso wrote: Are all of your browsers set to default font-size. Are all your browsers set at their default-- minimum font-size. All the Win-platform browsers, yes and yes. Are the list-items letter-spaced. Yes. Are the list-items calling Verdana. No. Geneva, Arial,

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread Reese
David Laakso wrote: Wild guess... Try: font-family: Helvetica Neue, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; and comment-out the letter-spacing. Helvetica Neue? The latest BrowserCam results indicate that dropping the letter spacing fixed the line wrap (and the array of list items appears to be a

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread David Laakso
Reese wrote: Are the list-items letter-spaced. Yes. Are the list-items calling Verdana. No. Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif. Wild guess... Try: font-family: Helvetica Neue, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; and comment-out the letter-spacing.

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread Reese
David Hucklesby wrote: ... I suggest you make the link container, probably an LI, a fixed width, and take out any padding to the left and right of the text. Give the link text breathing room to expand, at least to the entire width of its container. That way, differences in text size and font

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread David Hucklesby
Reese wrote: David Laakso wrote: Wild guess... Try: font-family: Helvetica Neue, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; and comment-out the letter-spacing. Helvetica Neue? The latest BrowserCam results indicate that dropping the letter spacing fixed the line wrap ... I think that what David

Re: [css-d] Problem with all Mac browsers according to BrowserCam

2009-07-18 Thread Al Sparber
From: Reese howel...@inkworkswell.com I agree with you that your suggestion is the preferred option, but the menu items range from 5 to 20 characters (with spaces, some of them). The text of those items is not negotiable with the client so I don't see that getting very far. I suppose the other