Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Andy Matthews
I'd be happy to help you out Yehuda. I could even shoot it past my wife...she does editing duties for a travel book writer who recently released a new book. !//--andy matthewsweb developercertified advanced coldfusion programmerICGLink, Inc.[EMAIL PROTECTED]615.370.1530

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Fil
Are you saying that there should be a section on jQuery set aside for womens issues? Did I say such a thing? :-D I just point to the fact that using invalid XHTML will discourage *some* XHTML-savvy users, as putting a bimbo picture on the Magazine (p 12) -- with no explanation whatsoever of

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Yehuda Katz
On 9/26/06, Fil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you saying that there should be a section on jQuery set aside for womens issues?Did I say such a thing?:-DI just point to the fact that using invalid XHTML will discourage *some*XHTML-savvy users, as putting a bimbo picture on the Magazine (p 12) --

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Dan Atkinson
Lol! I agree though! When it comes to HTML in sample code, it's always good to have it XHTML standards compliant. That way, people won't complain that your code won't validate. We call them 'validation nazi's by the way! ;) Klaus Hartl wrote: I'd like to review HTML stuff if desired*. For

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Dan Atkinson
No matter. No harm done! :) Dan Karl Swedberg-2 wrote: I see. Point taken, and appreciated. I'm afraid my reply may have sounded more offended and/or defensive than I had intended it. I wanted to put an emoticon in there somewhere to indicate that I wasn't wrapped around the axle

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Karl Swedberg
On Sep 26, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Dan Atkinson wrote: I'm referring to the ones on Digg! Ah! Good to know. As for the term 'grammar nazi', it's a fairly legitimate term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_nazi No offence was implied by the use of 'nazi', it's just a regularly used

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Karl Swedberg
On Sep 26, 2006, at 5:59 AM, Dan Atkinson wrote: I would have just ignored the grammar nazis. Sometimes it's fun to make mistakes and bait these guys. Wow! Don't you think that might be a little harsh? Nobody on this list as far as I could tell meant any disrespect by calling out typos

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Dan Atkinson
I'd be happy to. Feel free to Gmail me - (dandementia) about it if you'd like. wycats wrote: I, for one, was quite pleased with the corrections, and may call on some of the list members who made corrections to proofread the magazine in future issues. Anyone interested? -- Yehuda On

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Karl Swedberg
On Sep 26, 2006, at 9:40 AM, Yehuda Katz wrote:I, for one, was quite pleased with the corrections, and may call on some of the list members who made corrections to proofread the magazine in future issues. Anyone interested?I'd love to help out. As a former high-school and college writing

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Andy Matthews
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Atkinson Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 4:59 AM To: discuss@jquery.com Subject: Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections I would have just ignored the grammar nazis. Sometimes it's fun to make mistakes and bait these guys. wycats wrote: With the exception

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Fil
Guess what? I'm a pretty strong feminist myself. The constant use of the Devo hat throughout the magazine should provide a clue that the three-tiered object is some kind of jQuery icon. Yeah, I had figured this :) The misunderstanding came from the fact that I had never seen the DEVO logo

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Dan Atkinson
I would have just ignored the grammar nazis. Sometimes it's fun to make mistakes and bait these guys. wycats wrote: With the exception of the semantic issues, I have corrected the errors that have been reported. The updated issue (which also has several other small improvements) can be

Re: [jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-26 Thread Jörn Zaefferer
Karl Swedberg schrieb: I'd love to help out. As a former high-school and college writing instructor, maybe I still have a bit of the grammar nazi in me after all. ;-) How on earth could possibly someone running a site named 'englishrules' not be a grammar nazi? -- Jörn

[jQuery] Magazine Typo corrections

2006-09-25 Thread Yehuda Katz
With the exception of the semantic issues, I have corrected the errors that have been reported. The updated issue (which also has several other small improvements) can be downloaded at http://www.visualjquery.com/magazine.html-- Yehuda KatzWeb Developer | Wycats Designs(ph)718.877.1325