Re: [WSG] WCAG 1.0 and 'Until user agents...'

2006-07-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Lindsay Evans wrote: I'm in the process of defining accessibility guidelines for a new site, and am thinking it would be helpful to eliminate certain WCAG checkpoints that are no longer relevant and could possibly lead to usability problems if followed to the letter Here are my thoughts on

Re: [WSG CMS] RE: opensource cms

2006-07-24 Thread Matt Keehan
http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ is an excellent CMS comparison site - it lets you define your own criteria, and contrast several cms-es at once. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia.html http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/ may be worth a look as well

RE: [WSG] WCAG 1.0 and 'Until user agents...'

2006-07-24 Thread Steve Green
I disagree with Patrick's assessment on several points: 10.2 - Some user agents such as Lynx linearise the page but do not support label elements so it is still important to correctly position the labels. 1.5 - Some users are not able to use image maps for a variety of reasons so I would always

[WSG] manditory width required for floated form elements?

2006-07-24 Thread leenath1
Hi, My understanding is that you must declaire a width for floated block level elements (i.e. div, p, ul etc.) But is this the same for inline elements? Specificaly, I want to float an input feild and its associated lable, but I DONT want to give a width (to allow for the form to be liquid).

RE: [WSG] Hungarian notation for JavaScript and ActionScript?

2006-07-24 Thread michael.brockington
I think that JavaScript has more need of this notation than other languages, precisely because of the weak typing. However, those who try and use the same notation rules for say Java as for JavaScript are going to have trouble. I find objNAME arrNAME etc useful, and things like txtNAME

RE: [WSG] Rounded Corners

2006-07-24 Thread michael.brockington
None of these solutions have much to do with semantics, and none of them appear to be fool-proof. If at all possible, stick with the standards - CSS3 includes a declaration for rounded corners, which has been supported by Mozilla for a long time. Mike -Original Message- From:

Re: [WSG] manditory width required for floated form elements?

2006-07-24 Thread Martin Heiden
Nathan, on Monday, July 24, 2006 at 13:48 wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wrote: My understanding is that you must declaire a width for floated block level elements (i.e. div, p, ul etc.) But is this the same for inline elements? Specificaly, I want to float an input feild and its associated lable,

Re: [WSG] manditory width required for floated form elements?

2006-07-24 Thread Matthew Pennell
On 7/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My understanding is that you must declaire a width for floated block level elements (i.e. div, p, ul etc.) But is this the same for inline elements? You don't HAVE to declare a width for floated elements. A floated element with no width

Re: [WSG] manditory width required for floated form elements?

2006-07-24 Thread Janette Girod
Just be aware that Mac/IE follows the CSS 2.0 spec, and will make any floated block elements fill the available horizontal space. This can seriously break your layout in Mac/IE. One way to address this is to hide the display: block and float: left rules from Mac/IE, and tell it to simply

Re: [WSG] Hungarian notation for JavaScript and ActionScript?

2006-07-24 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
I think that JavaScript has more need of this notation than other languages, precisely because of the weak typing. However, those who try and use the same notation rules for say Java as for JavaScript are going to have trouble. I find objNAME arrNAME etc useful, and things like txtNAME

Re: [WSG] Rounded Corners

2006-07-24 Thread Janos Hardi
Hi Mike, I absolutely agree. Janos On 7/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: None of these solutions have much to do with semantics, and none of them appear to be fool-proof. If at all possible, stick with the standards - CSS3 includes a declaration for rounded corners, which

Re: [WSG] Rounded Corners

2006-07-24 Thread Designer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: None of these solutions have much to do with semantics, and none of them appear to be fool-proof. If at all possible, stick with the standards - CSS3 includes a declaration for rounded corners, which has been supported by Mozilla for a long time. Mike - Good

Re: [WSG] PDF link in XHTML???

2006-07-24 Thread Tom Livingston
On 7/21/06 9:08 PM, Steve Olive [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can use the target attribute in XHTML, just not with Strict Doctypes, and none of the postings have mentioned doctype or whether this is being served as application/xhtml+xml or text/html. Ted and Thierry's script is a work

[WSG] pop-ups

2006-07-24 Thread IAN CHAMBERLAIN
I hope someone out there can help. It goes without saying that pop-ups are a rather nasty thing, but I need to find an accessible way to deliver a small number of pop-ups on a CSS + XMTML strict E-commerce site, offering help as required to some complex forms that can't be fixed at the

Re: [WSG] manditory width required for floated form elements?

2006-07-24 Thread leenath1
Thanks everyone for your input. That clarifies thing for me now. I have developed a pretty cool form layout which I really like and it works well across all browsers I have tested with. Plus it is built on ems, so it zooms too. Once I get it all rock solid I will post a link and get some

[WSG] target=_blank

2006-07-24 Thread TuteC
Hello everyone. I have a web page that I use as a public favorites. I have around a hundred different links to outside sites, and I use the target=blank for each one. I searched at W3schools for a way to making all the links in the page target=blank with CSS but couldnĀ“t find one. Is just that in

Re: [WSG] Rounded Corners

2006-07-24 Thread Steve Eades
Hi, I have been playing with Spiffy Corners @ http://www.spiffycorners.com/ for an Intranet but the Spiffy assures that it is Anti-aliased rounded corners using pure CSS. No Images. No _javascript_. No fluff. I can assume you that it is very easy to implement and scalable. Works on Macs too.

Re: [WSG] Rounded Corners

2006-07-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Steve Eades wrote: Hi, I have been playing with Spiffy Corners @ http://www.spiffycorners.com/ for an Intranet but the Spiffy assures that it is Anti-aliased rounded corners using pure CSS. No Images. No Javascript. No fluff. I can assume you that it is very easy to implement and scalable.

Re: [WSG] target=_blank

2006-07-24 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Ian Pouncey wrote: TuteC wrote: Hello everyone. I have a web page that I use as a public favorites. I have around a hundred different links to outside sites, and I use the target=blank for each one. I searched at W3schools for a way to making all the links in the page target=blank with CSS

Re: [WSG] pop-ups

2006-07-24 Thread Donna Jones
I thought this was a very neat solution (without popups): http://juicystudio.com/article/form-help-without-popups.html I just triple-bookmarked that (a habit when i consider something important). very neat and i like the fact that the help icon toggles with enter key, all of it is very

Re: [WSG] target=_blank

2006-07-24 Thread Shlomi Asaf
On 7/25/06, TuteC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent, I think this is what I was searching... TuteC, what is the advantge of this approuch? it only helps when u open a new window for a known page, so u dont have to write the url over and over. but if u change the URL that u wish to open, u will

Re: [WSG] pop-ups

2006-07-24 Thread Shlomi Asaf
there is a disccussion next door to you [WSG] target=_blank there u could find this link http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/popup_window_with_no_extra_markup.asp hope its helpfull NeoSwf On 7/25/06, Donna Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this was a very neat solution (without popups):

Re: [WSG] manditory width required for floated form elements?

2006-07-24 Thread Shlomi Asaf
we are wating for it :) Neo On 7/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for your input. That clarifies thing for me now. I havedeveloped a pretty cool form layout which I really like and it works well across all browsers I have tested with. Plus it is built on ems, so