Re: [WSG] Using list items for horizontal navigation

2006-11-22 Thread Stevio
Hi Stephen, Here [1] is an explanation of why the padding on your list items is operating in a slightly odd way. When you change the li or the a within the li to display: block and then float it, your problems should disappear. [1] http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/inline/ Thanks

[WSG] Using list items for horizontal navigation

2006-11-17 Thread Stevio
I have converted a horizontal navigation bar to use list items instead of a single row table with a table cell for each link. One of the main reasons for this was so that, when the user increases their font size, the links would wrap onto the next line instead of the navigation bar extending

[WSG] Style attribute deprecated?

2006-06-02 Thread Stevio
Has the style attribute been deprecated, as claimed on this page on the xstandard.com web site? http://tinyurl.com/4n6cn Thanks, Stephen ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

2006-05-16 Thread Stevio
- Original Message - From: Rimantas Liubertas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:03 PM I have read somewhere that one of the original mentioned uses of tables in some old HTML spec *was* layout. Can anyone verify this? So it _is_ old-fashioned? Lol! You can't have it

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

2006-05-16 Thread Stevio
- Original Message - From: Nick Lo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 8:14 AM Is peer judgement one of the reasons for the defensiveness about using tables? How many of these arguments were written with the intention of convincing clients that CSS layouts are not all

Re: [WSG] Ultimate 2 columns' requirements

2006-05-12 Thread Stevio
ii_columns/index.htm. Although css is NOT the solution, It is one option you could use. To use css, check out http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/.Both methods present very interesting challenges.Carolyn On 5/9/06, Stevio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone got

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

2006-05-12 Thread Stevio
than the central paragraph. Maybe my background in software engineering is showing here, as finding and eradicating bugs is part of a programmer's job. Stephen - Original Message - From: Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 5/12/06, Stevio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reply

Re: [WSG] Tables - you can still use them in web design article

2006-05-12 Thread Stevio
Surely web sites should be designed to work across browsers, especially the browser used by most users, even if it isn't very good? This is a web standards group isn't it? ;-) Stephen - Original Message - From: Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 5/12/06, Stevio [EMAIL PROTECTED

[WSG] Target attribute - coming or going?

2006-05-04 Thread Stevio
I just had a look at an interesting article about using javascript instead of target to open new windows. http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200605/using_javascript_instead_of_target_to_open_new_windows/ In the comments below the article, there is various discussion including whether it is