Re: [WSG] I need a professional eye.

2010-01-30 Thread tee
The site is www.purencool.com I caught a border:hidden in one of the h1 elements. Not wanting to sound like a fool so I googled it first to see if this is something I have not learned to use after all these years writing CSS, but I find no references. The design is clean, pleasant to

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Jason Grant
Thanks to people who have commented via blog and email. If nothing else I think I have sparked up a healthy debate about accessibility whether I am right or wrong. I will try and reply directly to remarks made by various individuals: @Paul Novitski Harsh wording Sir. That's all I can say. As a

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Luc
Good afternoon Jason, It was foretold that on 30/01/2010 @ 16:57:27 GMT+ (which was 14:57:27 where I live) Jason Grant would write: snipped a bit JG @Luc Glad we agree. ;-) Just to make myself clear: i don't agree with your point of view: the quoted text was to illustrate the

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 30/01/2010 16:57, Jason Grant wrote: @Paul Novitski Harsh wording Sir. That's all I can say. As a UXD working on 12 million target user Government portal the only thing I can try and be is broad, emphatic and deep, but I also develop apps in my own spare time and have a wife and child to feed

Re: [WSG] I need a professional eye.

2010-01-30 Thread jomali
I tried your calculator example on Mac OSX 10.6 in Firefox, Safari and Chrome and it did not work in any of them. Also, why duplicate functionality that already exists in jQuery. You can get fully functional fading and a plug-in calculator that work across all current browsers and all operating

RE: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:22 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter! @Oliver Boermans IE6 / Intranets reply. Today we make a decision to use JQuery as a framework for AJAX/JS. In two year JQuery gets

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Jason Grant wrote: Thanks to people who have commented via blog and email. ... @Chris F.A. Johnson That page is accessible, it just looks shit in the browser you tested in (whatever you have used there - would have nice to have test environment details). The only

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Jason Grant
@Chris F. A. Johnson Once again, the site only looks rubbish for most part and is still accessible with larger font size. How do you propose overcoming this issue with fixed width layouts. I don't want my site to look rubbish like your for 98% of my users. Also with CSS switched off the site's

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Jason Grant
@Chris I couldn't resist this Sir. Your site: http://chess.cfajohnson.com/ Uses two tables on the front page. The first should be a dl and both are missing thead section. Poor accessibility. It's also an unusual practice to be putting inline images into an h1, but at the very top you have h1aimg

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Jason Grant wrote: @Chris I couldn't resist this Sir. Your site: http://chess.cfajohnson.com/ Uses two tables on the front page. The first should be a dl and both are missing thead section. Poor accessibility. I agree. That's a very old page that I haven't yet got

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Jason Grant wrote: @Chris F. A. Johnson Once again, the site only looks rubbish for most part and is still accessible with larger font size. But even that is unnecessary; there's no good reason not to have it look good for everyone. How do you propose

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter! - ADMIN

2010-01-30 Thread Russ Weakley
ADMIN This discussion is quickly deteriorating into name calling, finger pointing, etc. Please return to the discussion, and be respectful of each other - regardless of your differences of opinion. Thanks Russ *** List

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Peter Mount
Jason, I would not feel comfortable working for a client with such disregard for accessibility. To extend your argument if the client asks me to break the law does that make it OK? There is a real business need to have even intranet systems that are accessible. As for your assertion in the

RE: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jason Grant Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 2:14 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter! So, what are you getting at? Yes, let's make the intranet completely

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Jason Grant
@Thierry I don't see how breaking a wrist has much to do with accessibility? My article does not say 'break all accessibility rules' if you can. It basically tries to say that a given advanced app solution (such as Google Calendar) requires JavaScript support to work in a semi-meaningful way. This

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Peter Mount
Jason your subject line is Accessibility does not matter!. If you're going to make a statement like that then I suggest you make a list of real world examples to back up your claim. Plus how can an app be useable if some people don't find it accessible? That is the flaw in your argument and

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Jason Grant
@Peter Title of my article is 'Accessibility does not matter?' (the question mark is very intentional there). To address your second point I will go back to the app I am currently developing. It needs a lot of JavaScript to improve usability of the tool and a progressively enhanced solution would

[WSG] Minimal forms or marking up a search field

2010-01-30 Thread Oliver Boermans
A practical distraction for the standardistas and accessibility gurus… Hoping tap your brain for an alternative perspective on the simple and common HTML scenario of a site search form. fieldset legendSearch this site/legend label for=searchKeyword/s/label input type=text

RE: [WSG] Minimal forms or marking up a search field

2010-01-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
If you are looking for a simple search form (i.e. the input box into which user enters a search term followed by 'Search' submit button) you should be using something like this. label for=sSearch/label input type=text name=s id=s / input type=submit value=Search class=primary / You do

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Dani Iswara
Jason, I can not accept that underline text on your post is not a clickable link. Your W3C and WCAG words did not have its abbreviation. And the option at the bottom of submit button is not in a logical order, I think. :) -- Regards, Dani Iswara http://daniiswara.net/

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Peter Mount
So lack of time is an excuse we can use for not using accessibility from the start? How convenient we can use that excuse for not helping potential users. Besides, every email in this thread has the title Accessibility does not matter! with the !. Interesting you can't envisage anybody needing

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread tee
Accessibility is: 1% of equality [1] + 99% of empathy :) Internet is invented by the West, Web-standards movement was originated in the West, all those corporates that make software, have a big influence and dominated the market (Microsoft, Freedom Scientific, Adobe...) are all from the West.

Re: [WSG] Minimal forms or marking up a search field

2010-01-30 Thread Oliver Boermans
On 31 January 2010 13:45, Thierry Koblentz thierry.koble...@gmail.com wrote: You do not need fieldset nor a legend as they are intended for grouping form fields on more complex forms. I agree. I'd just use a DIV to wrap these form controls. Thanks guys, I’m glad I asked this question. I was

RE: [WSG] Minimal forms or marking up a search field

2010-01-30 Thread Thierry Koblentz
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Oliver Boermans Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:21 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Minimal forms or marking up a search field On 31 January 2010 13:45, Thierry Koblentz

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread i...@eyemaxstudios.net
I whole heartily agree with you Tee, and more importantly with Tim Berners-Lee, the Internet as a whole was invited for the people to share information, and how can information be shared if accessibility is limited, even on intranet's if the system is built from the beginning to be widely

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Jason Grant ja...@flexewebs.com wrote: @Thierry I don't see how breaking a wrist has much to do with accessibility? Broken wrist = inability to use a mouse. If your site/intranet/app is not keyboard-accessible, how is that person supposed to use it? Now