Re: [WSG] Accessibility changer

2012-04-26 Thread Chris Dimmock
If the link is from the same domain as the email of the poster, Then I'm glad I didn't tread in it.. I'm calling Barker's Eggs. Chris Sent from my iPhone On 26/04/2012, at 11:59 AM, James Litten ja...@insydney.com.au wrote: Hello Steve, Google glass are attached to a frame like

Re: [WSG] Table borders

2011-09-30 Thread Chris Dimmock
Russ, It's the Friday evening of a long weekend - and you take the time to give code examples?? And you still can't see why everyone here thinks you are both a *Web Standards* and *Nice Guy* Superhero?!? Have a great weekend Russ. I admire your dedication. And so should all of us!! ;-) Chris

Re: [WSG] Drawing Tool For the Blind Is Here At Last

2011-09-22 Thread Chris Dimmock
Marvin, that is great. Thank you for sharing. Sincerely. Chris Sent from my iPhone On 23/09/2011, at 10:32 AM, Marvin Hunkin startrekc...@gmail.com wrote: hi. if you visit http://www.dickbaldwin.com, got this program link from the top tid bits from http://top.enterprises.com and it is a

Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2010-12-20 Thread Chris Dimmock
We all go through this every holiday season Nick. Look at the big picture. Russ provides us with a great resource. For free. 1st auto responder message, and you are gone. Guilty until proven guilty. Just look at the first line, or header, then delete. That's the deal. And Russ could charge. He

Re: [WSG] Fonts in MS Publisher compared to online

2010-09-15 Thread Chris Dimmock
Sorry for asking, but does any one else think this thread is a webstandards topic? I.e. How a font in Microsoft Publisher displays? I'm having issues with IE7 crashing. Is that a web standards issue list topic too??? Just a long day, a bit jaded, and not happy wading through a pile of

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites (was: accessible free web hosting account)

2009-07-01 Thread Chris Dimmock
I'll just address one you raised Jens. Google does not currently parse external Javascript files. So unless Fairfax uses simple inline Javascript, and exposes spiderable URLS, that's probably good enough for most of us to use progressive enhancement methodology . Ask Lucas. When he gets

Re: [WSG] OT: Dominos Pizza - Looking for someone who's worked there

2009-06-16 Thread Chris Dimmock
I think the answer is... Yes, technically, there probably is more fibre nutrition in the cardboard box :) Sent from my iPhone On 16/06/2009, at 10:51 AM, Mike Kear w...@afpwebworks.com wrote: This is off-topic for this list so please respond direct to me rather than the list ...

Re: [WSG] SEO vs. Accessibility

2009-05-26 Thread Chris Dimmock
We can flag text that appears to be hidden using CSS at Google. To date we have not algorithmically removed sites for doing that. We try hard to avoid throwing babies out with bathwater. MattCutts at Oct 21 2005 - 02:09 That was nearly 4 years ago - One of the issues is that sometimes, Google

Re: [WSG] SEO and headers order

2009-04-16 Thread Chris Dimmock
Hi guys, Just to clarify. Google reads the sourcecode. In the order the sourcecode is presented. Of course you can reposition with css. That doesn't change the order of the sourcecode. Google doesn't generally request the CSS file (check your logs) - unless other flags are indicated (e.g

Re: [WSG] DHTML Menus

2009-02-24 Thread Chris Dimmock
Q. What is the percentage of population that does not have javascript enabled? A. 100% of search engine spiders. So if you don't want your site fully spidered. *** List Guidelines:

[WSG] Federal Court hearing re Virgin Blue website accessiblity

2009-01-19 Thread Chris Dimmock
Did anyone else see this?? will be seeking orders from the Federal Court forcing Virgin Blue to make their websites accessible to the disabled as required under the Federal Disability Discrimination Act or to take those websites off-line.

Re: [WSG] SEO and Flash

2009-01-15 Thread Chris Dimmock
I still think this guidance is good advice... Try to use Flash only where it is needed. Many rich media sites such as Google's YouTube use Flash for rich media but rely on HTML for content and navigation. You can too, by limiting Flash to on-page accents and rich media, not content and

Re: [WSG] Re: Title attribute

2009-01-14 Thread Chris Dimmock
-501ei=UTF-8 Best Chris The example I gave On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Elle Meredith li...@designbyelle.com.au wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:51:52, Chris Dimmock wrote: Actually, using the 'title' attribute in a link does NOT add a little bit of SEO. Title element ('Page Title') - yes

Re: [WSG] Title attribute

2009-01-13 Thread Chris Dimmock
Hi Jens Actually, using the 'title' attribute in a link does NOT add a little bit of SEO. Title element ('Page Title') - yes for SEO - but title attribute - no. Try it yourself. Put a few words in a title attribute - words which don't otherwise appear on your page. The once Google has re-indexed

Re: [WSG] Fw: The Great Firewall of Australia

2008-11-28 Thread Chris Dimmock
Thanks for the detailed précis of the iinet situation. Next time I get booked for speeding on the Sydney - Newcastle freeway, I think I'll sue the RTA. Well, after all, they provided me with the road ;-) Or maybe if you do speed, and don't get caught, then you can sue the Police for

Re: [WSG] Google HTML Check

2006-01-27 Thread Chris Dimmock
And congratulations to John Allsopp for having his earlier research cited by Google! Did anyone else notice that Google finally put paid to the rubbish urban legend metadata meta name=revisit-after ? Chris Dimmock http://www.cogentis.com.au/ On 1/26/06, Lea de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WSG] *Why* doesn't Google validate? was New logo scheme was talking points for standards

2005-12-09 Thread Chris Dimmock
Michael Cordover's comments were the correct answer. :)Here is an excerpt from an Interview with Matt Cutts, Google engineer, just last month:Q: In more general terms, what do you think is the relationship between Google and the W3C? Do you think it would be important for Google to e.g. be

Re: [WSG] *Why* doesn't Google validate? was New logo scheme was talking points for standards

2005-12-09 Thread Chris Dimmock
I wonder how many visits Google gets in a day...? Brian - I'm not sure how many visits Google gets in a day,but Danny Sullivan reported on the Nielsen netratings numbers back in Julythat Google has 46.2%market share of 4.5 billion searches/ month

Re: [WSG] The Age (and smh) redesign

2005-11-03 Thread Chris Dimmock
The SMH redesign is now live - just noticed :) I like the layout - but they've dropped the ball with over 200 validation errors... Chris www.cogentis.com.au On 10/30/05, John Allsopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, last week http;//theage.com.au launched a redesign, and early next week, it

Re: [WSG] Do Web Standrads vand best practices get rewarded by Search Engines?

2005-10-17 Thread Chris Dimmock
So do the most popular Search Engines reward valid design?If so is there any proof or statements issued by search engines to confirm this? Semantic code is generally rewarded by ranking (i.e. relevance) Accessible code is generally rewarded by spidering. Valid code is generally rewarded by SE's

Re: [WSG] Meta Keywords?

2005-10-08 Thread Chris Dimmock
Just wanted to clarify this area with some references. Meta keywords - no - no search engine publically acknowdges that they refer to them. Meta descriptions - yes - see below - but DMoz is often a factor as well Meta robots - yes - see below 1. you can use robots.txt OR meta robots: [quote]Use

Re: [WSG] WE05 - who's going?

2005-09-27 Thread Chris Dimmock
have said that they would rtfm if there was an fm to fr :)This is me http://www.cogentis.com.au No pics. Chris Dimmock

[WSG] World Usability Day November 3, 2005

2005-07-19 Thread Chris Dimmock
World Usability Day, on November 3, 2005 is designed to promote the fields of usability engineering and user-centered design. More info: http://www.worldusabilityday.net/about Chris Dimmock Cogentis Internet Marketing www.cogentis.com.au

[WSG] Re: [WSG Announce] Web Essentials 05 Launched

2005-05-03 Thread Chris Dimmock
think Peter, John, Russ et al are doing a great job. Anyone else see a need for a manager level session to provide a range of commercial justifications for adopting webstandards? Chris Dimmock Cogentis Internet Marketing Strategies http://www.cogentis.com.au/ On 5/4/05, Peter Firminger [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Hidden Content

2005-03-31 Thread Chris Dimmock
Tom Livingston wrote: Flash actually is searchable. There's even a search SDK for search engines. It's also accessible, with tab order/indexing, etc. Search SDK was designed as a tool for search engines themselves to extract data from Flash (up to V6) files - the key issue, as outlined below, is

Re: [WSG] Search Engines and CSS

2005-01-27 Thread Chris Dimmock
. However, as Andrew mentioned - the biggest risk of detection is human detection and reporting. Your competitors are the threat. Whether Google acts on specific spam reports - that's the risk you can take. Feeling Lucky? :) Best regards Chris Dimmock Cogentis Search Engine Marketing http

Re: [WSG] New music site barring non IE browsers

2004-11-30 Thread Chris Dimmock
I think its important to actually note that it is a ninemsn content partner - not ninemsn itself - whose site is causing the problem. Note the redirection http://sib1.od2.com Its a branded content partner site. Chris On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:50:26 -0700, Shane Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep.

Re: [WSG]

2004-05-26 Thread Chris Dimmock
Hi, Taco asked: Are there currently any laws in Australia that dictate a website should be accessible to vision impaired people etc.? Answer: Yes - The legislation is the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. I wrote an overview of the (specifically) Australian situation a while back, with links

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Chris Dimmock
Will, Your new site looks fine to me. My only constructive comment is that you should rethink your 'ahem' comments - as search engine spiders are effectively text based browsers. Telling Googlebot etc Our site should still be completely usable to you, it just won't look as good as it could