Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
One word : semantics. It all has to do with what the tags mean to the computer. For example, you can write div class=code to specify that the markup in that div is code and should be displayed as such. However, to the browser, the means nothing more than div class=happyfuntime. They're both just

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-28 Thread Christian Snodgrass
It also depends what type of visual impairments. For example, there are like 6 types of color blindness allow, all which distort the colors in varying ways. If you're just talking about low vision, then you want to have larger fonts then normal. I'd say probably bump up the body font size one

Re: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

2010-11-08 Thread Christian Snodgrass
It looks like they just took the bone images and over-layed their logo on top in a blue color and made it a bit transparent. It'd just be a matter of playing around with color values and transparencies. - Chris On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Grant Bailey grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au

Re: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

2010-11-08 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Oh, sorry, I somehow missed the last sentence. Yeah, it's just an animated gif. You could pretty easily create one using Flash, then export as an animated gif. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Foskett, Mike mike.fosk...@uk.tesco.comwrote: Animated GIF I believe. mike foskett

Re: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

2010-11-08 Thread Christian Snodgrass
If anything, I think the message once decrypted would be congrats... you wasted two days of work on this message. =p On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: Uday - It's not a JPG its an animated GIF Since the list-dad allows the continued off-topic kept running, I

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Can you use an image map? Yes. Do people still use image maps? Yes. Should you find a better way to implement it? Absolutely. Basically image maps can be used, but they aren't usually a good idea. A better method would be to split it up into separate images and smash them together to look

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
all into a Fireworks file, position them properly, then use the x and y it gives you to figure out the negative margins for them. On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:21 PM, cat soul cats...@thinkplan.org wrote: On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Christian Snodgrass wrote: Basically image maps can be used

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
precision. I'm not saying image maps should never be used... I'm saying that you should keep in mind alternatives because image maps are frequently abused. - Christian On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Hassan Schroeder has...@webtuitive.comwrote: On 10/14/10 1:23 PM, Christian Snodgrass wrote

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Madsen* +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 15/10/2010, at 7:19 AM, Christian Snodgrass wrote: In the US map problem, an image map may make sense. However, there are many more in which an image map doesn't make sense. For example, having a graphical menu

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
As far as I know, image maps are not deprecated... just often abused so you should really consider your options. I agree with your little analogy as well. I'd evaluate exactly what the problem is and then pick a solution. For example, if all the shapes in the potential map are square, it'd be

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
) says ... with a mouse... regards, Mathew Robertson On 15 October 2010 10:43, Christian Snodgrass csnodgrass3...@gmail.comwrote: That map also illustrates the problem with image maps. Disable images and refresh the page. It becomes completely unusable (granted there are ways to make

Re: [WSG] semantic structure for icon and text

2010-05-11 Thread Christian Snodgrass
I would recommend option 2, for two main reasons: 1) An icon is more of a decoration. It does serve a function purpose, but without that icon that original context is still intact. 2) It's cleaner code. =p Just my two cents. However, I can see the argument for putting it directly in an image,

Re: [WSG] the mysteries of overflow: hidden

2010-02-10 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-29 Thread Christian Snodgrass
important than 'accessibility' per se. Please have a read of my article and comment via email or on the blog itself. http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/accessibility-does-not-matter/ Thank you very much. Regards, Jason -- Christian Snodgrass CEO - Azure Ronin http://www.arwebdesign.net http

Re: [WSG] table inside a dd?

2009-08-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Box model in IE7

2009-04-23 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Marking up news

2009-02-19 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Title attribute

2009-01-11 Thread Christian Snodgrass
displayed when the user mouses over the element). -- Christian Snodgrass CEO - Azure Ronin http://www.arwebdesign.net http://www.htmlblox.com Phone: 859.816.7955 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles?

2008-11-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
elements with Javascript, the CSS is still applied to the new stuff as well. Basically, regardless when loaded the CSS always acts on everything. Javascript needs to be run after any elements it might need to edit though. -- Christian Snodgrass CEO - Azure Ronin http://www.arwebdesign.net http

Re: HTML reached end of life?? (Was: Re: [WSG] Sorry Link)

2008-11-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] HTML/XHTML/XML - Question about the future of.

2008-11-20 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Micky Hulse wrote: Christian Montoya wrote: You'll have telepathic computer displays before _real_ XHTML replaces HTML. link rel=stylesheet type=text/css media=mind href=... Ha! Nice one. A while back, I stopped using XHTML strict and switched to HTML 4.01 strict DTD's. Personally, I

Re: [WSG] JavaScript clarification please

2008-10-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
David Dorward wrote: Brett Patterson wrote: Why would you avoid w3schools? They do have some good information. So why? They have a lot of bad information - and spotting the difference is hard if you are trying to learn from them. I second that. They actually have a LOT more bad

Re: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict

2008-10-07 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Coding for CSS3?

2008-10-02 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Incorporating Terms and Cons in signup page

2008-09-30 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Facebook downgrading support for IE6

2008-09-02 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Facebook downgrading support for IE6

2008-09-02 Thread Christian Snodgrass
and public-facing brochure sites. Also, since Facebook hasn't actually finished their latest redesign, there is still a chance that they will support IE 6 in the end; but I doubt it. Last link: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/google.com+myspace.com+facebook.com/?metric=uv -- Christian Snodgrass

Re: [WSG] resetting input boxes

2008-08-06 Thread Christian Snodgrass
about any CSS reset should handle it. This is the one I prefer: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/01/reset-reloaded/ Yahoo also has it's own, but it's a lot bigger and I think somewhat of an overkill. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net Phone

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-30 Thread Christian Snodgrass
. It doesn't mean it is a block-level element semantically. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http://www.arwebdesign.net Phone: 859.816.7955 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] accessible client side form validation

2008-04-23 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] PNG file sizes

2008-04-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Catch 22 list problem

2008-04-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Why is u deprecated?

2008-03-27 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] IE8 news

2008-03-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] strong element being more semantical and accessible for required field

2008-02-26 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] repeating background png support ie6

2008-02-19 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Styling forms

2008-02-09 Thread Christian Snodgrass
in pixels, when these elements grow, they simply pile up without breaking anything. If I kill the BRs it is just to make sure they don't create any vertical space. That sounds like quite an elegant solution. I may have to try that out. Thanks. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design

Re: [WSG] Styling forms

2008-02-07 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Styling forms

2008-02-06 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] repeat x and repeat y

2008-02-06 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] PHP includes

2008-02-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] display differences firefox ie 7.0

2008-02-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Styling forms

2008-02-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass
field sets, which are really appropriate for groups of related items. Michael Horowitz wrote: I've been looking at styling forms and I'm seeing some people mark them up as ordered lists and other using paragraphs. What are the arguments for the different markup types. -- Christian

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Mostly empirical evidence, though I've read it in many reliable sources. Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: (Most screen readers don't have Javascript enabled, so this is a valid method). Just wondering if this is based on stats or empirical evidence? P -- Christian

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Snodgrass Sent: 04 February 2008 03:06 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation Mostly empirical evidence, though I've read it in many reliable sources. Patrick H

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-02 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Re: Why code and no web pag

2008-02-02 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-01 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Windows on a Mac

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Windows on a Mac

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-30 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Windows on a Mac

2008-01-30 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Windows on a Mac

2008-01-30 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-29 Thread Christian Snodgrass
make it ignore those types of hacks which wouldn't be difficult), is pages even older, and especially those web-based applications that relied on those hacks. It's the lesser of two evils, but it's still a huge pain. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http

Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-29 Thread Christian Snodgrass
new website or important/ re-designed websites with the new target IE8 tags! sounds quite simple to me. Maybe not the most perfect but you cannot expect everything to jump over night! Christian Snodgrass [EMAIL PROTECTED] 30/01/2008 9:15:48 am Chris Knowles wrote: Chris

Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-29 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Chris Knowles wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: The biggest problem is the fact that if they don't have it be the opt-in option, that any older sites that used all of the hacks that made it work in IE6 and IE7 won't work in IE8. That probably includes even a lot of your own sites. Beyond

Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-29 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] This IE8 controversy

2008-01-29 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Chris Broadfoot wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: The biggest problem is the fact that if they don't have it be the opt-in option, that any older sites that used all of the hacks that made it work in IE6 and IE7 won't work in IE8. That probably includes even a lot of your own sites. Beyond

Re: [WSG] Usability for downloading documents

2008-01-28 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type

2008-01-28 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-26 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Yes I do, it's not finished yet. Joe Ortenzi wrote: Christian. Did you know most of your portfolio goes to a 404? On Jan 24 2008, at 16:06, Christian Snodgrass wrote: Hello, I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something

Re: [WSG] Background images versus image

2008-01-25 Thread Christian Snodgrass
could make the javascript trigger on the image onload events. Though, I think some older version of Opera, v8 or 7.54, doesn't support the onLoad event for images. - Original Message - From: Christian Snodgrass [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Saturday, January 26

Re: [WSG] Background images versus image

2008-01-25 Thread Christian Snodgrass
. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Christian Snodgrass Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:03 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org mailto:wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Background images versus image

2008-01-25 Thread Christian Snodgrass
- From: Christian Snodgrass [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Background images versus image I haven't tested on many screen readers, but from what I understand, most have CSS disabled, so it would read this as a regular form

Re: [WSG] Background images versus image

2008-01-25 Thread Christian Snodgrass
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Snodgrass Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:03 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Background images versus image That isn't bad, but if you have Javascript and CSS, but no images, it fails

Re: [WSG] Background images versus image

2008-01-25 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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[WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
or in a span, or if I should do a header and then the text in a paragraph, with some CSS to make it look properly, or if I should make it some kind of definition or other list. What do you think? Thanks. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http

Re: [WSG] A Question of Semantics

2008-01-24 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Mordechai Peller wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: I have a small semantic problem that I can't make up my mind about. Basically, I have a list like this: Something: blah blah; blah; blah. The Something: is a different font size, and kind of a header for the list. I can't decide if I should

Re: [WSG] Background images versus image

2008-01-23 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Where did I come from?

2008-01-18 Thread Christian Snodgrass
a bit different functionality then a standard back button on an internet browser. And I got that idea from the other thread that the thread starter made about an internal application that refuses to let you leave the site. Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: You shouldn't always

Re: [WSG] Where did I come from?

2008-01-18 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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[WSG] Definition List appropriate for FAQ?

2008-01-17 Thread Christian Snodgrass
time you can't really call an FAQ a list of definitions, so I'm not really sure. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http://www.arwebdesign.net Phone: 859.816.7955

Re: [WSG] Definition List appropriate for FAQ?

2008-01-17 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Thanks everyone for the replies. I think I will go with a definition list, which is what I was leaning towards in the first place. Thierry Koblentz wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Snodgrass Sent: Thursday, January 17

Re: [WSG] When can I start using E4X

2008-01-15 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Rockwell?

2007-12-21 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
searches on the issue. No, we shouldn't get rid of the img element. There is a semantic difference between using CSS to put in an image (which is a background) and a normal image, which could be content. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http

Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

2007-12-13 Thread Christian Snodgrass
they it only comes with Internet Explorer, as it is that it only comes with Internet Explorer -which isn't standards compliant-. I think if IE was standards-compliant, we wouldn't be seeing this. Just my 2 cents. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http

Re: [WSG] skip links

2007-12-13 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Article: Vocalize Firefox (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Article: Vocalize Firefox (text-to-speech extensions for Firefox)

2007-12-04 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] nested fieldset/legend/list/label/input css woes in IE6/7

2007-12-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
appreciated. Testcase URL: http://snusnu.info/~armitage/questions_testcase.html -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http://www.arwebdesign.net Phone: 859.816.7955 *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] Markup question

2007-11-28 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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[WSG] Web Standards Presentation

2007-11-27 Thread Christian Snodgrass
check them out regularly if you are able to. Once again, thanks for your help, Christian Snodgrass -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http://www.arwebdesign.net/ http://www.arwebdesign.net Phone: 859.816.7955 *** List

Re: [WSG] Web Standards Presentation

2007-11-27 Thread Christian Snodgrass
, at 19:18, Christian Snodgrass wrote: Hello, I am going to be giving a presentation on Web Standards to all relevant professors at my university to help them catch up and get up-to-date in what they are teaching the students. I am putting together various resources for them, including

Re: [WSG] Web Standards Presentation

2007-11-27 Thread Christian Snodgrass
be willing to look over the information I have gathered and I am developing and would comment, critique, correct, etc. on everything I have presented. Nice Start - though if I was talking Standards I'd also talk about Semantics -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Navigation - Pseudo Standards?

2007-11-14 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] cant stop IE 7 unnecessary vertical scrolling

2007-11-05 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] s2m Digital- Mid Weight Designer required!

2007-11-01 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] javascript help

2007-10-31 Thread Christian Snodgrass
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Re: [WSG] Rounded Courners .... Your Take

2007-10-30 Thread Christian Snodgrass
I also prefer using the div tags. I think it's as semantically valid as span, which neither of them really are. The idea for a PHP round corners script is a very interesting one as well. I'd be interested in seeing that script. -- Christian Snodgrass Azure Ronin Web Design http

Re: [WSG] Web Standards In Colleges and Universities

2007-10-22 Thread Christian Snodgrass
to be helpful or else they'll just plug their ears and refuse to listen. Good luck with your school, Christian Snodgrass James Jeffery wrote: Good Morning! Here is my problem. Im at college this year, preparing for University (Hopefully Birmingham) to study Software Engineering. At college we have

Re: [WSG] intranet benchmarking quiz

2007-10-17 Thread Christian Snodgrass
plasmo wrote: Hi, I am currently reviewing an area of an intranet, and getting a lot of anecdotal comments such as all the intranets I've ever seen worked like this. To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's experiences with their current intranets. If anyone here can

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
it's allowed to access. Anything other than the ones in that list goes to my error page. Something like this is probably the easier, but at the same time, most secure method to accomplish something where a page is dynamically included. Christian Snodgrass Chris Knowles wrote: John Horner wrote

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