Re: [WSG] making tables/rows/cells in IE lose their tableness via CSS

2007-04-19 Thread Jan Brasna
Yeah, it was quite wild as I remember ... The other day I was playing with Eric's CSS Charts and wanted to have the actual data in table, repositioning them somehow for display. It was rather hacking the elements to the position. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Introduction and first submission

2006-02-23 Thread Jan Brasna
I'm here in Austin. [...] Im in Austin too! So you'll be the ones who should advise a good BBQ there, during SXSW ;) Oh I can see an Austin WSG forming already! A joint venture with Refresh (http://refreshaustin.org/) maybe? :) -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Introduction and first submission

2006-02-23 Thread Jan Brasna
pardon me yet again, but what is this...SXSW ? An event where you can meet many folks from this list: http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/ -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Vertical align:middle

2006-02-20 Thread Jan Brasna
I don't see any text in blue at the (later) link i posted. Are you sure you tried the right example? -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Vertical align:middle

2006-02-20 Thread Jan Brasna
So please read again this http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg%40webstandardsgroup.org/msg26051.html. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Vertical align:middle

2006-02-20 Thread Jan Brasna
is that the one you want me to read? You can read the principles of this trick there, but use the clean solution you can find if you view the source of the exact page I posted. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net

Re: [WSG] Vertical align:middle

2006-02-19 Thread Jan Brasna
Taco, try to integrate this solution: http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/css-vertical-center-solution.html -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Vertical align:middle

2006-02-19 Thread Jan Brasna
What hack? Have you seen this variation: http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/priklady/vertical-align-valid-solution-en.html ? -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Mac Update

2006-02-15 Thread Jan Brasna
- Safari rendering of web pages This may have broken/fixed websites that you are responsible for. This looks like a minor update (even Saft didn't scream for an update) and anyone using WebKits for testing purposes should not be surprised. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz

Re: [WSG] Call for a new (scalable) business case for web standards.

2006-02-06 Thread Jan Brasna
want to target the educational influence, do it there. Clients shouldn't care - they have own businesses to look after. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Web page translations

2006-02-06 Thread Jan Brasna
Nope, just use UTF-8 and the only thing you need to customize is the Content-Language header and xml:lang attribute and you're done. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Web page translations

2006-02-06 Thread Jan Brasna
head meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=UTF-8 / meta http-equiv=Content-Language content=cs / ... I need to change the xml:lang and the last meta (both cs) to the appropriate content (eg. de when converting to German). -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz

Re: [WSG] Most semantic XHTML markup possible - your thoughts

2006-02-06 Thread Jan Brasna
in any context. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting

Re: [WSG] cool FAQ page [follow up]

2006-02-06 Thread Jan Brasna
A short script could check past # ... as eg. Moo.FX does - http://moofx.mad4milk.net/#introduction So it's pretty easy to add. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Re: Moral High-horse

2006-02-05 Thread Jan Brasna
Because there's a difference between normative standards (ISO etc., in some legal environment), and best-practise (W3C and the web world - it works with RFC's on the elementary level, but unfortunately not on the surface). -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Standards Savvy Shopping Cart

2006-02-02 Thread Jan Brasna
CubeCart or Zen Cart may also be fine. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Font Replacement With PHP

2006-01-26 Thread Jan Brasna
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dynatext -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] ASP, PHP and Ruby - oh my!

2006-01-26 Thread Jan Brasna
It's not about Ruby or PHP, this is not a case for a language. Only frameworks matter. So the standards guys just pick a RAD (aka just add water...) framemork, be it Ruby on Rails for Ruby or CakePHP (Symfony, Claw, Zephyr) for PHP, that are pretty much the same effective. -- Jan Brasna

Re: [WSG] IE6 and color display behavior

2006-01-23 Thread Jan Brasna
Yep, PNG: http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg@webstandardsgroup.org/msg24854.html -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Safari Lightening Entire Background Image

2006-01-13 Thread Jan Brasna
FYI - it's described here: http://hsivonen.iki.fi/png-gamma/ http://annevankesteren.nl/2004/07/png-gamma http://www.evolt.org/article/To_PNG_or_not_to_PNG/22/60134/ -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net

Re: [WSG] No Helpdesk software based on webstandards?

2006-01-10 Thread Jan Brasna
Maybe http://www.edgewall.com/trac/? It depends on the functionality and features you need. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] @media 2006 , London, 15th-16th June

2006-01-05 Thread Jan Brasna
The @media conference returns in 2006 So, who's going, guys? ;) -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com | www.wdnews.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Best Web Standards thing I learnt in 2005.

2005-12-28 Thread Jan Brasna
matters. User experience and user centered design is the key. And for sure, standards, good visuals, accessible and usable site as well as credibility and good information architecture are parts of it. Nothing of this can make the site by itself. -- Jan Brasna :: www.alphanumeric.cz

Re: [WSG] Browser Resolutions

2005-12-15 Thread Jan Brasna
(in Czech only) -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] Browser Resolutions

2005-12-15 Thread Jan Brasna
. shown around 1% of people with a resolution of 800x600 or a corresponding view port size. 13.1% had 800x600 screens. 28.0% had viewport up to 800px wide. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion

Re: [WSG] Image replacement and google

2005-12-08 Thread Jan Brasna
Anyone know what the current status is with image replacement techniques and google? See http://www.threadwatch.org/node/4313 + comments. Do you get penalized? No. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] real xhtml - last question!

2005-12-08 Thread Jan Brasna
is there a 'list' of things which happen in 'real' xhtml but not in text/html? http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/faq.html#xhtmldiff http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/dive-into-xml.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-05 Thread Jan Brasna
://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/The_Business_Benefits_of_Web_Standards http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/benefits.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Newcomers and Web Standards

2005-12-03 Thread Jan Brasna
and http://webstandardsgroup.org/go/resourcecat30.cfm Or http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssEditors I personally use BBEdit on OSX and PSPad on WXP (+ jEdit and Eclipse on both). -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Learning asp.net with standards

2005-12-03 Thread Jan Brasna
://www.aspnetresources.com/articles/HttpFilters.aspx http://www.riderdesign.com/products/ http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/050504-1.aspx -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Standards and Aesthetics

2005-12-02 Thread Jan Brasna
http://westciv.typepad.com/dog_or_higher/2005/11/web_blandards.html + discussion at http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200511/standards_do_not_stifle_creativity/ -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Re: UK Government Web Accessibility

2005-12-02 Thread Jan Brasna
clients with some specific needs they can't achieve as experimentees to learn it, bill the clients more to learn it themselves. IMHO. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] info on a css hack

2005-11-29 Thread Jan Brasna
width:500px; *width:490px;} Same as underscore. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] safari, png, and me

2005-11-15 Thread Jan Brasna
Isn't an exaple of PNG gamma corection? Safari 1.2.x, 1.3.x/2.x? -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] safari, png, and me

2005-11-15 Thread Jan Brasna
%20png%20gamma%20correction -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] Safari problems

2005-11-07 Thread Jan Brasna
whether it works or not. I'd say it'd be enough to use something like 0.5em 0 or similar. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] RapidWeaver?

2005-11-04 Thread Jan Brasna
Looks like a neat tool. Indeed. Many friends use it, and it's pretty straightforward for someone not intersted in web tech looking only for a easy solution to publish some stuff. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Text choices on our own sites

2005-10-30 Thread Jan Brasna
the output is standards-based as an obvious thing. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] graphic design for standards sites.

2005-10-29 Thread Jan Brasna
start learning how to design for standards The same way. How to slice As the coders need. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Which browser is most stanard compliant?

2005-10-29 Thread Jan Brasna
and compare the latest Gecko builds, Webcore builds and Opera betas. Talking about Acid2, Safari nightly builds (as well as Konqueror and iCab (?)) were the first, Opera betas are pretty close. Gecko is not passing it well AFAIK. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] :after/:before used for layout

2005-10-12 Thread Jan Brasna
, or practical (implementation) restriction. Thanks for completion. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] Web developers Voice recognition software

2005-10-12 Thread Jan Brasna
English. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **

Re: [WSG] :after/:before used for layout

2005-10-11 Thread Jan Brasna
://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] Avoiding the evil br

2005-10-09 Thread Jan Brasna
pAll correspondence should be addressed to:/p address spanThe Secretary/span spanYour Club/span spanPO Box 999/span spanAnytown VIC 3000/span /address a) This is IMHO not good use for an address element (context matters). b) spans? Why? The're inline and they're overhead here. -- Jan Brasna

Re: [WSG] Jello flexible layout

2005-10-04 Thread Jan Brasna
fully independent on it. So it's an design/CSS issue per se. Or does it work in fixed layout and fails with Jello? -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] avoid Verdana - I cant get the whole point.

2005-10-03 Thread Jan Brasna
://www.designinflight.com/04October/web_typefaces_what_works_where_and_why.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-26 Thread Jan Brasna
with that statement as I find it advantageous for me to do it all as even in the early design stages I'm thinking about how this design can be used in a page most effectively and most easily coded up. Yup. And the communication overhead and possible misunderstandings vanish. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB

Re: [WSG] Clearleft.com

2005-09-21 Thread Jan Brasna
, but Orion Adrian's visions are based mostly on academic thouhgts, ideal world and sci-fi future... ;) -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Jello flexible layout

2005-09-21 Thread Jan Brasna
likely) mess the layout. Just go ahead and try :) I've been playing with it recently and I've came across no problems at all. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Clearleft.com

2005-09-20 Thread Jan Brasna
Try to have a look at Jello layout, I think it will boost the usability in some exteme conditions. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Jan Brasna
techniques like FIR of hiding foreground text and putting images in CSS have problems in accessibility software So the designer should use a smart IR solution. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Flash elements

2005-09-13 Thread Jan Brasna
http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/ -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] Questions about the new european parliament web site

2005-09-13 Thread Jan Brasna
It is run on Apache, so the Xalan mentioning there looks like it's a product of some bad XSTL transformation. And it's not .NET, it's Java. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Flash elements

2005-09-13 Thread Jan Brasna
Dwain, please read the preceding replies before posting, this was already mentioned, and it is one of the older and not the top notch solutions. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Flash elements

2005-09-13 Thread Jan Brasna
sorry, i read what i had and replied. No problemo ;) It was just mentioned by Ted before. what then would be a more standards way of it? It's not abou being more standardised, but rather more compatible, effective, flexible etc. ... See the replies for them. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB

Re: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Jan Brasna
.png (screenshot of my desktop) - none of the browser windows there is wider. Can you imagine reading web sites in fullscreen browsers there? -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] vertical alignment

2005-08-22 Thread Jan Brasna
Have I given up too quickly on 'vertical-align'? Is there something i'm missing which is preventing it from working? Its own specification. See the specs which display values use the vertical-align. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] vertical alignment

2005-08-22 Thread Jan Brasna
But it doesn't work in IE . . . , naturally. http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/css-vertical-center-solution.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] javascript and no script -- best practices

2005-08-21 Thread Jan Brasna
to be maximized? Leave out the 'optionlist' parameter. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] IE in Virtual PC

2005-08-21 Thread Jan Brasna
). How does using VPC, compare to just using Browser Cam? You can try behavior or interaction too. AFAIK BCam has now a remote access, but I've never seen it. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion

Re: [WSG] Safari 1.3 vs Safari 2 differences

2005-08-18 Thread Jan Brasna
Gamma correction, min-/mix-width/height, this is the most visible difference between 1.2.4 (maybe 1.3) and 2.0, but since everyone I know has moved to Tiger, I don't assume this is a problem... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Irrelevant properties

2005-08-17 Thread Jan Brasna
that, but I was pretty interested in it - how it would behave, how kosher it is etc. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] window.open and popup blockers

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
I can understand the logic behind ignoring window.open (even in an anchor), but then I think a return false statement should be ignored as well. Are you sure? There's no reason for such an action. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] window.open and popup blockers

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
Do you mean there is no reason for ignoring the return false statement? Yes. I can't see any reason why a browser/plugin/firewall etc. should ignore an independent part of a JS code. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] window.open and popup blockers

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
!window.open(this.href) seems logical to me. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] window.open and popup blockers

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
. FMI, do you actually know blockers that kill these links? Eg. older Operas. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] window.open and popup blockers

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
versions of their blocker as flawed, no? Or it shows that they had to fix programmers' mistakes in the favor of the poor end users... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Win IE hacks -- Please help!

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
Help yourself here: http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/nonvalidating/index.php http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/css_only/index.php Or, eventually, I'd rather go with: http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/html_only/conditional_comments_ie.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz

Re: [WSG] Win IE hacks -- Please help!

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
And sorry for the order :) Comments should be the first choice, then CSS only (but mind the IE7...) and after all of these the nonvalidating (like underscore). -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

[WSG] Irrelevant properties

2005-08-16 Thread Jan Brasna
: 100px; top: 10px; left: 10px; background: url(some.img) no-repeat; overflow: hidden; } Can the list-style attached also to h1 make some confusion? Thanks, Jan. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] accessibility - opening new windows philosophy

2005-08-15 Thread Jan Brasna
disabled, or ask the user etc., that's fine. It only shouldn't be in the document itself, where it does not belong. The usage certailny has to be well considered... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Applying css styles to html tag

2005-08-15 Thread Jan Brasna
to both body and html, it gets screwed up. Compare these two examples in IE and modern browser: http://www.janbrasna.com/pub/pozadi01.htm http://www.janbrasna.com/pub/pozadi02.htm -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Screen readers, flash, DOM

2005-08-15 Thread Jan Brasna
reader (based on eg. IE, having flash an JS on - passing UFO checks) gets the useful h1 element (for him, when he could not see the visual presentation of its content provided in the flash object) removed and replaced by something he can't read. Thanks for input! -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB

Re: [WSG] accessibility - opening new windows philosophy

2005-08-15 Thread Jan Brasna
If I'm sure the PDF is intended for downloading, not for direct viewing in browser I force its download with headers (like Content-Type: application/x-download etc.) -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

[WSG] Screen readers, flash, DOM

2005-08-14 Thread Jan Brasna
on its presence detection. If positive, the script exchanges (in DOM) an H1 element with the flash object, so I wanted to know, how this can result in various scenarios. Thanks. [1] http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/ -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] bi-lingual page?

2005-08-09 Thread Jan Brasna
English and German are both Latin1 languages, so no problem here. To be 100% safe use UTF8. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Proper IE Hacks

2005-08-08 Thread Jan Brasna
When using these filters, be careful - IE7 is coming... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] Flash and Standards

2005-08-05 Thread Jan Brasna
http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/ answer to flash and standards? Yep, IMHO better than Satay. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] background images fluid

2005-08-01 Thread Jan Brasna
Bitmap grpahic is not intended to be rescaled/stretched. You can tile it, or combine it (like on mozillazine), but no stretching, please... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] IE7 b1 :/

2005-07-31 Thread Jan Brasna
I think IE 7 will be a bit of a disapointment to the web developer crowd. I hope that it won't. I think WaSP and developers after preparing the GUI and features are now working on the interface and technology issues to fix as much as possible, see the IEBlog. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB

[WSG] IE7 b1 :/

2005-07-28 Thread Jan Brasna
OK, beta 1 pretty bad in the field of standards, only PNG partially fixed and peekaboo and guillotine bugs removed. Otherwise IE6-like. See http://kurafire.net/log/archive/2005/07/28/ie7-beta-1-release -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-15 Thread Jan Brasna
to refactor it for every target device, it is intended to be browser independent, if it's done properly. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-14 Thread Jan Brasna
are the implications in the XHTML/CSS path versus something like Flash? There was some mentioning in this thread: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2005Jun/0248.html Web page is mostly document. Not an application GUI. I'd compare Avalon's XAML to XUL+SVG. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-14 Thread Jan Brasna
Really, are we mad to develop for anything else? Um, yes? Bridges are also built for conditions that don't occur most of the year. I mean - you should not 'develop' for a platform, but in compliance with some guidelines and compatibility in mind. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB

Re: [WSG] Longhorn Avalon - seismic shift for web standards?

2005-07-14 Thread Jan Brasna
google maps) is possible, repairing the old ones is not worth it, if it is not requested. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] base css

2005-07-05 Thread Jan Brasna
Couldn't help myself ;) Even if you could, someone else would do it :P Cheers man. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Flash and valid XHTML

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
I use IE Conditional Comments: Isn't it a bit overkill? -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Flash and valid XHTML

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
loads of small flash movies in a page it's not too much overhead. So I started to use the FlashObject... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] A web culture

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
Movie? The Net, Matrix... ;) Song? http://www.shauninman.com/plete/2005/02/whats-the-word Book? Uh, plenty (I mean, not technical, but more obvious some sociology etc. ...) -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com

Re: [WSG] Embedding quicktime movie and xhtml validation

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
I'd use analogically the satay method... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Visited Link Styling

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
or Bojan Janjanin promoted. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

ins underline accessibility (was Re: [WSG] Visited Link Styling)

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
that browsers use underlining for inserted text by default. Is this alright? -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: ins underline accessibility (was Re: [WSG] Visited Link Sty ling)

2005-06-30 Thread Jan Brasna
Sure, Ted, the solution is pretty obvious, I've tested light background for highlighting, and it works as intended aswell. I was only interested in the accessibility issue of the default behavior - it seems a bit contra-productive for me. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz

Re: [WSG] looking for an accessibility reference on why text-only is bad

2005-06-29 Thread Jan Brasna
maintenance of the text-only version often ends in not-so-accurate content and makes it worthless. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Hiding styles from IE5?

2005-06-21 Thread Jan Brasna
See http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/css_only/ -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] PNG Support

2005-06-19 Thread Jan Brasna
we will have proper PNG Support in IE I wouldn't be that sure ;) You know - MS... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Character encoding

2005-06-04 Thread Jan Brasna
I've always thought that characters should be marked up with appropriate entity codes... It's just always felt dirty seeing certain characters not written in their appropriate entity codes. Eh, maybe on anglo-saxon websites... The rest of the world has a different opinion ;) -- Jan Brasna

Re: [WSG] Regarding foreign languages

2005-06-03 Thread Jan Brasna
Unicode - I don't know how it works with Asian/Arabic/Hebrew - whether UTF8, 16 or 32, what about the Endians etc. ... -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Is there a tool that converts long hand CSS to shorthand CSS?

2005-06-01 Thread Jan Brasna
http://cdburnerxp.se/cssparse/css_optimiser.php -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Multiple class names in older browsers

2005-06-01 Thread Jan Brasna
Hi Maxine, all fine in 5.01 and 5.5 ... AFAIK these old one can't handle h1.pink.blue.orange { ... } and interpret it as h1.pink .blue .orange { ... } -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion

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