Re: [WSG] User testing results to reinforce 'no popup' recommendation [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2008-06-20 Thread Jason Ray
I would tend to argue the opposite (though not entirely). Links to external sites opening in new windows are not a bad idea in certain circumstances such as when external material might end up inside a frame, as might happen inside a Learning Management System... it might be advisable at that

Re: [WSG] HTML special characters coding

2008-06-17 Thread Jason Ray
I don't think this is right. It depends what language and character set you have specified the document to be in. If the character is included in the character set, there is no need to use the special code... provided the browser can read that character set... Jason On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:25

Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?

2008-06-16 Thread Jason Ray
A decent spam filter will get rid of most, if not all, of the junk - why not encourage your clients to get a good spam filter or use an email client with a good built-in filter? Jason On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My 2 cents: I'm one of those standards freaks. But

Re: [WSG] Semantic coding of posted in

2008-06-13 Thread Jason Ray
sense than a definition list. Jason On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Rick Lecoat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Jun 2008, at 04:05, Jason Ray wrote: Definition lists are for definitions, which this is not. Not necessarily so. The W3C gives character dialogue as an example usage of a DL

Re: [WSG] MA in web development

2008-06-12 Thread Jason Ray
I think the issue is how to approach these subjects at a graduate level. Graduate studies are meant to be much more in depth and research-oriented than undergraduate studies, and are often preparatory for PhD studies. Courses at this level should address more the why of things than the how -

Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?

2008-06-12 Thread Jason Ray
I have used mailto: on the websites I have designed, which usually include a reference to my email and I haven't really had issues with spam. Spam filters on Gmail seem to be doing a fine job of filtering out the mail I don't want to see, so I'm not all that concerned about having my email address

Re: [WSG] Semantic coding of posted in

2008-06-12 Thread Jason Ray
You could use a table, or simply use a header followed by an unordered list. Definition lists are for definitions, which this is not. Jason On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to code a posted in list of terms where an entry could be filed in,

Re: [WSG] a good practise for adding email link (mailto)?

2008-06-12 Thread Jason Ray
us form or use something like 'company at xyz client com' with no link, but I don't always get the freedom, because some clients really must have email link, when they do, I feel I am scarifying a good user experience. tee On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:03 PM, Jason Ray wrote: I have used mailto

Re: [WSG] MA in web development

2008-06-11 Thread Jason Ray
What is this hinted university thinking of or already offering at the undergraduate level? mark That's what I would like to know as well. Jason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Should we design for 800x600 screens?

2008-06-10 Thread Jason Ray
Nick, you have subscribed to the Web Standards Group discussion list. If you don't want to receive the mailings, follow the link at the bottom of the email marked 'Unsubscribe' to unsubscribe. Jason 2008/6/10 Web Marketing Experts - Nick Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Please remove me from this

Re: [WSG] Breadcrumbs showing organisational structure and usability

2008-06-09 Thread Jason Ray
Lib, I don't think you should leave the list over one person's comments if you are benefiting from other people's feedback. Libraries probably shouldn't fit under individual departments, but under the organisation's umbrella - I am particularly thinking of university libraries. If you are a

Re: [WSG] Marking up multiple form inputs

2008-06-09 Thread Jason Ray
Tables shouldn't be used for layouts, use style sheets instead, but they should be used for *information* which lends itself well to a table. If you are trying to display data in an organised format, which requires columns and rows, then use a table. Jason On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Chris

Re: [WSG] Marking up multiple form inputs

2008-06-09 Thread Jason Ray
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jason Ray *Sent:* Tuesday, 10 June 2008 12:22 PM *To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org *Subject:* Re: [WSG] Marking up multiple form inputs Tables shouldn't be used for layouts, use style sheets instead, but they should be used

Re: [WSG] Fwd: Fix for Nav Links Centering and Blockquotes

2008-06-02 Thread Jason Ray
Hi Marvin, If you're linking to an external style sheet, you shouldn't have to edit hundreds of pages to change the font size across the board - one edit of the style sheet should affect all the pages which link to it. I was concerned because I could not read your fonts when the font sizing was

Re: [WSG] innerHTML assignment overflows TD cell in FF

2008-05-29 Thread Jason Ray
This isn't necessarily answering your question, but in the interest of standards I thought I should point out that your table is not well formed. There are header (thead and th), body (tbody), and footer (tfoot) elements that you can and should use, as well as a caption (optional). Your table

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-27 Thread Jason Ray
/27/08, Jason Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The alt attribute should always be included in order to be standards compliant, and accessible the title is optional. some accessibility software i use says it's a good idea to use a title for accessibility reasons. the software is adesigner

Re: [WSG] My Website query

2008-05-23 Thread Jason Ray
Hi Marvin, Your website has some major design issues that you should probably address. For starters, your background wallpaper really reduces legibility, and the dark green doesn't show up very well against the black. Also, all of your navigation links are illegible at their current font size, I

Re: [WSG] Tag for quotes

2008-05-20 Thread Jason Ray
This question was asked less a week ago, here was my reply: The W3C has an example of the use of the cite and quote elements here: http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/xhtml2/spec-examples/mod-text/cite -ex01.xhtml Or you can read all about quotations here:

Re: [WSG] Definition lists for testimonials

2008-05-13 Thread Jason Ray
The W3C has an example of the use of the cite and quote elements here: http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/xhtml2/spec-examples/mod-text/cite-ex01.xhtml Or you can read all about quotations here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.2 You could avoid the blockquote and use a

Re: [WSG] Printing CSS background

2008-05-12 Thread Jason Ray
Hi Leo, If you create a print.css and link your pages to it, you should be able to control which elements are visible and which ones aren't in the print out. However, you would normally want a clean text-only, but well styled print option. This helps to create a nice paper publication while

Re: [WSG] Older Browsers

2008-05-08 Thread Jason Ray
As a web designer, you should test your website in both current and older browser versions (within reason!) - and get your friends to look at it on their systems as well. This will help you see if there are colour inconsistencies as well as coding ones. Unless you are designing for an intranet and