RE: [WSG] More on spam traps

2012-08-22 Thread Mike Kear
, but the submitter sees the same result either way. Even if the submission is just discarded to the bitbucket in the sky. They have no way to know their submission has been discarded. Cheers Mike Kear AFP Webworks Windsor, NSW, Australia http://afpwebworks.com From: li

RE: [WSG] Is it possible to style an attribute?

2011-12-20 Thread Foskett, Mike
For an tooltip you could look at: http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/styled_accessible_tooltips/ But maybe this would better suit: http://www.websemantics.co.uk/resources/accessible_ajax_glossary/ Regards mike foskett www.websemantics -Original Message- From: li

Re: [WSG] Help

2011-12-11 Thread Mike Soden
Marvin, I'd try it on a webserver to make sure it's not something to do with wamp, IIS, or local permissions etc.. regards, Mike On 12 December 2011 14:03, Marvin Hunkin startrekc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. using wamp server 2.2, windows 7 professional 32 bit, and now, wrote a script

RE: [WSG] CSS3 Development tools?

2011-10-12 Thread Mike Kear
. I assume it will be one day, but I need a tool to help me NOW. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month From: li

[WSG] CSS3 Development tools?

2011-10-11 Thread Mike Kear
hinting, a colour picker, bracket balancing, that kind of thing. I'm developing enough with CSS3 rules now, that I'm looking for a tool to assist me and speed up my development. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks

Re: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-26 Thread Mike Brown
are challenged in some form! Some people on certain forums call me dragon because of my no nonsense views and I don't normally let them down!. ^ ^ This would be what's termed a troll, folks. Let's just leave well alone :) Mike

RE: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread Mike Kear
to swim for themselves and it's up to them to find some software of their own to get around all the obstacles the A/Bs put in their way. I'm glad at least property developers have been forced to change that attitude. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion

RE: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread Foskett, Mike
are the first step in creating an accessible site. Though to be fair we struggle with even that as the sites are huge. Personally I'd say any developer (novices excluded) who doesn't give a damn about accessibility should give up coding and focus on design instead. Regards Mike -Original Message

[WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-18 Thread Mike Kear
site testing? Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month *** List Guidelines

RE: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-08-09 Thread Foskett, Mike
... /head body class=noJS script type=text/javascript/*![CDATA[*/document.body.className=;/*]]*//script ... /body Thanks Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Foskett, Mike mike.fosk

RE: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi Tee, On an iPad touching one of the tabs changes the tab content, in the same manner as hover, while tapping it twice activates the link itself. Standard iPad / iPhone behaviour I thought? Regards Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li

RE: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
question would be: How do you prevent any browsers loading a background graphic stated in CSS? That would remove the need for the noJS.css file completely. Mike Foskett http://webSemantics.co.uk/http://websemantics.co.uk/ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org

[WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-14 Thread Foskett, Mike
media=all / /noscript I went for placing it in the body so the noscript is legal but the link reference is not. I can see no alternative, and wondered if any of the list members had a more valid solution? Regards, Mike Foskett http://webSemantics.co.uk/http://websemantics.co.uk

RE: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-14 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi Mike, Thanks for the response. noscript is illegal when placed in the head under XHTML v1 strict. Reports 3 errors: 1. noscript not allowed here. 2. document type doesn't allow link here. 3. end tag for object omitted - The killer failure as it refers to the /head element. I tried a full

RE: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-14 Thread Foskett, Mike
Thanks Chad, It all works without JavaScript too. It's not critical to pass validation, I can think of two other circumstances when breaking validation is essential but I didn't want to add another. Regards Mike Foskett http://webSemantics.co.uk/http://websemantics.co.uk/ From: li

RE: [WSG] Colour Schemes for Accessibility

2011-05-10 Thread mike zrobok
I tend to use the contrast analyser found here: http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-analyser.html which acts as a colour blindness simulator but I haven't encountered any solid links regarding research in preferred colour schemes. Best of luck! Michael Date: Tue, 10 May 2011

RE: [WSG] screen reader friendly and keyboard accessible popup?

2011-02-23 Thread Foskett, Mike
/javascript/*![CDATA[*/document.documentElement.className=hasJS;/*]]*//script Which should be the first line in the head section. I wouldn't personally use the second non-keyboard method. Regards Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] To marquee or not to marquee here is the question!!!

2011-01-18 Thread Foskett, Mike
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd; html lang=en-gb xml:lang=en-gb xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml; head meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html; charset=utf-8 / titleMarquee? - jus' kickin' the

[WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Kear
detection using CGI.User_Agent (but there are so many user agents to detect) [E] screen resolution detection (but is that reliable?) Are there any other ways to do this? How do the rest of you handle serving pages to both computer screens and mobile device screens?? Cheers Mike Kear

RE: [WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Kear
a site for mobile, with fall-back for any phones you don't detect to a standards based browser, and let them scroll back and forth if necessary. SIMPLE. Worth following up, and I'll do some experiments with this in mind. Good thinking David. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within head (XHTML)

2010-12-16 Thread Foskett, Mike
is hit before the unique title text is read out. More irrelevant information such as category / section or company / site name should therefore follow the unique part in a reverse breadcrumb fashion. Does that help? mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within head (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
content issues I'm very interested to hear other members perspectives. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not Tesco

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within head (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
a little better. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: 15 December 2010 10:27 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within head

RE: [WSG] Order of Tags within head (XHTML)

2010-12-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
as: Avoid ending a head section with a style block or a self-closing object. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: 15 December 2010 11:47 To: wsg

[WSG] Webstock - early-bird registrations close Friday

2010-12-06 Thread Mike Brown
Hi everyone Yes, a shameless plug, but, if you're interested in attending Webstock: http://www.webstock.org.nz/ and I do hope you may be, early-bird pricing ends this Friday. Regards Mike *** List Guidelines: http

[WSG] Need a fresh eye - can anyone see what's wrong please?

2010-11-30 Thread Mike Kear
) : #footer { color: #d9d9d9; background-image: #33 url(images/Footer_background_s1.jpg); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-position: top; min-height: 96px; } Both the HTML and the CSS validate ok. So does any one see what I have wrong for IE? Cheers Mike

RE: [WSG] Need a fresh eye - can anyone see what's wrong please?

2010-11-30 Thread Mike Kear
YEP! That did the trick. I thought i'd checked all those things, but i missed that one on the IE-Only style sheet. Thanks. I knew having a fresh eye look at it would see something that i was too close to to notice - couldn't see the wood for the trees. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW

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

2010-11-08 Thread Foskett, Mike
Animated GIF I believe. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Grant Bailey Sent: 08 November 2010 12:14 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner Hello

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

2010-11-01 Thread Foskett, Mike
clunky for use in production though. Regards Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of David Hucklesby Sent: 29 October 2010 16:51 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

2010-10-29 Thread Foskett, Mike
link was messed up. Its an idea which can be used, but that doesn't mean all ideas are good ideas. Very true hence the posting. Grant, Would you need to style every element in the document Certainly not, just the styles which require tweaking Regards Mike Foskett http

[WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

2010-10-28 Thread Foskett, Mike
} will not work as IE 6 cannot concatenate class names. What do you think? Regards, Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender

RE: [WSG] A simple IE and JS detection method?

2010-10-28 Thread Foskett, Mike
and *+html which obfuscates the meaning in the style sheet. Since querying here I've had difficulty validating code with a class on the html element. Am I incorrect in the belief that it should actually be valid? Mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf

RE: [WSG] Long documents

2010-10-17 Thread Foskett, Mike
A usability study I read a while ago suggested pagination too be a bad thing. Sometimes you have no choice though. I would leave as is. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Al

RE: [WSG] CSS and h264 vs Flash

2010-09-29 Thread Foskett, Mike
and devices all support at least one universal codec. Probably webM, but we'll have to wait at least a 2 years for that. That's my tuppence worth anyway. regards. mike foskett -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jason

[WSG] Launch of Webstock 2011

2010-09-24 Thread Mike Brown
We have just launched Webstock 2011 http://webstock.org.nz. So if you feel like traveling to New Zealand for an awesome conference, we'd love to see you :) Mike *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Advanced Javascript course (Sydney)?

2010-09-18 Thread Mike Brown
teachers, although haven't done this course. Mike *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

[WSG] Testing styling availability when using JavaScript

2010-08-05 Thread Foskett, Mike
://simonwillison.net/2004/May/26/addLoadEvent/ function addLoadEvent(f){var o=window.onload;if(typeof window.onload!='function'){window.onload=f;}else{window.onload=function(){if(o){o();}f();};}} // mike foskett - http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/useful_javascript_functions/ function

RE: [WSG] ems versus pixels

2010-07-20 Thread Foskett, Mike
-heights without the unit type with good success. There on in use keywords: x-small - disclaimer and legal footers small - body text medium to xx-large for headings. A sizing chart may be found here: http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/font_size_conversion_chart/ Mike Foskett http

RE: [WSG] Overflow hidden and floated divs

2010-07-15 Thread Foskett, Mike
/ /ul Note height is no longer needed. Which allows the user to increase text size while retaining some element of design. Even works in IEv6. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf

RE: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu)

2010-06-30 Thread Foskett, Mike
Sorry Thierry I only took a quick look at the page and didn't read it fully. Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Thierry Koblentz Sent: 29 June 2010 17:34 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: Using CSS

RE: Using CSS instead of JS for accessibility (was Re: [WSG] CSS Expandable Menu)

2010-06-29 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hey Thierry, Sorry to say this but the keyboard friendly version: http://tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dropdown_menu/EK.asp Only fires, via keyboard, on Articles E-K in IEv8 or Firefox. Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li

[WSG] RE: Video Accessibility Help

2010-06-16 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi Mike, I'd recommend the JW player for delivering Flash video: http://www.longtailvideo.com/ An example of an accessible result can be found on my own site: http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/embedding_flash_video/ I'm unaware of any service that'll create srt captions. If you find one

RE: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

2010-06-14 Thread Foskett, Mike
Sorry Andy, Given the competitive nature that exists between the large UK retailers I feel professionally uncomfortable releasing such data. That's why actual numbers were replaced with percentages. Mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf

[WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

2010-06-11 Thread Foskett, Mike
. And by the way who actually said 5% is the ignorable threshold? I'd of thought more like 2-3% personally. Regards, Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email

RE: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

2010-06-11 Thread Foskett, Mike
Quote: ie IE 6 is at 8.3% overall - lower than your numbers, but still worth testing for. Sorry, no. The percentage was calculated from the actual numbers not the rounded percentages. 9.64% IEv6 overall is accurate. Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li

RE: [WSG] Why does IE show text decoration on these buttons?

2010-05-03 Thread Mike Kear
/ Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0414 622 847 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion 9 hosting from A$15/month -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org

The solution (was: [WSG] Why does IE show text decoration on these buttons?)

2010-05-03 Thread Mike Kear
that? Background was waay down on my list of things to check out. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0414 622 847 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion 9 hosting from A$15/month

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

2010-02-18 Thread Foskett, Mike
, but implicitly associated by position to the submit button. That breaks the original WCAG guidelines priority 2 parts 10.2 and 12.4 Regards Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Paul Novitski Sent: 17 February 2010 19

[WSG] Data URI encoder

2010-02-10 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi all, May I ask the group to critique and comment on this image to data URI conversion tool? http://websemantics.co.uk/online_tools/image_to_data_uri_convertor/ thanks Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ This is a confidential email. Tesco may

RE: [WSG] Data URI encoder

2010-02-10 Thread Foskett, Mike
. I've not fully investigated the possibilities as I'm happy that support, except IEv7 and below, is ubiquitous. My whole site utilises CSS sprites and data URI's served via gzip. The performance increase is phenomenal. Regards Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: li

RE: [WSG] Data URI encoder

2010-02-10 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi Chris, Thanks for taking a look at the tool. The main application is to reduce HTTP requests and thereby increase page delivery speed. Right clicking on a data URI image and using Save image as will save it in its original form. Regards Mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] Data URI encoder

2010-02-10 Thread Foskett, Mike
. Regards Mike Foskett. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Chris Knowles Sent: 10 February 2010 12:59 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Data URI encoder The main application is to reduce HTTP requests

[WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting

2009-12-21 Thread Foskett, Mike
line in its own table). May I ask the group what they would use or recommend? Regards Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender

RE: [WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting

2009-12-21 Thread Foskett, Mike
Make your own I have, in the past, done exactly that: http://stage.websemantics.co.uk/resources/javascript_highlighter/ That's why I'd rather look at the solutions of others prior to committing that much time again. My results were adequate but limited. Mike -Original Message

FW: [WSG] Semantically codes syntax highlighting

2009-12-21 Thread Foskett, Mike
Make your own I have, in the past, done exactly that: http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/javascript_highlighter/ [updated link] That's why I'd rather look at the solutions of others prior to committing that much time again. My results were adequate but limited. Mike

RE: [WSG] I.E Navigation help

2009-11-18 Thread Foskett, Mike
Sounds to me like you’ve added display:inline to the li but left out float:left. Mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of dwain Sent: 18 November 2009 10:52 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] I.E Navigation help On Wed, Nov 18

[WSG] RE: Deprecated start for lists confirmation

2009-11-10 Thread Foskett, Mike
That came up as a topic recently. I'm told a transitional doctype allows it. Mike Foskett From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: 10 November 2009 15:17 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Deprecated start

RE: [WSG] Including a DIV element inside an HREF tag

2009-11-04 Thread Foskett, Mike
). author: mike foskett - http://websemantics.co.uk version 1 - 23/06/2009 parameters

RE: [WSG] Accessible Image Map Editors

2009-10-26 Thread Foskett, Mike
Image maps are the only thing I still use Adobe's Dreamweaver for. It's good at it. Note: 1. Use meaningful alt text. 2. Do not use small clickable areas. 3. Use both name and id on attributes on the map element. Regards Mike Marvin Hunkin schrieb: hi. is image map accessible with jaws? i

Re: [WSG] JavaScript courses in Sydney

2009-10-13 Thread Mike Brown
David McKinnon wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a good JavaScript course in Sydney? I've been teaching myself for a few years, so I have a reasonable idea how to write unobtrusive JavaScript and have mucked around with jQuery, but feel I need something practical to really consolidate my

[WSG] [Conference plug] Webstock 2010

2009-10-11 Thread Mike Brown
A quick, and shameless, plug that we've just launched Webstock 2010 http://webstock.org.nz If you're from outside NZ and thinking of attending, drop me a line. Mike *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

RE: [WSG] IE6 display issue

2009-10-09 Thread Foskett, Mike
Try onload() event handler Alternatively place the script at the bottom of the page? mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Foulstone Sent: 09 October 2009 11:00 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re

RE: [WSG] Ordered list start value

2009-09-28 Thread Foskett, Mike
The correct way to use list start values in XHTML is to use HTML v4 instead. mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James O'Neill Sent: 28 September 2009 14:11 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Ordered list start value Really

RE: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility?

2009-08-18 Thread Foskett, Mike
and it annoys me when the whole page zooms and goes horizontally off the page. Mike. From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James Jeffery Sent: 18 August 2009 11:08 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility? Zooming

Re: [WSG] Form question

2009-07-15 Thread Mike
Just once should do it.. ; ) Robert Turner wrote: try the following link: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Axiotis, Vicky wrote: Hi Please remove me from your email distribution list. I am not sure why I am being Bc'd into these emails. Thanks Vicky -Original

RE: [WSG] Back to basics!

2009-07-13 Thread Foskett, Mike
Sorry Adam, I've been having list submission problems and have lost a few verbose responses, and even complete questions. Consequently all I've posted of late are short responses if any at all. I'll endeavour to improve replies in future. Regards Mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] Back to basics!

2009-07-10 Thread Foskett, Mike
http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/common_symbols/ Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 10 July 2009 10:08 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Back to basics! Hi all, Could anyone tell me

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

2009-06-15 Thread Mike Kear
. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 02-4577-4898 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting from A$15/month *** List Guidelines: http

[WSG] Webstock 09 recordings available

2009-06-10 Thread Mike Brown
Hi Just a quick note that all recordings from the Webstock 09 conference, and much more, are now available online at the Webstock site: http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2009/the-webstock-recordings/ Mike *** List Guidelines

RE: [WSG] no scrollbars in ff

2009-06-09 Thread Foskett, Mike
Did you try this from the articles comments? :root {overflow-y:scroll} I gave it a quick test and it appeared to work well in Firefox and Chrome. Regards Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Mathew

RE: [WSG] SEO - how to upgrade my skills?

2009-05-11 Thread Mike Kear
more compliant. I'll upgrade my own site when I get time, but paying work takes precedence over non-paying work in our household. Thanks for pointing it out. Just what I needed. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer

[WSG] SEO - how to upgrade my skills?

2009-05-11 Thread Mike Kear
skills? Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting from A$15/month *** List

[WSG] PNG - how cross-browser standard reliable?

2009-04-27 Thread Mike Kear
in web pages. Last time I tried using a png, I found it worked ok in some browsers and not in others. Is this still a relevant issue? Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com http

[WSG] Was given a shocker this week ...

2009-04-06 Thread Mike Kear
is up. If the client agrees. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting from A$15/month

RE: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

2009-03-26 Thread Foskett, Mike
HTTP specification of 2 (IEv6 and v7). IEv8 also promises to no longer stall for the download of link's and script's. Should provide a marked improvement. mike foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Hotlinking prevention does not work

2009-03-21 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
This is not the place to discuss such problems. This mailing list is to be used for discussions based around Web Standards. I don't disagree, but darn, web standards related or not I was curious to see the responses. :( Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com

RE: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released!

2009-03-20 Thread Foskett, Mike
be better considered as a new paragraph. The same as rich, usable, engaging accessible solutions is to the first h1. Though that will be a coding nightmare. Probably best to simplify somehow. I'll take that under advisement on my next build. Once again thanks. A great tool. Mike

RE: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released!

2009-03-13 Thread Foskett, Mike
/report/11ffbe32e288ea27/page/1/nav/ I'm very happy that it's the only error though. Will use this tool to check through the rest of the site when time's available, Regards Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf

RE: [WSG] Illinois Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator 1.0 Released!

2009-03-13 Thread Foskett, Mike
? Either that or you missed a bit. Page has 2 h1's and 1 h2. It also has a h3 following a h1. Regards Mike -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Kay in t Veen - Gmail Sent: 13 March 2009 10:59 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Kear
any overpowering majority, they all have to pay attention to each other. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting from A$15/month -Original Message

RE: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-03 Thread Foskett, Mike
Tesco's (a major UK online retailer) stats concur with Matt's results within 1%. mike From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Pennell Sent: 03 March 2009 11:52 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

RE: [WSG] Accessible popup help

2009-03-03 Thread Foskett, Mike
you get an anchor link. Works with keyboard-only too. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of clarele...@halifax.co.uk Sent: 03 March 2009 12:21 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Accessible popup help

RE: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Kear
is the same as on my dev machine. So my own browsing is not significant in those numbers. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting

RE: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Kear
a page looks like it's supposed to after I upload it. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting from A$15/month From: li

RE: [WSG] Javascript Accessibility - ARIA

2009-03-02 Thread Foskett, Mike
Doctype yet? Is there a simple method to implement liveregion areas? Any news or thoughts greatly appreciated. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Mathew Robertson Sent: 02 March 2009

[WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-02 Thread Mike Kear
: 0.46% Netscape: 0.22% Other: 0.15% - Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http://afpwebworks.com Full Scale ColdFusion hosting from A$15/month

RE: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-02 Thread Mike Kear
Oops.There's a senior moment. Of course I mean IE is not the highest traffic BROWSER on these two sites of mine, not SERVER. Sorry. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia 0422 985 585 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks Pty Ltd http

RE: [WSG] Accessibility testing

2009-02-27 Thread Foskett, Mike
Jon, I submitted the tool on the accessify forum for comment. http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=13098 Some interesting comments there. Mike. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Foskett, Mike Sent: 17

Re: [WSG] Marking up news

2009-02-19 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
show the markup. Respectfully, Mike Cherim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Marking up news

2009-02-19 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
is necessary... Respectfully, Mike Cherim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Marking up news

2009-02-19 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
in a div (id=news), then the CSS would be like. #news { } #news h4 { } #news p { } #news p .news_date { } Or use something else if you have it available and skip the div. Just a thought. Either way what you're using should serve both you and your readers well. Good job. Respectfully, Mike

Re: [WSG] Marking up news

2009-02-19 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Don't avoid using a headline level just because it's already being used within the page. Good call, Paul. Respectfully, Mike Cherim *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

RE: [WSG] Accessibility testing

2009-02-17 Thread Foskett, Mike
http://faetest.dres.uiuc.edu I'm totally shocked, that tool is actually quite good. If I get time later I'll run it through a few problematic sites and compare against manual reviewed reports. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] A Semi-Transparent Background Color?

2009-02-11 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Clearing a row with floated list li

2009-01-29 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Hi Paul, I want to clear every third list item and start a new row I haven't tested this so I may very well be wrong, but since you have fixed width LIs, if you confine the width of the UL so it only accommodates three LIs will the 4th LI drop to the next line? Respectfully, Mike Cherim

RE: [WSG] IEv8 support for Data URIs?

2009-01-26 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi All, Forget that last post; Complete rubbish; I made a basic error in the testing. It turns out IEv8 supports both the NOT IE conditional comment and Data URIs. The error was thrown up by badly layered conditional comments and the use of a * hack. Doh! Mike Foskett http

[WSG] IEv8 support for Data URIs?

2009-01-23 Thread Foskett, Mike
failed. 2. Data URI failed. 3. * hack failed. Though in fairness these were at a glance, and not at all extensive. They may even be (IETester) installation issues. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ Disclaimer This is a confidential email. Tesco may

RE: [WSG] Helpful Criticism and Browser test plz

2009-01-21 Thread Foskett, Mike
it helps Mike Foskett -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Dave Westell Sent: 21 January 2009 15:00 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Helpful Criticism and Browser test plz Hi all, Just got my latest project

RE: [WSG] embedding quicktime .mov cross-platform

2009-01-16 Thread Foskett, Mike
Maybe try this out? http://websemantics.co.uk/resources/embedding_flash_video/ Simple, accessible and web standards compliant. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Ron Zisman

RE: [WSG] Browser / OS Test on website.

2009-01-14 Thread Foskett, Mike
Hi Danny, Just one issue on the usage of headings. Try to use only one h1 tag at the beginning of the content. It's an accessibility thing. Follow that with h2 etc. Mike Foskett http://websemantics.co.uk/ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org

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