Re: [WSG] Google and HTML5

2006-01-26 Thread Peter Asquith
to display/experience the content. Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: [WSG] New to web standards and CSS

2006-01-06 Thread Peter Asquith
aligned, and text in the opposite spaces. It would be easy using tables - but I want to be able to use CSS for it. And everything I try seems to end up in a bigger muddle! -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: [WSG] controlling font size in form text box

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Asquith
. using em was way to inconsistent cross browser.The text under the search box is the size my designer wants it to be. http://www.sgi.com/tempie/search_font.html .box {font-size: 9px;} Thank you, Janelle -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com smime.p7s Description: S/MIME

Re: [WSG] Tables and divs and soon

2005-09-06 Thread Peter Asquith
as intended! Welcome to inner sanctum of web development. Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: [WSG] Misbehaving DL in TD

2005-08-25 Thread Peter Asquith
%; padding: 0; margin: 0 3% 2em 0; } .content img, .content h1{ clear: both; } Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] implicit / explicit labels which is better?

2005-08-01 Thread Peter Asquith
labelled as part of the label's definition aren't the semantics of an implicit label just a little bit dubious (even if it does meet the DTD)? Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Vertical Alignment + sliding doors

2005-07-28 Thread Peter Asquith
/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Body tag background color changes

2005-07-18 Thread Peter Asquith
Peeke (XERT) wrote: Just wondering whether there was a way to include different body background colors (for different pages) within the same css file. -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] textarea: why rows and cols?

2005-07-03 Thread Peter Asquith
and default rendering of unstyled elements will vary. -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com/ ** 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] textarea: why rows and cols?

2005-07-03 Thread Peter Asquith
of the elements - how do you know, by default, how many characters should be visible to the user in a text field, for instance? So there is a distinction, which I think is sufficient, but there's a distinctly slippery slope near at hand! Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com

Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox

2005-06-02 Thread Peter Asquith
Also some issues with the navigation sliding of the plate in Safari It's true of, presumably, all browsers because your menus are absolutely positioned. Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com/ ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Issue with CSS, Flash and FireFox

2005-06-02 Thread Peter Asquith
absolutely relative to the page, but the other content of the page was being centred. Presumably on a 1024x768 the menu positioning looked right. Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Multiple class names in older browsers

2005-06-01 Thread Peter Asquith
Seems to work fine in IE5.01/Win on XP SP2. Cheers Peter Maxine Sherrin wrote: I need to find out if multiple class names, like this: Were supported in older browsers, in particular IE5 and IE5.5. -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com

Re: [WSG] Forms question

2005-05-23 Thread Peter Asquith
Lynx, for example). If the cols are not defined in the markup then what is the browser supposed to show? Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Forms question

2005-05-23 Thread Peter Asquith
Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.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] Semi-newbie: advice needed

2005-03-23 Thread Peter Asquith
for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Not and IE bug?!?

2005-02-09 Thread Peter Asquith
, that your example page contains multiple elements sharing the same ID. IDs must be unique for a given page. Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Not and IE bug?...follow up difference why a difference between IDs and classes?

2005-02-09 Thread Peter Asquith
Hi Devendra Devendra Shrikhande wrote: What is the advantage of the fact that IDs must be unique on a page? I am aware of the circumstance that if you need to repeat an ID, set is as a class, but have still not figured out the advantage of an ID. This is an important topic. At first glance, it

Re: [WSG] Navigation Help

2005-01-11 Thread Peter Asquith
. Cheers Peter -- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.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] IE frustrations...

2004-11-29 Thread Peter Asquith
Hi Darren Your #container margin-right is -250 but this doesn't allow enough for the width and padding of your #sidebar (200px + 40px). With a margin-right of -250px you will only be able to have padding of 12px on each side of the sidebar. Increasing the margin-right to -280px will solve the

Re: [WSG] IE frustrations...

2004-11-29 Thread Peter Asquith
://www.wasabicube.com Peter Asquith wrote: Hi Darren Your #container margin-right is -250 but this doesn't allow enough for the width and padding of your #sidebar (200px + 40px). With a margin-right of -250px you will only be able to have padding of 12px on each side of the sidebar. Increasing

Re: [WSG] Drop Shadow

2004-11-24 Thread Peter Asquith
Hi Matt The approach I've used in the past is very similar to Dan Cederholm's Faux Columns approach (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns). In this approach, where you know the width of the element that you want to shadow but don't know the height, you simply create a 1px high

Re: [WSG] This is really strange stuff, even for IE

2004-11-19 Thread Peter Asquith
Hi Ted Validating the source sorts out the problem. There's a missing img end tag, several that need to be amp; and some type=text/javascript missing from script elements. Adding those fixes the strange behaviour. Interestingly, the source as it stands causes IE to break if you try resizing

Re: [WSG] Z-Index in IE - Got a problem need help

2004-09-05 Thread Peter Asquith
Jay Hills wrote: You can use Mozilla/Firefox/Opera to see what I mean at http://www.ikonik.net/2/. It works in Internet Explorer but the tabs 'flicker'. Is this a problem with the Z-index in IE or have I done something else wrong with my CSS? link: http://www.ikonik.net/2/css/visual.css. Hi Jay

Re: [WSG] Best Aussie and Kiwi web standards designers

2004-08-25 Thread Peter Asquith
the back-end to Cocoon, but I was hoping they'd grasp the web standards nettle and revamp the markup as well. Cheers Peter Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters

Re: [WSG] Best Aussie and Kiwi web standards designers

2004-08-25 Thread Peter Asquith
Darren Wood wrote: Thats my exact point. My apologies, I missed it! ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be

Re: [WSG] Why do web developers user Firefox?

2004-07-29 Thread Peter Asquith
It is, in my experience, best to start with the closest implementation to the standards you can find (in this case I choose Firefox/Gecko) and then code for the exceptional cases. If you start from an outlying position (for example IE 5/Win) and then try to work the other way you will find

Re: [WSG] Why do web developers user Firefox?

2004-07-28 Thread Peter Asquith
Firefox - it just feels right! Cheers Peter --- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm putting together a list of web development tools and am wondering about the following: Why is the Firefox browser used by Web Developers? What does it have that makes it a good

[WSG] XHTML 1.0 Transitional and autocomplete

2004-07-26 Thread Peter Asquith
the attribute on a case by case basis. Does anybody know if there are workarounds for this or is this just one of those things? Cheers Peter --- Peter Asquith http://www.wasabicube.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] FireFox 0.9 is out

2004-06-17 Thread Peter Asquith
Kay Smoljak wrote: On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:44:35 +1000, Craig Stump [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think this has been posted yet - but for those that don't know, FireFox 0.9 is now officially out. Make sure you completely uninstall any previous versions first - and some people are