Re: [WSG] The correct way of placing a swf file into a XHTML webpage

2008-03-26 Thread Tate Johnson
On 26/03/2008, at 11:30 PM, Steve Green wrote: No it can't. Flash content that is embedded using techniques such as UFO and SWFObject is not visible to screen readers - they don't even know it's there. If the content is important, you need to provide an accessible alternative. If you're

Re: [WSG] IE8 news

2008-03-05 Thread Tate Johnson
On 04/03/2008, at 2:34 PM, John Hancock wrote: How can you disagree with a capability? Isn't it a feature to be used if you so choose? For intranets etc that you can force this behaviour can actually be a good thing, but if you don't like it, you don't have to use it! I agree with your

Re: [WSG] IE8 news

2008-03-03 Thread Tate Johnson
On 04/03/2008, at 1:25 PM, Chris Knowles wrote: We've decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we've posted previously.

Re: [WSG] Developing for Mac Browsers

2008-01-14 Thread Tate Johnson
On 13/01/2008, at 3:51 PM, Peter Mount wrote: Hi I'm tossing up whether to buy a Mac or to save my money and buy a new PC and just have Linux and Windows on it. I've read that Safari for Windows will help Web Developers without a Mac be able to develop for that. Is there a difference

[WSG] Appropriate use of the ABBR tag and Roman Numerals

2007-11-29 Thread Tate Johnson
Greetings, I'm in the process of representing the date in Roman Numerals. I'm concerned this may confuse potential users, and would like to display an optional tooltip in the standard Gregorian format. Would it be considered semantically appropriate to make use of the abbr tag? abbr

Re: [WSG] Appropriate use of the ABBR tag and Roman Numerals

2007-11-29 Thread Tate Johnson
On 30/11/2007, at 3:29 AM, Kepler Gelotte wrote: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/hattrick Which recommends using the dfn tag: Roman numerals Another good application for this trick is the Roman numeral. We want to make sure our Roman numerals are accessible to users who are unfamiliar

Re: [WSG] Accessible Open Source CMS

2007-09-12 Thread Tate Johnson
On 12/09/2007, at 7:13 PM, Web Dandy Design wrote: Hi, Can anyone advise on the most accessible, open-source CMS between Joomla, Drupal or Plone? Thanks, I'd encourage you to take a look at Silverstripe. It's flexible -- you have *full* control of the markup that it outputs and it's

Re: [WSG] Best practice embedding a Quicktime/Flash video

2007-06-29 Thread Tate Johnson
On 29/06/2007, at 6:52 PM, David Little wrote: I see your point here. The only thing I wonder about, and forgive me if I am just in need of more coffee here, but what does a user get if they *choose* not use Flash? Is alt-content handled? It shows my limited knowledge of this area that I

Re: [WSG] Skip to Content?

2007-06-28 Thread Tate Johnson
On 28/06/2007, at 7:34 PM, Frank Palinkas wrote: Thanks David, much appreciate your feedback. That's exactly what I thought, but I'm not inclined to assume anything. As you mention, I'm experimenting with moving the skip to content link off screen with a margin-left of -em, leaving its

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Tate Johnson
certainly encourage you all to keep your eye on it. I'm actually developing a web site using Silverstripe at the moment, first time :) Cheers, Tate Johnson *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

Re: [WSG] Layout Check Please (Linux / Mac)

2007-04-16 Thread Tate Johnson
. The only exception is font rendering, which is platform specific. In future, you should consider installing a virtual machine with a flavour of Linux so you can easily test your websites yourself, rather than rely on someone elses perception. At any rate, good job :) Cheers, Tate Johnson