[WSG] hidden link to webstandards page 4 older browsers - how does it work

2005-10-26 Thread Bruce Gilbert
Attn: Paul Noone Hey Paul (or others), I noticed from the code sourceon the link you posted to have me look at your layout ( http://d81314.i50.quadrahosting.com.au/), that you have some text for a link to the standards page. this: div class=hide pThis site will look much better in a browser

Re: [WSG] hidden link to webstandards page 4 older browsers - how does it work

2005-10-26 Thread Peter Ottery
It was a good idea at the time - but probably not a hot idea any more. Read The Web Standards Project's line on it now: http://www.webstandards.org/act/campaign/buc/ --- I like this idea and wanted to implement somthing similar, but was wondering what was going on

Re: [WSG] hidden link to webstandards page 4 older browsers - how does it work

2005-10-26 Thread Tim Smith
Quoting Peter Ottery [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It was a good idea at the time - but probably not a hot idea any more. Read The Web Standards Project's line on it now: http://www.webstandards.org/act/campaign/buc/ My reading is that redirects rather than a simple embedded message are deprecated.

Re: [WSG] hidden link to webstandards page 4 older browsers - how does it work

2005-10-26 Thread Terrence Wood
This site looks better might be open to interpretation, what if I don't think it looks better? Can I sue? ;-) The gentlest browser upgrade campaign I have seen was simply a link in the footer: why does this site look so plain?. The link took the visitor through to a page talking about web

Re: [WSG] hidden link to webstandards page 4 older browsers - how does it work

2005-10-26 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Terrence Wood wrote: The gentlest browser upgrade campaign I have seen was simply a link in the footer: why does this site look so plain?. The link took the visitor through to a page talking about web standards etc. Reassuring if you think things are broken, and completely non-judgemental if