Re: [WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-16 Thread Justin French
On 15/06/2004, at 4:21 PM, Jake Badger wrote: From having a quick play with those scrollers they seem to do exactly what you want when both CSS and JavaScript are off but not when just one is off. I guess the question is how many people actualy browse like that (one on/ one off). Lots is my

Re: [WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-15 Thread Andrew Sione Taumoefolau
Is there any way you can convince your client that custom scrollbars are are bad idea? Because 1. oh boy, they are (they're less accessible, they're less functional, they act unpredictably, their implementation is invariably mind-bogglingly complicated), and 2. while it's

[WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-14 Thread Justin French
Hi all, I've got a client who wants a scrollable area of text within a web page layout. My instant reaction was to use overflow: auto; or an iframe to solve the problem, but he doesn't like the visual appearance of the GUI-native scroll bars, and I'm having a few problems with browser

Re: [WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-14 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On Monday, June 14, 2004, at 11:29 PM, Justin French wrote: So, I'd like to experiment with a javascript/css based solution which (preferably) is 100% accessible, based on a scroll box with simple up and down arrows, etc. Justin, take a look at the solution I came up with for two sites last

Re: [WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-14 Thread Tim Lucas
Justin French spoke the following wise words on 14/06/2004 11:29 PM EST: So, I'd like to experiment with a javascript/css based solution which (preferably) is 100% accessible, based on a scroll box with simple up and down arrows, etc. Travis Beckham's divscroller works a treat:

RE: [WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-14 Thread Mike Foskett
: Re: [WSG] scrolling area Justin French spoke the following wise words on 14/06/2004 11:29 PM EST: So, I'd like to experiment with a javascript/css based solution which (preferably) is 100% accessible, based on a scroll box with simple up and down arrows, etc. Travis Beckham's divscroller works

Re: [WSG] scrolling area

2004-06-14 Thread Justin French
On 15/06/2004, at 1:23 AM, Tim Lucas wrote: Justin French spoke the following wise words on 14/06/2004 11:29 PM EST: So, I'd like to experiment with a javascript/css based solution which (preferably) is 100% accessible, based on a scroll box with simple up and down arrows, etc. Travis Beckham's