Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-20 Thread John Allsopp
Richard, I think you're right on both counts... Yes, in order for this to be effective the more professionals who contribute, the better it will be. And yes, absolutely, it's not about stating "this is the ONLY way you can do this" but presenting a set of choices. I look forward to seeing

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Czeiger
ok forward to seeing the next stage ;o) R - Original Message - From: "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz Richard, I don't know, Sam... I mean, we're not forcing

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
Kat, Keep in mind I am just a student, of course then we'll discount everything you have to say by 40% :-) but isn't something that describes it at site level more a framework rather than a pattern? I'd say that the difference between a framework and a pattern is that a framework is a fu

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
Kevin, dosnt ted drakes standardista rollyo search thingy sorta do this? I'd suggest rollyo is a great example of a framework, which of course uses existing search, page and page content patterns. john John Allsopp style master :: css editor :: http://westciv.com/style_master support for

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
Richard, I don't know, Sam... I mean, we're not forcing someone to use these patterns. But let's face it, they're patterns because lots of people use them. exactly. These patterns exist already. Its not about saying "you should do these things in this way" rather "over time, when solvin

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
Samuel, I think you'll find their are too many variables in a website to do this easily. Plus you'll never convince designers to stick to those set layouts :D of course, it's not all or nothing. The more people who help build this body of knowledge, the better it will be, and the more peo

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
Paul, Love the idea. thanks I don't think it should be a replacement for many things which are best learnt through hard expereince, but rather a 7 steps to success guide for building a standards-based website. things should not be hard simply for the sake of it. We need to distinguish th

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
y, but for more complex problems, as I have mentioned earlier, itss just not flexible enough, thanks for the thoughts, john etc... What do you think? R - Original Message - From: "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: [

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread John Allsopp
Richard, Martijn van Welie's been hacking away at something like this for a bit - check it out :o) http://www.welie.com/patterns/index.html indeed he has. I devote some space in the original webpatterns article to discussing the strengths and weaknesses of what Martijn has done. There

RE: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread kvnmcwebn
>When we build > sites, unconsciously we use patterns all the time - it's just very > little work has been done trying to capture and document them. dosnt ted drakes standardista rollyo search thingy sorta do this? -Kevin MacMahongail (pronounced macmonagle-sort of:) ***

RE: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread Paul Noone
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kat Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 10:19 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz > In a nutshell, a pattern is a "a problem which occurs over and over > again . and . the core of the solution t

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-19 Thread Kat
In a nutshell, a pattern is a "a problem which occurs over and over again … and … the core of the solution to that problem". When we build sites, unconsciously we use patterns all the time - it's just very little work has been done trying to capture and document them. That's what I've sta

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-18 Thread Richard Czeiger
ccurring debates on mailing lists (like those I mentioned in my first post). - Original Message - From: "Samuel Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz I think you'll find their are too many v

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-18 Thread Samuel Richardson
Navigation section. etc... What do you think? R - Original Message - From: "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz Hi all, Some of you might have read my recent article, WebPatterns

RE: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-18 Thread Paul Noone
PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz Actually, it would be great if we could have something like this which would form a 'toolkit' of sorts where we can take 'developer-authorised' code snippets and put them in our pages. Such as finally having a

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-18 Thread Richard Czeiger
Samurais and such out there. Best way to do breadcrumbs (once and for all)? Sure check out the Navigation section. etc... What do you think? R - Original Message - From: "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: [WSG]

Re: [WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-18 Thread Richard Czeiger
Hey John :o) Martijn van Welie's been hacking away at something like this for a bit - check it out :o) http://www.welie.com/patterns/index.html R - Original Message - From: "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:34 PM Subje

[WSG] webpatterns and patternquiz

2005-12-18 Thread John Allsopp
Hi all, Some of you might have read my recent article, WebPatterns and WebSemantics http://westciv.typepad.com/dog_or_higher/2005/11/webpatterns_and.html In a nutshell, a pattern is a "a problem which occurs over and over again … and … the core of the solution to that problem". When we b