Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-17 Thread David Hucklesby
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:48:13 -0700, Ben Curtis wrote: On Sep 16, 2005, at 1:43 PM, kvnmcwebn wrote: browsers do not cache the images linked from the stylesheet so caching is a little more work wow, thats news to me. I believe that's actually browser, singular. Who else, but IE? Hi Ben -

RE: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-16 Thread kvnmcwebn
browsers do not cache the images linked from the stylesheet so caching is a little more work wow, thats news to me. I might have to rethink my tactics. So even if a sitewide image was placed in one page as an img and on subsequent pages as a css background it

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-16 Thread Ben Curtis
On Sep 16, 2005, at 1:43 PM, kvnmcwebn wrote: browsers do not cache the images linked from the stylesheet so caching is a little more work wow, thats news to me. I believe that's actually browser, singular. Who else, but IE? IE's problem will crop up (I believe -- someone

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. My approach is (generally) that purely decorative images

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
kvnmcwebn wrote: hello, Just Wondering- Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. IMG elements should always be

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Claudio Dias
I agree with Bert! Regards, -- Cláudio Diashttp://www.mundonu.com

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Matthew Cruickshank
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 16:03 +0100, kvnmcwebn wrote: Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. I don't think

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Jan Brasna
techniques like FIR of hiding foreground text and putting images in CSS have problems in accessibility software So the designer should use a smart IR solution. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The

Re: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Ben Curtis
Is the img tag still widly used among list members. Should we put as many of the images we can in the css as backgrounds etc. Right now i put most sitewide images in the css and the page by page content in with the img tag. Content goes in the html. Presentation guides for content go in

RE: [WSG] images in html or css

2005-09-15 Thread Chris Hardy
I find that centralizing images in css is useful for maintainability. However, if page load time is an issue, it's a good idea to stress test the site with both images in html and css. when they're in html, the height and width tells the browser how big the image is which helps it load a little