Re: [WSG] standards, semantics and strict/valid Script Sources

2005-11-30 Thread Zulema
Jay Gilmore wrote: I am honestly looking for resources. Any help in this would be great. Jay For some Javascript sources: I sometimes turn to DynWeb: http://www.dyn-web.com/ or Dithered: http://www.dithered.com/index.html These aren't as robust as HotScripts, but it's past my bedtime. ;)

Re: [WSG] standards, semantics and strict/valid Script Sources

2005-11-30 Thread Jay Gilmore
I am honestly looking for resources. Any help in this would be great. Jay Jay Gilmore wrote: I wanted to know if there are resources like HotScripts etc. that provide code that is standards oriented, semantic and use valid and/or strict doctypes? I hate always having to hack the hell out

Re: [WSG] Konquerer becomes the 2nd browser to pass Acid2

2005-11-30 Thread liorean
On 01/12/05, Jason Foss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Safari was the first wasn't it? Yep. And iCab 3 developer builds reportedly support it too. > Hope a Windows browser manages that soon... :( Konqueror on Win32 isn't entirely unthinkable. The rest? Well, Mozilla tends to have quite long devel

Re: [WSG] Konquerer becomes the 2nd browser to pass Acid2

2005-11-30 Thread Jason Foss
Safari was the first wasn't it? Hope a Windows browser manages that soon... :( On 30/11/05, James Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > Just read this via KDE dot news (http://dot.kde.org/1133270759/) > > "Konqueror is the second major web browser to pass the Acid2 CSS test, > ahead of

Re: [WSG] Browser check & Site crit please

2005-11-30 Thread Steve Ferguson
On Nov 29, 2005, at 5:59 AM, Richard Stephenson wrote: I have been working on my blog http://www.donkeymagic.co.uk for a while and it works ok in my browsers FF an IE6 on the pc but i have no access to mac browsers and little experince of mac css bugs/filters. Any help/advice/critisism will

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Alan Trick
On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 15:44 -0800, Ted Drake wrote: > Firefox has just officially released 1.5 > http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.html > > It's time to upgrade. If you haven't been using the beta, you'll be > pleasantly surprised. > > Ted Great. I hope they fixed the copy-and-paste i

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Kevin Futter
On 30/11/05 9:39 PM, "Rimantas Liubertas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The Mac version of HTMLTidy doesn't work under 1.5, which actually prevents >> me from upgrading on my work machine, as I use this all the time as a handy >> shortcut for picking up validation errors (and puts this thread

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Jay Gilmore
Stephen Stagg wrote:   > Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web > Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5?     >>Yes. When I choose this option, it refreshes the page but all the images >>still seem to appear. >>When I disabled images at first, it didn’t disable them but

RE: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread bill
Stephen Stagg wrote:   > Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web > Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5?     Yes. When I choose this option, it refreshes the page but all the images still seem to appear. When I disabled images

Re: [WSG] Javascript dependant devices

2005-11-30 Thread Alan Trick
Text browsers: there are a few like links that are exeptions to this rule. Normal browsers with Javascript turned off. You might be surprises how many people do that. Internet Explorer has a serious JS vulnerability so it would make sense for those users to turn it off. Search Engines Rendering

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Sigurd Magnusson
Stephen Stagg wrote: > Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web > Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5? > > Stephen > Yes. When I choose this option, it refreshes the page but all the images still seem to appear

Re: [WSG] Looking for semantically correct solution

2005-11-30 Thread Christian Montoya
On 11/30/05, bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The most important reason is that if the image is not loaded, and the > alt tag is displayed, it is plain text and belongs in a paragraph. > > Hi, > > And is that valid? I always though that using a tag on an image was > considered poor practice. >

RE: [WSG] Looking for semantically correct solution

2005-11-30 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
Hmm, aah ok, so you are saying, the tag is for the alternate text, I guess that could make sense, never though about it that way. thanks Kind regards, Taco Fleur - Chief Executive Officer Pacific Fox http://www.pacificfox.com.au an industry leader with commercial IT experience since 1994 . *

RE: [WSG] Looking for semantically correct solution

2005-11-30 Thread bill
The most important reason is that if the image is not loaded, and the alt tag is displayed, it is plain text and belongs in a paragraph. Hi, And is that valid? I always though that using a tag on an image was considered poor practice. Bil scheider **

Re: [WSG] Looking for semantically correct solution

2005-11-30 Thread Christian Montoya
On 11/30/05, Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On www.brisbane-webdesign.com there are two background images on the page, > both included within the mark-up instead of in the CSS as a background. > The reason for doing this is so that the background stretches when the > browse

[WSG] Wanted: standards, semantics and strict/valid Script Sources

2005-11-30 Thread Jay Gilmore
I wanted to know if there are resources like HotScripts etc. that provide code that is standards oriented, semantic and use valid and/or strict doctypes? I hate always having to hack the hell out of scripts etc to remove tables and replace semantics etc. Jay -- Jay Gilmore Developer/Consult

[WSG] Off-List[installing Xalan-C++ version 1.10]

2005-11-30 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, Would someone knowledge please email off-list with instructions on installing Xalan-C++ for Mac OS 10.4, and any other XSLT paser for use with Terminal. Sincerely, Chris ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi Jay, What extensions are you running. You can reply off-list, if desired. Chris On Nov 29, 2005, at 4:31 PM, Jay Gilmore wrote: Felix Miata wrote: Does the Web Developer Extension run in it with your old profile without fussing with it? I've been using both, but web dev only in 1.0.

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Stephen Stagg wrote: Is it just me or does the 'Disable Images' option on the Web Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5? Although this is off-topic for this list, I believe it's a known incompatibility in version 0.9.4 that appears to have been fixed in the latest beta version 0.9.9. http:

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Jay Gilmore
Stephen Stagg wrote: Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5?   Stephen Isn't working on mine either. Images disappear for 2 seconds and reload. Jay Gilmore

RE: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Patrick Lauke
> Stuart Sherwood > Outline selected isn't working properly for me either. > > Stephen Stagg wrote: > > > Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web > > Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5? Did you do a clean install (with a fresh profile) or an upgrade? Sometimes, althou

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Stuart Sherwood
Outline selected isn't working properly for me either. Stephen Stagg wrote: Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5? Stephen ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.o

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Stuart Sherwood
You're right, it doesn't work. Stephen Stagg wrote: Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5? Stephen ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstand

Re: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Artemis
It works on mine.. but took a few seconds. Artemis Original Message From: "Stephen Stagg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B Date: 11/30/2005 05:06 Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the We

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Artemis
*Grin* I just thought it was cool that this type of _javascript_ is rendering(?) better in this new version ;) It's a habbit for me to notice graphics first before I notice anything else. Artemis Original Message From: "Patrick Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wsg@webstandard

[WSG] FF1.5 and Web Dev. T/B

2005-11-30 Thread Stephen Stagg
Is it just me or does the ‘Disable Images’ option on the Web Developers Toolbar not work with FF1.5?   Stephen

RE: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Patrick Lauke
> Artemis > the snow falls more smoothly in FF 1.5. "Firefox 1.5 - now with even smoother snow!" Now that's a new marketing angle... :) P Patrick H. Lauke Web Editor / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk Web Standards

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Marko Mihelcic - founder of mcville.net (http.//www.mcville.net)|(http://board.mcville.net)
hm m8 can you send me via mail that snow script !? 2005/11/30, Artemis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I upgraded and so far I'm happy with it. :) > > I did notice one thing right off the bat. I have one of those snow > falling java scripts on my personal blog (I don't normaly use those > types of java scri

[WSG] Konquerer becomes the 2nd browser to pass Acid2

2005-11-30 Thread James Ellis
Hi all Just read this via KDE dot news (http://dot.kde.org/1133270759/) "Konqueror is the second major web browser to pass the Acid2 CSS test, ahead of Firefox and Internet Explorer" http://www.kde.org/announcements/visualguide-3.5.php This was done in June 2005 but was only ported to a stable b

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Artemis
I upgraded and so far I'm happy with it. :) I did notice one thing right off the bat. I have one of those snow falling java scripts on my personal blog (I don't normaly use those types of java scripts on my sites.. and never on a business site), and the snow falls more smoothly in FF 1.5. It's

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> > The Mac version of HTMLTidy doesn't work under 1.5, which actually prevents > me from upgrading on my work machine, as I use this all the time as a handy > shortcut for picking up validation errors (and puts this thread vaguely > on-topic too). The PC version works, so I'll be upgrading my PC

[WSG] Looking for semantically correct solution

2005-11-30 Thread Taco Fleur - Pacific Fox
On www.brisbane-webdesign.com there are two background images on the page, both included within the mark-up instead of in the CSS as a background. The reason for doing this is so that the background stretches when the browser is resized, what I wonder is; is there a better way to do this?  

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread James Ellis
Hi all Just a quick reminder that the WSG "on-topic sphere" doesn't include software support , like broken extensions. In this case you will probably get the best responses at the mozilla support sites. Discussion of browsers and their standards support (or not) is, of course, on topic. Cheers J

Re: [WSG] Browser check & Site crit please

2005-11-30 Thread Richard Stephenson
Thanks for the advice. I've never used mailing lists before. I usually just google stuff! but this one seems very helpful. On 11/30/05, Rick Faaberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/29/05 5:59 AM "Richard Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this > out: > > > Hi everyone, I just joined this list

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread Choan C. Gálvez
Jay Gilmore wrote: The one extension set that no longer works and I haven't found a solution is the libraries for Spellbound. I am not sure where to find the libraries. They are available at for Thunderbird. I really do use it alot for blogging and forum posting. Check

Re: [WSG] firefox 1.5 is official

2005-11-30 Thread felix . zapata
Hi, after updated to firefox 1.5 some extensions didn´t work - Document Map - Fangs Screen - Switchproxy - Taw3 - Measureit - Hera tool - Web color names bye ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgro