Re: [WSG] Why code and no web pag

2008-02-03 Thread Joe Ortenzi
there is one on topic point though: you need to close ALL of your your input tags in order for the XHTML to validate. input type=hidden name=no_shipping value=2 should be : input type=hidden name=no_shipping value=2 / (note the space and forward slash at the end) The basic premise is you

Re: [WSG] Re: Why code and no web pag

2008-02-03 Thread Jixor - Stephen I
Probs shouldn't keep this alive but I'll just quickly point out to Christian that the file path may be absolute to the file system, i.e. c:/mywebsite/crf_header.php is acceptable. Including with a url will be supported on some servers also but of course you'll probably not get what you were

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-03 Thread Terrence Wood
I perfer fusion over parallels. Cheapest option to run IE only has got to be http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/ which is free. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure how accurate the rendering is compared to running a real version of windows. On Fri , kevin mcmonagle sent: Whats my cheapest

Re: [WSG] running ie7 on my mac??

2008-02-03 Thread kevin mcmonagle
it renders the same but the gui is forked. Terrence Wood wrote: I perfer fusion over parallels. Cheapest option to run IE only has got to be http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/ which is free. I haven't tested it, so I'm not sure how accurate the rendering is compared to running a real version

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Susie Gardner-Brown
A further query on the longdesc attribute. Is there any reason why I couldn¹t use it on a Flash animation? It¹d be a great solution for a current problem where I¹m trying to update an oldish website to be more accessible. I¹ve got a Flash animation that¹s a list of (6) headings, each with 3

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Christian Snodgrass wrote: (Most screen readers don't have Javascript enabled, so this is a valid method). Just wondering if this is based on stats or empirical evidence? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back;

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Mostly empirical evidence, though I've read it in many reliable sources. Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Christian Snodgrass wrote: (Most screen readers don't have Javascript enabled, so this is a valid method). Just wondering if this is based on stats or empirical evidence? P -- Christian

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Susie Gardner-Brown
Ah well, for a minute there I got quite excited!! Should have realised I'd already know about this if it was a real possibility!! Thanks for all the info ... :) - susie On 4/2/08 12:23 PM, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Susie Gardner-Brown wrote: A further query on the longdesc

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Susie Gardner-Brown wrote: A further query on the longdesc attribute. Is there any reason why I couldn’t use it on a Flash animation? The fact that OBJECT doesn't have a longdesc attribute may be the first reason why you couldn't... http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#h-13.3

RE: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Steve Green
Such as? JAWS (which has something like 50% market share) has a high level of JavaScript support and I believe that the other professional screen readers (WindowEyes and HAL/SuperNova) also do. Free and cheap screen readers generally don't have JavaScript support. In our experience screen reader

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Maybe I'm confused. Do they usually have Flash installed? I thought that screen readers would default to whatever is suppose to be replaced with the Flash when using SWFObject. Maybe it defaults because the Flash isn't enabled... Though, I guess that could be wrong as well. Steve Green wrote:

Re: [WSG] long description and its implementation

2008-02-03 Thread Christian Snodgrass
It looks like longdesc is only a valid attribute for images. You could use Javascript (with something like SWFObject) to place the Flash movie. How most work (including SWFObject) is that they actually replace another element (usually div) to place the Flash. That means, if Javascript isn't