Re: [WSG] Web standards planet

2004-09-12 Thread Lea de Groot
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:07:49 +0300, Jad Madi wrote: Yesterday I got nice idea, so I start working on it actually W3 planet try to connect Web standards related bloggers, and web standards related sites within one website. please check http://www.w3planet.info/ Interesting concept, but what

RE: [WSG] Web standards planet

2004-09-12 Thread Peter Firminger
Hi Jad, I'm afraid I don't really see the point. All these blogs tend to interlink anyway so there's really nothing new here and there are many sites that do this kind of linking (e.g. http://dezwozhere.com/links.html among heaps of others). A site with no content isn't really of any value to

Re: [WSG] Web standards planet

2004-09-12 Thread Peter Costello
Hi Jad, Nice Idea. Had a look through, click through to a bunch of sites. (man I love the scroll click) and voted even. As lea was saying, you could perhaps work on the design a little. As it stands youv'e got very long lists that could perhaps been broken into chunks and laid out grid stylee.

Re: [WSG] Web standards planet

2004-09-12 Thread Marc Greenstock
I think someone should now come in to Jad's defense, anyone? No... Ok fine, I will. If you happen to really read Jad's post, the first word in the first paragraph is 'Yesterday'! Jad has constructed this site in less than a day, on a weekend of all days and I think he has done a marvelous job.

Re: [WSG] Web standards planet

2004-09-12 Thread Jad Madi
Kay Smoljak quote what's the benefit of registering? There doesn't seem to be any info about the site itself, who's behind it, and what you can do if you register. who's behind it, and what you can do if you register./quote w3planet will provide blogging service soon, I'm testing it Who's behind

Re: [WSG] Overflow on select or options

2004-09-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:47:39 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so no one can give me an answer on this one? Even whether it not at all possible? I want the text to overflow if the value of the option is greater than the width... Duuno, Taco. Anything to do with styling form

Re: [WSG] Overflow on select or options

2004-09-12 Thread Paul Novitski
At 01:47 PM 9/12/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want the text to overflow if the value of the option is greater than the width... select, option { width: 250px; overflow: visible; } Taco, I think the default for most browsers is to render the select list widely enough to

Re: [WSG] Overflow on select or options

2004-09-12 Thread Justin French
On 13/09/2004, at 10:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want a default width, i.e. all selects to be 250px, if there is overflow I want to see it... Then use min-width and realise that it'll work for everyone except IE :) --- Justin French http://indent.com.au

Re: [WSG] accessible audio-visual content

2004-09-12 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Sheri German wrote: Just remember to add a link to download the free QT plugin, and you'll be good to go. But then you get folks like me who refuse to install QT because it is annoying (although not quite as bad as RealPlayer). If I come across a site that only uses .mov files, I simply leave.

Re: [WSG] Overflow on select or options

2004-09-12 Thread Paul Novitski
At 05:09 PM 9/12/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want a default width, i.e. all selects to be 250px, if there is overflow I want to see it... Taco, I think I accomplished your goal simply by nesting the select list inside a div with a constrained width and overflow: hidden:

Re: [WSG] accessible audio-visual content

2004-09-12 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Lachlan Hardy wrote: I've never had to provide video online, but surely you can just use one of the generic video file types that every player recognises? I just knew that was going to get me in trouble... Unless I'm mistaken, there are many video players that can play MOV