Re: [WSG] underscore hack - why underscore?

2005-04-03 Thread designer
Patrick, Jan, Thanks for the explanation. Pity that, I **did** like the idea of putting IE only stuff inside square brackets! At least I feel reasonably happy using the underscore now! :-) Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk - Original Message - From: Patrick

[WSG] Scrolling layout problem

2005-04-03 Thread Tatham Oddie
Guys n girls, Having some small problems with a Ski website Im working on and some assistance would be great. The URL is: http://testdrive.fueladvance.com/Perisher/Default.aspx The problems are: Were missing the nice sexy rounded corners top-left and top-right The

RE: [WSG] Scrolling layout problem

2005-04-03 Thread Mike Pepper
Would you care to negotiate a fee? I mean, come on ... ;o) Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer Internet SEO and Marketing Analyst http://www.seowebsitepromotion.com Administrator Guild of Accessible Web Designers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gawds.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Scrolling layout problem

2005-04-03 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day The URL is: http://testdrive.fueladvance.com/Perisher/Default.aspx ... * The horizontal scroll bar shouldn't be there Can't help with the other issues right now, but use overflow:auto instead of overflow:scroll on your div#content One thing to bear in mind is that overflowing divs can't be

RE: [WSG] Scrolling layout problem

2005-04-03 Thread Tatham Oddie
Bert, That fixed the scrollbar issues... thanks. I'm not too worried about wheel scrolling. I use Firefox 24/7 - so it's not that I don't care about the browser. Just that I'd prefer to get the bug fixed (or fix it myself). Tat -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [WSG] Scrolling layout problem

2005-04-03 Thread Tatham Oddie
All, Ok... we're getting somewhere on our end - so status update: I've uploaded a new version to the test-drive server (http://testdrive.fueladvance.com/Perisher/Default.aspx). The remaining issues are: - mountains in bottom left corner won't sit under in any browser -

[WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Tatham Oddie
All, Im trying to have a link open in a new window (like Ive done a million times) however the validator doesnt like this. If we dont have the target attribute how are we supposed to do it now? Or arent we supposed to do it and leave it up to the use agent? This page is not Valid

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Jan Brasna
a) DOM - target is still present in DOM, so you can make it via this.target, via onclick or behavior, see below... b) onclick=return !window.open(this.href) - ugly, functional c) behavior, using eg. rel=external and adding the behavior (window.open or this.target) via JS - more info on

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Chris Stratford
Hey, You can use this DTD: !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC XHTML 1.0 Strict http://www.neester.com/DTD/xhtml-target.dtd; I made it myself from a tutorial. It is XHTML 1.0 Strict. But I modded it to allow target=_blank :) Hope it helps :) Tatham Oddie wrote: All, Im trying to have a link open in a new

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread XStandard
Hi Tat, You do it via JavaScript. For example: a href=http://mysite.com; onclick=window.open(this.href); return false; onkeypress=window.open(this.href); return false;/a This is the most accessible way to do this. If the user agent does not support JavaScript or it is disabled, the link

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi Im trying to have a link open in a new window (like Ive done a million times) however the validator doesnt like this. Take a look at this page http://www.accessify.com/tutorials/the-perfect-pop-up.asp or create a custom dtd (kinda cheating IMO) You should ask yourself if you really need to

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Novitski
At 07:14 AM 4/3/2005, Chris Stratford wrote: You can use this DTD: !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC XHTML 1.0 Strict http://www.neester.com/DTD/xhtml-target.dtd; I made it myself from a tutorial. It is XHTML 1.0 Strict. But I modded it to allow target=_blank Further on this subject, here's some interesting

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread designer
Hi Tatham, Of course, if you make it XHTML1.0 transitional, it'll be fine! !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" (Do you need the strict1.1 inthis case?) Bob McClelland,Cornwall

RE: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Tatham Oddie
I agree with using transitional to port existing sites But for totally new sites Im either in or Im out no point going halfway. I think Ill just leave it and they can use the middle-click if they want Thanks all, Tat From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Paul Novitski wrote: My intuition tells me that if custom DTDs proliferate then web standards will lose some of the commonality that holds them together (however shakily) today. Agreed. Also, on the subject of custom DTDs and target attributes: what always strikes me is that doing this

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Jan Brasna
I think Ill just leave it and they can use the middle-click if they want Good decision! -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread tee
I¹m trying to have a link open in a new window (like I¹ve done a million times)Š however the validator doesn¹t like this. Take a look at this page http://www.accessify.com/tutorials/the-perfect-pop-up.asp or create a custom dtd (kinda cheating IMO) You should ask yourself if you really

Re: [WSG] Scrolling layout problem

2005-04-03 Thread David Laakso
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:30:46 +1000, Tatham Oddie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've uploaded a new version to the test-drive server (http://testdrive.fueladvance.com/Perisher/Default.aspx). The gray portion of the background-image is covering the lower-left content text in FF1.0.2 and Opera7.54u2 at

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread designer
You may be interested in my short piece fenestration for the masses at: http://www.marscovista.fsnet.co.uk/gwelanmor/comment/scribblings.html :-) Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ** The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
tee wrote: Whenever I surf the internet, I like to open a new window if link to external site because I simple hate using 'back' button, reason: many ill designed sites force user to reload entire page again and again once a 'back' button is clicked. Many web standards compliant site don¹t' have

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread David
Somewhat off topic but wonder if any javascript could get a window to open up in a new tab? I know only maybe 30% of people have a tabbed browsing capable browser but I just think it would be cool. lol. Patrick H. Lauke wrote: tee wrote: Whenever I surf the internet, I like to open a new window

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Novitski
At 09:00 AM 4/3/2005, David wrote: Somewhat off topic but wonder if any javascript could get a window to open up in a new tab? I know only maybe 30% of people have a tabbed browsing capable browser but I just think it would be cool. lol. David, I use Firefox, set to open new pages in new tabs

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Kvnmcwebn
Even on click pop up windows can be blocked by some strick pop up blockers. Does this concern anyone, or are these cases rare? Theres a guy in the office that has pop up blocking software with strict settings. In fact it dosnt permit the typical on click script to launch a window without a tick

Re: [WSG] Opening links in new window with XHTML

2005-04-03 Thread Kvnmcwebn
wow, at least that seems like a reason to make sure that you include a close window button in the pop up window. David, I use Firefox, set to open new pages in new tabs rather than new windows. I've had the disconcerting experience of going to a site that opens a child window with specific

[WSG] Firefox rendering bug part 2

2005-04-03 Thread Marco van Hylckama Vlieg
Hi again, On my earlier post about Firefox having rendering issues I've just found out that this is indeed a bug. It seems to be fixed in the nightly development builds. Tried it and everything is fine. However: it remains an annoying problem that my site acts up in Firefox. Therefore I wonder

Re: [WSG] Firefox rendering bug part 2

2005-04-03 Thread Hassan Schroeder
Marco van Hylckama Vlieg wrote: Therefore I wonder if anyone knows a technique (possibly a javascript thing) that can force a re-render of the page after loading. It should not be a full refresh, just a re-render, like it happens when you resize your browser. If you just want a resize:

[WSG] help with IE 3-pixel bug

2005-04-03 Thread Gallagher, Robin
Hi As you can see on the test page I've put up here: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~persia/final/test.html The background image in the floated right column is being affected by the IE 3-pixel bug. I've found an explanation and solution for this at:

[WSG] Suckerfish Sliding Doors Image Replacement with Current Page .. Navigation

2005-04-03 Thread Richard Czeiger
Let's combine a whole bunch of different CSS concepts and hope it works in everything. :o) Check out this link: http://www.grafx.com.au/wip/test/test.html Here's the CSS: http://www.grafx.com.au/wip/test/styles/style.css On the navigation: 1. The suckerfish drop down on "services" in the

Re: [WSG] help with IE 3-pixel bug

2005-04-03 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Gallagher, Robin wrote: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~persia/final/test.html The background image in the floated right column is being affected by the IE 3-pixel bug. I would go for the simplest solution: #rightColumn {_width:202px;_margin-left: -2px;} ...that'll fix IE6. Then I would try a proper