[WSG] IE incompatability

2005-06-17 Thread hunter_c
I'm having some browser incompatabilities - I can't get the nav bar to appear correctly. Here's the URL: http://studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/w0011373 (CSS at http://studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/w0011373/assets/css/main- style.css) I'm expecting popup submenus and the nav bar to be positioned in the

Re: [WSG] Online screen viewer

2005-06-17 Thread tee
Thanks Patrick and Steven. If by Mac you mean OS X, rather than OS 9, have a look at this http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lynx.html The download link is broken, I'd been trying it since yesterday. I thought maybe server was down yesterday, but it looks more like the

Re: [WSG] Class Discusion: *{margin: 0; padding: 0} ???

2005-06-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Cole Kuryakin - x7m wrote: So...will *{margin: 0 padding:0} in the HTML or Body declaration block zero the margin and padding properties for all child elements in one go? For all elements, yes (not just child elements, written like that). I've never seen the * used before. It's called the

Re: [WSG] IE incompatability

2005-06-17 Thread Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having some browser incompatabilities - I can't get the nav bar to appear correctly. Here's the URL: http://studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/w0011373 (CSS at http://studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/w0011373/assets/css/main- style.css) I'm expecting popup submenus and the

Re: [WSG] Class Discusion: *{margin: 0; padding: 0} ???

2005-06-17 Thread Mordechai Peller
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Cole Kuryakin - x7m wrote: So...will *{margin: 0 padding:0} in the HTML or Body declaration block zero the margin and padding properties for all child elements in one go? For all elements, yes (not just child elements, written like that). Additionally, the

Re: [WSG] Class Discusion: *{margin: 0; padding: 0} ???

2005-06-17 Thread Rob Mientjes
On 6/17/05, Cole Kuryakin - x7m [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So...will *{margin: 0 padding:0} in the HTML or Body declaration block zero the margin and padding properties for all child elements in one go? I've never seen the * used before. Something you may also want to remember is the immense

[WSG] Followup to Tuesday's Brisbane Meeting

2005-06-17 Thread Lea de Groot
... and finally finds a few minutes to post! Tuesday's Brisbane meeting was great! Tania Lang of Peak Usability and the Brisbane CHI SIG dropped by to introduce herself and fill us in the SIG and World Usability Day on November 3 - sounds good. Brisbane is hosting a 1/2 day seminar entitled

Re: [WSG] Followup to Tuesday's Brisbane Meeting

2005-06-17 Thread Dean Jackson
On 17/06/2005, at 10:01 PM, Lea de Groot wrote: August will see us avidly listening to John Bates talking to us about Internationalisation (geez, no wonder it is routinely abbreviated to 'i18n'!). I've been told it's shortened for two reasons: Firstly, it's much easier to type. Secondly,

[WSG] Marking up lists with title

2005-06-17 Thread Chris W. Parker
Hello, What is the recommended way to mark up a list that has a title? Normally I do: pFeatures:/p ul liIt's big/li liIt's heavy/li liIt's wood/li /ul Is there a better way to do that? Chris. ** The discussion list for

Re: [WSG] Marking up lists with title

2005-06-17 Thread Iain
Hi Chris, Personally I'd use a header of an appropriate level within the document. So: h1Document Title/h2 pBlah blah blah blah/p h2List Title/h2 ul liIt's big/li etc... /ul Cheers, Iain Chris W. Parker wrote: Hello, What is the recommended way to mark up a list that has

Re: [WSG] Marking up lists with title

2005-06-17 Thread Ben Curtis
What is the recommended way to mark up a list that has a title? With better IE support, I might do: ul title=Features liIt's big/li liIt's heavy/li liIt's wood/li /ul ...and then style it something like: ul[title]:before { display:block; content:attr(title); } But, as

Re: [WSG] Class Discusion: Centering a Fixed Width Layout

2005-06-17 Thread standards
First, Firefox still allows the user to increase the font size if pixels are used. Second, font size is a much debated topic, and I think it's rather presumptious to infer that those of us who use pixels wallow in mediocrity. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do teach the students about em, keywords

[WSG] Proper use of alt, title, longdesc

2005-06-17 Thread Ben Curtis
I'm trying to create easy-to-follow guidelines for my team. Regarding alt, title, and longdesc attributes for img tags, I'd like to know if my summary below could use some correcting. Also, URLs of concise guidelines on the matter would be appreciated. 1. When possible, images that are not

Re: [WSG] Online screen viewer

2005-06-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
tee wrote: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lynx.html The download link is broken, I'd been trying it since yesterday. I thought maybe server was down yesterday, but it looks more like the osxgnu.org site and its ftp no long exist. Works absolutely fine for me. Even

Re: [WSG] Marking up lists with title

2005-06-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Chris W. Parker wrote: pFeatures:/p ul liIt's big/li liIt's heavy/li liIt's wood/li /ul At the risk of sparking another cry of outrage and subsequent discussions, you could use the (badly defined) definition list construct instead: dl dtFeatures:/dt ddIt's big/dd ddIt's heavy/dd

Re: [WSG] Marking up lists with title

2005-06-17 Thread Iain
*Huge* fan as I am of definition lists, I fear this may be taking it just that little bit too far. ;) Chris is, after all, marking up a list title. A definition title and its subsequent definition suggests a much tighter and narrow scope than a general title gives. Whoops, here comes the

Re: [WSG] Proper use of alt, title, longdesc

2005-06-17 Thread Terrence Wood
Looks like a pretty good set of guidelines to me =). The stuff and nonsense foot notes idea is a good one, which also works for providing inline help instead of using pop-up windows. regards Terrence Wood. On 18 Jun 2005, at 6:07 AM, Ben Curtis wrote: I'm trying to create easy-to-follow

RE: [WSG] Marking up lists with title

2005-06-17 Thread Chris W. Parker
Iain mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Friday, June 17, 2005 1:28 PM said: *Huge* fan as I am of definition lists, I fear this may be taking it just that little bit too far. ;) Chris is, after all, marking up a list title. A definition title and its subsequent definition suggests a much