Re: [WSG] mobile

2011-06-09 Thread tedd
At 5:11 PM -0400 6/9/11, David Laakso wrote: Greetings from San Juan, Puerto Rico. re: Constructive comments are always welcome. Specifically we are interested to know if the images within the portfolio section fill the window h

Re: [WSG] mobile

2011-06-09 Thread Joseph Taylor
I found the "prev/next" navigation in the portfolio confusing. I was expecting them to be side by side and at the bottom of the entry rather than bundled in the main nav. Sent via iPhone: Joseph R. B. Taylor Designer/Developer --- Sites by Joe, LLC "Clean, Simple &

[WSG] mobile

2011-06-09 Thread David Laakso
Greetings from San Juan, Puerto Rico. re: Constructive comments are always welcome. Specifically we are interested to know if the images within the portfolio section fill the window horizontally in both portrait and landscape view in handsets smaller than 320

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread tedd
At 12:55 PM +0100 6/9/11, Nick Brown wrote: The sound is done using Flash (there's no tag). That explains it. If you got the notes and the triggers, it's pretty simple. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com/ *** List

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Lesley Lutomski
On 09/06/11 12:37, Grant Bailey wrote: The guitar does not make any sound in IE7 (at least on my machine) ... perhaps due to IE's lack of support for ? I would have thought that Google would apply a shim ... Perhaps not, since they're apparently about to phase out support for it: http://www.

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Nick Brown
The sound is done using Flash (there's no tag).  Anyone else appreciate the irony (and I know this isn't the first time by a long way !) how much Google espouses open technologies and then always obfuscates their code ;-) N Nick Brown | Director | Boss Level | http://www.bosslevelgames.com

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 09/06/2011 12:05, Grant Bailey wrote: Hello, Today's Google home page has an interactive guitar in honour of Les Paul. It makes sounds when you 'strum' the strings. I was wondering what technologies Google used to create this incredible element. It does not appear to be Flash ... does anyone

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Chris Harris
HTML5, easy to do Kind Regards, Chris Harris CEO | Founder | Producer juicemedia ch...@juicemedia.com.au T. 612 99044022 M. 61 413 108870 www.juicemedia.com.au On Jun 9, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Jason Grant wrote: HTML, CSS and JavaScript of course. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Grant Bailey <

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Grant Bailey
Saving the web page does not seem to reproduce the functionality ... is that to be expected? The guitar does not make any sound in IE7 (at least on my machine) ... perhaps due to IE's lack of support for ? I would have thought that Google would apply a shim ... On 9/06/2011 9:25 PM, desig

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Russ Weakley
> HTML, CSS and JavaScript of course. Remarkably detailed and insightful help there! ;) *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: me

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread ben kahans
Okay, I'm converted! On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:25 PM, designer wrote: > It uses the html5 'canvas' tag as the basis. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_element any many more . . . > > Bob > > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Jason Grant > *To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > *Sent:*

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Chad Kelly
On 6/9/2011 9:23 PM, ben kahans wrote: Yeah, I was blown away and can now play happy birthday and other 3 chord songs without even picking up the guitar. Looked like flash but no, looks to me like all dom programming Strings must be hit areas toggling animated gifs and triggering mp3s - frame

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread designer
It uses the html5 'canvas' tag as the basis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_element any many more . . . Bob - Original Message - From: Jason Grant To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute HTML,

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread ben kahans
Yeah, I was blown away and can now play happy birthday and other 3 chord songs without even picking up the guitar. Looked like flash but no, looks to me like all dom programming Strings must be hit areas toggling animated gifs and triggering mp3s - framework? - no - or something or something -

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Jason Grant
HTML, CSS and JavaScript of course. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Grant Bailey < grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > Hello, > > Today's Google home page has an interactive guitar in honour of Les Paul. > It makes sounds when you 'strum' the strings. > > I was wondering what technolog

[WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Grant Bailey
Hello, Today's Google home page has an interactive guitar in honour of Les Paul. It makes sounds when you 'strum' the strings. I was wondering what technologies Google used to create this incredible element. It does not appear to be Flash ... does anyone know. Thank you and kind regards, G