Re: [ADMIN Thread closed Re: [WSG] I am currently out of the office Re: WSG Digest

2012-04-05 Thread Henrik Madsen
We are, despite being in the office, and not due to be leaving nor returning any time soon, wishing everybody, who celebrates it, a Happy Easter :) There is nothing urgent. No one else to call. Nothing to see here. x Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au

Re: [WSG] Combining media stylesheets - best practice

2012-03-01 Thread Henrik Madsen
I would say minimising http requests is 'best practice.' Henrik Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 02/03/2012, at 8:40 AM, Ben Zeller wrote: Hi everyone, On a recent project we've decided to combine our @print media styles at the bottom

Re: [WSG] adobe tools that works well with jaws?

2011-08-24 Thread Henrik Madsen
Ouch. Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 24/08/2011, at 2:16 PM, Tony Crockford wrote: On 24 Aug 2011, at 01:09, Jay Tanna wrote: You are doing an online course and yet you don't know how to find out what is included in the Web design

Re: [WSG] Qt WebKit?

2011-05-23 Thread Henrik Madsen
Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hv-oouXsPc Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 23/05/2011, at 5:58 PM, tee wrote: I received an enquiry wanting to find out if a site I built for Mobile devices works with Qt WebKit. Never heard

Re: [WSG] embedding flash in html5 - alternative content

2011-05-11 Thread Henrik Madsen
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/ Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 11/05/2011, at 5:04 PM, designer wrote: I wondered if any of you who use Flash would indicate how you approach the provision of alternative content when embedding the swf

Re: [WSG] images against color backgrounds

2010-12-08 Thread Henrik Madsen
.png with alpha channel is the best way to go. IE6 and lower can't handle the alpha channel and make the transparent background gray. Can be conditionally fixed with js, for example: http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_belatedPNG/ Based on my site audience I'll make fallback .gif

Re: [WSG] alt text on email graphic

2010-11-30 Thread Henrik Madsen
Yes. Agree. Honeypot for the harvesters. Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 30/11/2010, at 6:10 PM, designer wrote: http://www.projecthoneypot.org/how_to_avoid_spambots_2.php

Re: [WSG] advice on background images?

2010-11-26 Thread Henrik Madsen
Have you checked that the tiles, do in fact tile seamlessly? Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 27/11/2010, at 5:32 AM, cat soul wrote: Any tips on how to minimize or eliminate how obvious it is where the tiles meet when you have

Re: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Henrik Madsen
US map example: http://davidlynch.org/js/maphilight/docs/demo_usa.html Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 15/10/2010, at 7:19 AM, Christian Snodgrass wrote: In the US map problem, an image map may make sense. However, there are many more

Re: [WSG] Fonts in MS Publisher compared to online

2010-09-14 Thread Henrik Madsen
Is the font in an h tag? If so are you specifying font-weight: normal? If it's part of the logo, and it has to be spot-on, then an image may be your only option. Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 14/09/2010, at 5:18 PM, Lyn Smith wrote: I

Re: [WSG] Design a DropDownList

2010-03-03 Thread Henrik Madsen
).hover( function(){ jQuery(this).addClass(sfhover); },function(){ jQuery(this).removeClass(sfhover); }); }); //--!]] /script Hope this is useful to someone out there, Cheers, Henrik Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 04/03/2010, at 5:28 AM, Bruce P

Re: [WSG] Background music on web pages

2010-02-27 Thread Henrik Madsen
. Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 27/02/2010, at 8:45 PM, Kevin Ireson wrote: Hi Lesley, This is a usability issue really. Usability being a mark of quality or how easy a site is for user to achieve their goals on AND how pleasant

Re: [WSG] FINAL VERSION OF MY SITE

2010-02-03 Thread Henrik Madsen
2c from me: Clean up the main navigation - make it one deck - move copyright and credits links to the footer. Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 04/02/2010, at 6:47 AM, Marvin Hunkin wrote: HI. CAN SOME ONE TAKE A FINAL LOOK AT THIS SITE

Re: [WSG] Positioned Element Disappears for Client - but I can see it!

2009-11-22 Thread Henrik Madsen
Perfect here - Mac - FF, Safari and Opera Henrik Madsen +61 08 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 23/11/2009, at 10:18 AM, Cole Kuryakin wrote: Hello all - This is sort of a strange one: I've got a project that I deployed yesterday that includes an absolutely

Re: [WSG] Outlook 2010

2009-06-25 Thread Henrik Madsen
Indeed. Here's Microsoft's 'totally up-themselves' response. I'm sure they'd welcome comments ;) http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2009/06/24/the-power-of-word-in-outlook.aspx On 25/06/2009, at 4:37 PM, Conyers, Dwayne wrote: Nathan de Vries writed: In other words, Microsoft are

[WSG] Accessibility testing

2009-02-10 Thread Henrik Madsen
reliable results (if reliable results are indeed attainable)? TIA. Henrik Henrik Madsen Generator hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] CSS IE6/7 - what a surprise

2009-01-23 Thread Henrik Madsen
; content: .; display: block; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; } Would anyone be able to have a look? Here's the link: http://www.igenerator.com.au/dev/sm09/homepage.html Any other thoughts, comments, suggestions - always appreciated. TIA, Henrik Madsen Generator

Re: [WSG] CSS IE6/7 - what a surprise

2009-01-23 Thread Henrik Madsen
/dev/sm09/homepage.html TIA Henrik Madsen Generator hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 24/01/2009, at 7:16 AM, David Dixon wrote: Just to correct Todd's reply, the :after property isnt support by either IE7 or IE6 (and below), therefore you would need to adjust your CSS

Re: [WSG] Browser / OS Test on website.

2009-01-13 Thread Henrik Madsen
Hi Danny, Nice site. Small usability suggestion: Have your 'back to the top' links on the right hand side of the page, so that when the page scrolls down you don't need to move yor mouse too much to reach the link. Henrik Henrik Madsen Generator hen...@igenerator.com.au

Re: [WSG] Site Review: www.ItsAllaboutYou-studio.com

2009-01-13 Thread Henrik Madsen
: http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp Henrik Madsen Generator hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 13/01/2009, at 11:40 PM, James O'Neill wrote: Henrik, Thank you for your feed back. I am working on those now. =) The little globe is used to indicate links to external

Re: [WSG] Site Review: www.ItsAllaboutYou-studio.com

2009-01-10 Thread Henrik Madsen
Hi Jim, A couple of cents from downunder (in FF3, Camino, Safari / Mac). 1) The main horizontal menu bar breaks thru the blue border on the right 2) Maybe the drop menu would look better with a matching background image on the main category, rather than a solid blue block 3) I'd

Re: [WSG] Clearing issue and IE7 weirdness

2009-01-02 Thread Henrik Madsen
For what it's worth, homepage all good on Mac browsers x4. I can however see the first problem you describe on the General Information page. Try floating both your lh and rh cols, in which case the 'clear' of the footer should work. Seems to work in Firebug - may need some tweaking

Re: [WSG] NCFH Site Check and CSS Issues

2008-12-22 Thread Henrik Madsen
? Otherwise, why Flash? Henrik -- Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 23/12/2008, at 5:55 AM, Chris Kennon wrote: Hi, Here a screen capture of the desired site layout and navigation styles: http://working.bushidodeep.com

Re: [WSG] valid lightbox++ ??

2008-12-16 Thread Henrik Madsen
Check this out: http://www.mjijackson.com/shadowbox/ Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 hen...@igenerator.com.au www.igenerator.com.au On 17/12/2008, at 3:24 AM, designer wrote: I expect some may consider this off-topic, though it isn't really :- ). I recently tried using

[WSG] Dropmenu accessibility and layout problem IE6

2008-12-12 Thread Henrik Madsen
Seeking input and layout assistance (IE6, what else). I am considering using a Son of Suckerfish dropmenu for one item in my main nav bar. It is accessible to screenreaders but how - if it's even possible – can it be made keyboard accessible? For example, tab to the item in the menu

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] li hover bg preloader

2008-11-10 Thread Henrik Madsen
OK OK. It's actionscript (Flash - yikes!!) but I think my original suggestion still made sense. On 10/11/2008, at 6:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless it is a new extension that I have never heard of, there is no such thing as 'rollover' in JavaScript.

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] li hover bg preloader

2008-11-07 Thread Henrik Madsen
Sigh Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 08/11/2008, at 12:53 PM, Joe Ortenzi wrote: you mean on hover (i.e.: a:hover) not on rollover (that's javaScript), don't you? Pedantic Joe On 07/11/2008, at 12:49 PM, kevin mcmonagle wrote

Re: [WSG] Who are the Away on leave Notices from? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2008-11-06 Thread Henrik Madsen
Funniest thing I've read all day! Sorry. Thread closed. Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 06/11/2008, at 8:14 PM, Patrick Lauke wrote: wondering what part of THREAD CLOSED people don't understand

Re: [WSG] li hover bg preloader

2008-11-06 Thread Henrik Madsen
I have done this previously: Have 1 background image and change its position (via css) on rollover (that way the whole thing is loaded initially). Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 07/11/2008, at 10:27 AM, kevin mcmonagle wrote

[WSG] Mark-up for physical/postal addresses

2008-10-28 Thread Henrik Madsen
Can anyone guide me re. best practice for marking-up physical addresses that would appear like this: 123 Acacia Avenue Suburb State Postal Code Tel 888 9581 4077 Fax 888 9581 2835 Or is it acceptable to keep all in p and use /br's TIA Henrik

Re: [WSG] Question about presenting numeric percentages and accessibility.

2008-10-15 Thread Henrik Madsen
What about writing it out: one-third, two-thirds, half? Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 16/10/2008, at 10:01 AM, John Unsworth wrote: Hi all, Just a quick question. I'm writing up a website for a simple brochure site, and the copy

Re: [WSG] Is it a good practice to have 'Back to Top' link?

2008-09-29 Thread Henrik Madsen
Perhaps the solution then is an accordian approach? Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 29/09/2008, at 4:19 PM, David Dorward wrote: Robin Shi wrote: How about the tabs with JS? It visually breaks the page into small parts

Re: [WSG] H1 and the img tag

2008-08-25 Thread Henrik Madsen
I agree, beware SEO-wise. If anyone's interested in seeing what black-hat SEOs are actually doing in this respect, read this: http://www.igenerator.com.au/blog/2008/08/top-10-web-design-firms-use-black-hat-seo/ Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Issues making compliant code using Joomla! [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2008-08-14 Thread Henrik Madsen
been fixed) and this morning fresh new code had been injected. More info here: http://forums.port80.asn.au/showthread.php?t=12610 My 2c... Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 15/08/2008, at 9:58 AM, Chris Vickery wrote: Hi

Re: [WSG] Odd space forming under navigational bar

2008-06-30 Thread Henrik Madsen
Tables and inline styles. Interesting. Look at all that onmouseout/rollover - there's an image border or two specified. Could be those. divGood luck/div //styles for the above element are in an external file :) On 01/07/2008, at 12:27 PM, bill kroon wrote: Hey all im trying to make what

Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-21 Thread Henrik Madsen
Hi Kevin, http://browsershots.org/ - always handy... Good luck, Henrik On 22/06/2008, at 8:48 AM, kevin mcmonagle wrote: Hi, Are there any free services like net renderer that show firefox 2x. scree captures? -best kevin