[WSG] Off Topic - with apologies

2008-09-30 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
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RE: [WSG] Today's lesson: "Respect" - be courteous up or leave

2006-02-10 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Unfortunately, top posting (or failing to quote at all) is often the > result users of broken e-mail clients (usually Outlook or some web > based mail). I find the best approach is to just set a good example, > and hope that others eventually get the idea and/or switch mail >

[WSG] ACCESS + KEY still = ACCESSKEY

2005-11-18 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
With apologies for cross posting. Dear Friends, For the many that know me, you will know that a post to any of the lists I subscribe to on the topic of ACCESSKEY will automatically receive a response from me. I think by now my position is abundantly clear on this topic. When I first heard that

RE: [WSG] 'em' versus '%'

2005-09-25 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Felix Miata wrote: > > No, it's not 16px. It's whatever size the user's browser default is > set to. In most modern browsers, it just happens to start at 16px in > most cases, but that is partly by accident, and is subject to user > adjustment in multiple ways. The W3C has specified 16px/96ppi

RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > From my personal perspective, Dreamweaver > has a fantastic coding view similar to Homesite, with the additional > features of FTP, CSS and Site Management. Uhm... It *is* HomeSite, which Macromedia bought to add to their Dreamweaver Suite (they also bou

Censorship (was RE: [WSG] IE Showing Transparent - APOLOGY)

2005-09-17 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Ingo Chao wrote: > Rick Faaberg wrote: >> Where do we draw the line on these sites? > > The reason why this did not happen before on the WSG mail list is > because no poster before did have problems in drawing a line for > himself. > > We should not change this unwritten agreement. Please do no

Staying on topic (was RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities)

2005-08-23 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Stuart Sherwood wrote: > >> Hi All, >> If you pass all these test, does this exhaust all accessibility >> issues or are there more? >> Stuart, There are also the "soft" tests - often these deal with areas of cognitive issues, from dyslexia to English as a second or third language, etc. Consid

RE: [WSG] IE Madness

2005-08-18 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Patrick Haney wrote: >> Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site http:// >> www.fifeweb.org/wp/events/evnt_ga_res_2005_01.html. Operation >> aborted. >> >> It seems as if IE is striping off the #top fragment. >> >> Anyone know how to fix this? > > Bob, > Late to the party, but I cannot

[WSG] RE: Stupid Questions? (was RE: [WSG] "display: inline-block": valid or not? W3C validator says not.)

2005-08-15 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Patrick Lauke wrote: >> John Foliot - WATS.ca > >> There is no such thing as a stupid question (although >> occasionally we will see stupid responses...) > > You tell 'em John :) > > P As a point of clarification, when I say stupid responses, I mean

Stupid Questions? (was RE: [WSG] "display: inline-block": valid or not? W3C validator says not.)

2005-08-15 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
SunUp wrote: > I do realise this is probably a very stupid question, and it's more > than a little scary asking a stupid question on this list, but I'll > wear the result if it means I can understand what I've done wrong. > > Thanks, > sunny. Goodness Sunny, There really is no such thing as a st

RE: [WSG] Table header

2005-08-14 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > Lea de Groot wrote: > >> The thead tag is the key - > > If you're using thead, you may as well go all the way and add a tbody > as well... > > > > > IDVar 1Var 2 > > > > > ID VALUE > Va

Accesskeys (Was RE: [WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org)

2005-08-14 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Josh Rose wrote: > > What I'm trying to do is have the accesskey underlined, it works fine > in Firefox and Opera (wayhey), but in IE 6 the a:first-letter works > fine, but a:hover doesn't at all (it does without a:first-letter > though) and in Netscape 7 the a:first-letter doesn't work at all > (

RE: [WSG] Spacing Issue

2005-08-14 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Jeff D. Reid wrote: > I joined this list well over two years ago. I have designed sites on > my own utilizing tips and suggestions I have gathered from most > people on the list and other lists. This is the FIRST time I have > had my hands tied as to follow a Graphic Designer/Marketing "expert" >

RE: [WSG] Newbie Questions: East-Asian Character Sets and Marking-up Poetry

2005-08-09 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Kwok Ting Lee wrote: > This is, I guess, one of the first times I've written anything here, > but I've run into a bit of a dilemma and was hoping for some advice: > > 1. I have a number of analyses of poems I am planning on posting to > my weblog over the next few months, however, I'm a bit stump

RE: 'users with disabilities' WAS: [WSG] New front page for http: //ab c.net.au/

2005-08-04 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Conyers, Dwayne wrote: > Leslie Riggs wrote: > >> "Following web standards is all well and good, >> but how are you going to stream the audio when >> you can't hear it, if you can't do it this? >> How do you know your method will WORK?" > > Some people can be thick -- even when well-intentioned.

Politically Correct Terminology (was RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/)

2005-08-04 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Nicola Rae wrote: > Hi, > > Just to chip in, I am writing a couple of articles for GAWDS (guild of > Accessible Web Designers) and have it on authority from them that the > correct terms to use are: > > "In the UK - instead of 'users with disabilities' - it should be > 'disabled users'. > > In t