Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-07-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
rpret* these differently, they'll *display* them differently... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.

Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-07-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
fact that they visually look the same in print. The meaning (it's a mathematical exponent vs an ordinal indicator vs an abbreviation for Mademoiselle) changes depending on context, so the semantics are certainly far from cut and dry. IMHO of course, P

Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-07-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
that comes with each email to this list. Cheers, P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk

Re: [WSG] HTML5 and you

2012-07-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
avaScript datepicker } You can also simply test if the "type" of your input is reported as "date". Older browsers that don't implement the new HTML5 types simply fall back to changing them - in the DOM itself - to type="text" if (!myElement.type =

Re: [WSG] What is the best element?

2012-06-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 01/06/2012 21:00, Tom Livingston wrote: a definition What's most semantic and appropriate? a definition list? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, l

Re: [WSG] minimal use of modernizr?

2012-05-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
g for ^.*@.*$. Or not using pattern/regexp at all and relying on the fact that browsers that support type=email should automagically do internal validation of the input against their baked-in pattern. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux

Re: [WSG] minimal use of modernizr?

2012-05-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
text". So something like if (document.getElementById('email').type == 'text') { // doesn't support type=email ... load JS-based validation script } P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; ret

Re: [WSG] minimal use of modernizr?

2012-05-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 12/05/2012 09:54, coder wrote: I have a very simple html5 contact form which I'd like to keep that way. However, the 'pattern' attribute isn't recognised by IE and I feel that it surely must be possible to just use a bit of modernizr to make it work. Example is: Email I'm not a javascript p

Re: [WSG] Accessibility changer

2012-04-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
), is...sub-optimal in that respect. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com

Re: [WSG] Semantic or no?

2012-03-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
put anything (HTML structures, as opposed to just an image) into the LI's. Is putting block elements into an LI really semantically ok/allowed? TIA -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositiv

Re: [WSG] Combining media stylesheets - best practice

2012-03-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
uses it (and you probably DO want your styles to also apply there). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographi

Re: [WSG] Read Speaker?

2012-02-21 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
AI IG list http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2012JanMar/0143.html Coincidence? Or have RS launched some kind of marketing campaign? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin

Re: tabs - was[WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
m one camp is likely to convince somebody firmly in the other camp, it's fairly pointless beyond this. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; se

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ot;visitors won't want to leave MY website, I want to keep them here...let the external link open somewhere else". P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- +

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
indow is a good thing...explain WHY! Is it the age-old "but if I link out of my site, users won't know how to get back to my site...I don't want to lose visitors" stance? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.)

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-21 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Nonetheless, make it clear if a link is going to a completely separate site. Don't make it look like any other link within your current site, if possible. Or change the wording a la "for more information, visit the http://...";>Blahblah company

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-21 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
//xkcd.com/763/ ) :) P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http:

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-21 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
les/tablets, if we want to include those in the discussion. TL;DR just use straight links. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.

Re: [WSG] Farewell (was : Out of Office)

2011-12-16 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
the difficulties you may be experiencing in getting inaccessible systems etc installed on your own...that's not quite the point of this mailing list. List mums and dads...agree or disagree? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): bro

Re: [WSG] w3c mobile validator and html5?

2011-12-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
about media queries... Is the mobile checker suitable for if you are creating one set of htmls code and for mulitple devices? No. -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re-

Re: [WSG] Divs for tabular data

2011-12-05 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
headers, getting a count of rows/cells and where the current focus is) that are impossible to replicate with anything other than table markup. So, as much as I sympathise with the developers' "it's easier" take, it won't cut it I'm afraid. P -- Patrick H. Lauke

Re: [WSG] Wrapping text before float drop

2011-11-03 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
tested, but I'd start with a min-width:50% (with caveat that if I remember right, IE6 and below doesn't support min/max widths) -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + d

Re: [WSG] Opera Mini fontsize settings

2011-10-13 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
settings > font size (3rd option down) or am i missing something? -- Patrick H. Lauke On 13 Oct 2011, at 13:55, tee wrote: > I clearly remember OM used to have this feature, but in my recent upgrade, > it's gone. Anybody knows about this? This list has Opera Inc employee(s), a

Re: [WSG] HTML5 Elements question

2011-08-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ole - it's based on what group you fall in, like "members" etc. If I understand it right, I'd say that yes, seems appropriate for the grid as well - though keep in mind that there's no ONE TRUE WAY(TM) to mark anything up semantically, so opinions

Re: [WSG] Breaking validation using noscript - Is there a solution?

2011-07-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
tly have that particular heuristic (though I know of at least one that's planning to add something similar). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; se

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Flash ... does anyone know. View Source... And yes, it does use flash (rather than the element) for the actual sound playback... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re∑dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + d

Re: [WSG] Accessible Modal/Lightbox Code

2011-05-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 17/05/2011 17:05, Carl Heaton wrote: You are mainly looking for CSS3 type things as full accessibility means no Javascript. Not really, it just means that there must be an alternative if JS isn't available, which usually means loading the image itself at a minimum. -- Patrick H.

Re: [WSG] Mobile detection using CSS media queries

2011-05-03 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
adjustment). The Opera article already mentions this, but still worth having a look at my recent preso (slide 50 onwards) http://www.slideshare.net/redux/mobilefriendly (don't be put off by the title slide in russian, the rest is in english ;) ) P -- Patrick H.

Re: [WSG] or ?

2011-01-09 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
at, there's nothing wrong with a traditional or whatever... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photograp

Re: [WSG] Detecting Mobile user agent - what methods work best?

2011-01-07 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
aking-your-site-mobilefriendly-thoughtworks-manchester-geeknights-17112010 P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photogra

Re: [WSG] Touch screens

2010-11-16 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
cally try doing stuff with new touch events on supported devices, you may have to actually get such a device as far as I know) P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + d

Re: [WSG] best formatting for alt text

2010-11-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
in context. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.c

Re: [WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

2010-11-10 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
*** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *********** -- Patrick H. Lauke

Re: [WSG] HTML5 - Marking up forms

2010-11-10 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
just overkill in my opinion) P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re∑dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com |

Re: [WSG] CSS "rollovers" for images?

2010-10-20 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
appeared in terms of touchscreen interfaces, where hovering doesn't work (reliably - some devices have weird heuristics where a click can be interpreted as a hover in certain conditions). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re∑dux (adj.): bro

Re: [WSG] HTM5 Semantic markup overly done?

2010-10-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ctical benefit of using these new structural constructs - e.g. there's no crawlers looking specifically for s to syndicate etc). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin

Re: [WSG] CSS and h264 vs Flash

2010-09-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
her or not that can supplant flash in certain generic use cases), not the (royalty/patent-encumbered) h.264 codec. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + d

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-28 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
"/header" element, so the DOM will look something like header textnode /header where the three are siblings, rather than header -- textnode where textnode is child of the header node P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.)

Re: [WSG] Opera Mini

2010-08-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
#x27;s a good wake-up call (but of course this is only applicable in certain situations). http://www.lukew.com/ As ever, your mileage may vary, P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : r

Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-19 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 19/08/2010 11:51, Rob Crowther wrote: Patrick H. Lauke wrote: Also worth pointing out that, to my knowledge, no AT/screen reader currently supports it either, so this may cause some issues for these users at present. Similarly the native semantics of elements like header and nav don'

Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-19 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
. Also worth pointing out that, to my knowledge, no AT/screen reader currently supports it either, so this may cause some issues for these users at present. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used

Re: [WSG] Paul Irish/Divya Manian HTML5 Boilerplate

2010-08-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
5-boilerplate/blob/master/index.html also it is not finished 100% some tweaks to go - mid aug apparently - S -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duk

Re: [WSG] attribute selectors and validation

2010-07-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
x27;t ignore it. Stick with valid markup. In the case of the h1 there it seems far more logical to use a class name...just because you can now do attribute selectors, doesn't mean that the old tried techniques are not valid. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ___

Re: [WSG] possible to exclude handheld stylesheet for specific devices?

2010-05-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
t recently http://www.slideshare.net/maxdesign/css3-media-queries P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.

Re: [WSG] blockquote

2010-04-04 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ribute (as minimally useful as it is today). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.devi

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
o continue down the 'Alice in Wonderland' route? Look, let's do it this way: let's agree to disagree. You can go off and feel that you've proven your point, while the rest of us can get on with actually underst

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
in your CSS, but not in Flash, or in images. So again, you need to actually be aware how to build things properly. Simply saying that it shouldn't be your responsibility is not a carte blanche for not doing anything at all. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ___

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
one control to the next, and use arrow keys to move sliders left/right. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
y be taken pre-emptively. The "'we just won't employ disabled people for this role" is a potent mix of ignorance and arrogance. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
nt? WCAG 2 has been out for over a year now, and that's the yardstick we use. And yes, WCAG 2 allows for scripting, or any other accessibility-supported technologies. But that still means that these technologies need to be used in a responsible and correct way...because that's the "

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
JS, if it's used correctly. "So I can finally understand the principles behind WCAG2.0." I get the impression that you still don't, I'm afraid. By saying that accessibility does not matter in certain situations, you're implicitly saying that WCAG 2 doesn't

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Please have a read of my article and comment via email or on the blog itself. http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/accessibility-does-not-matter/ I'm sorry to say that, in my opinion, your argumentation is confused, ill informed, and m

Re: [WSG] developing a web strategy...

2009-12-01 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
are best served by having separate web publication guidelines, and have the strategy simply refer to them. IMHO, anyway, P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re

Re: [WSG] Trip down memory lane

2009-10-26 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On 27/10/2009 00:05, Susie Gardner-Brown wrote: Geocities is closing down! So xkcd did a commemorative ‘reprise’ of their site ... http://xkcd.com/499/ I think Bruce Lawson's tribute from a few years ago is also quite fitting now. http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2004/zengarden/ -- Patr

Re: [WSG] opera 10 and access keys

2009-10-06 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
/browser/tutorials/nomouse/#access P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com

Re: [WSG] Print Preview Cut off after 1pg

2009-07-02 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
floats (for the navigation, content, etc) in your styles and see if that helps. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk

Re: Who's responsible (was Re: [WSG] add to favorites?)

2009-03-25 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Rick Faircloth wrote: Wow...10 years from now...as fast as change occurs these days, who knows what things will be like then! Blind people flying around with jetpacks ;) P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ide the in-page bookmarking function. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.

Re: [WSG] a WCAG 2.0 question

2009-03-12 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
#x27;s desirable to still let users know that a new window will pop up, but not essential. Compare this to a change of context (new window or otherwise) when, say, a user simply changes the selected option in a select element (old-school navigation dropdown selects)

Re: [WSG] IE and the element

2009-02-23 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
d I think the above can be decyphered as: opening and closing tags are required, it can contain any number of flow elements (block or inline), but can't CONTAIN links, other form controls, forms or fieldsets. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ___

Re: [WSG] IE and the element

2009-02-23 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ven in HTML 5 I don't get the impression they have to http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#the-button-element (Sorry, genuine question...not trying to be facetious). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. u

Re: [WSG] WSG Digest

2009-02-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
rvalenzu...@mapfreseguros.cl wrote: Dessde el 9 al 27 de Febrero me encontraré de vacaciones. Counting down the days... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux

Re: [WSG] A Semi-Transparent Background Color?

2009-02-11 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
only targetting the latest browser versions http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#rgba-color P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.

Re: [WSG] Users who deliberately disable JavaScript

2009-01-26 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
en know that "the internet" is not just the blue E on their desktop, or what javascript is, or how to install extensions, or what security threats are. Heck, most don't even know that they can zoom/text resize/print most of the time, without having a widget or

Re: [WSG] Microformats & Accessibility

2009-01-20 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ormation? The real solution here is to get these content authors to actually write their information in a clearer way (in clear text), I would suggest. > It would certainly be nice if people were to learn to write "human" dates > more clearly! > > Lets ban those yearl

Re: [WSG] Microformats & Accessibility

2009-01-19 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: As the lord of microformats Tantek seems so vehemently opposed to it, I sincerely doubt it will happen any time soon. It's now been roughly three years since the debate around ABBR issues first started, and little visible progress seems to have been made. Who

Re: [WSG] Microformats & Accessibility

2009-01-18 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
first started, and little visible progress seems to have been made. Who knows, maybe the cynic in me will be pleasantly surprised, but I won't hold my breath... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; retu

Re: [WSG] Microformats & Accessibility

2009-01-18 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Anthony Ziebell wrote: Just a note... for now the following should be used instead: /human valuemachine value/ And rely on CSS to display:none that nested span? -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used

Re: [WSG] Microformats & Accessibility

2009-01-18 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ssible solution (as long as tools that consume those microformats actually recognise the span solution...been a while since I checked if that's the case - otherwise, it's purely academic). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.

Re: [WSG] SEO and Flash

2009-01-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
, relationships of elements, etc. And, with well-authored flash, it's possible even today to have a reasonably accessible experience even for screen reader users. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned.

Re: [WSG] too much accessibility - fieldset and legends

2008-11-27 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
s my core point. Otherwise, it becomes a patronising "I know what's best for those users". It's far better to actually ask those users directly (or, in the case of Bim, reading what they've got to say on the subject). P -- Patrick H. Lauke _

Re: [WSG] too much accessibility - fieldset and legends

2008-11-27 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
annoyance whether the legend is one word or 10 words long. One word of legend text, if repeated 10 times to me over and over on every page I visit. It's an annoyance. But is it an annoyance to somebody who can't actually see your form and has to rely on auditory cues to know where

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
t one particular one. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk ht

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
sourceforge.net/ P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux

Re: [WSG] re: Semantic use of rel and rev in anchors

2008-10-20 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Sorry, resending this, as I don't think my gmail account is signed up to the list. (if it posted anyway, apologies for the doubler) On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Foskett, Mike > <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WSG] Web dev or design certificates

2008-08-22 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
think? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.devi

Re: [WSG] Lawsuits for inaccessible websites

2008-08-16 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
kate wrote: In Australia, websites are covered by Disability Discrimination legislation, Wow! Idon't think ours are (UK) Yes, they are. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin

Re: [WSG] input type image

2008-07-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
actual label (that would, for instance, be read out by screen readers). What are you actually trying to achieve? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see du

Re: [WSG] Book ideas for updating skills to modern html xhtml standards

2008-07-13 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Styling/dp/1590597656 and Ian Lloyd's Sitepoint book http://www.sitepoint.com/books/htmlref1/ P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.s

Re: [WSG] Standards compliance and Autocomplete

2008-06-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
up the DOM more dramatically) any day if it actually provides an improvement to usability. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.s

Re: [WSG] flash navigation - Devils advocate

2008-06-24 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
your flash itself is accessible; wouldn't work on devices like iPhone and co... more? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.

Re: [WSG] Marking Up Poems

2008-06-19 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Andrew Harris wrote: A poem is, essentially, a block quotation, is it not? Not if it's your own poem you're putting on your own page. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [

RE: [WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-19 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
..disregard my passionate reply rant... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co

Re: [WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-18 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
standard) Rubbish. Absolute rubbish. Challenge the support staff to actually point out where this statement from the W3C is supposed to be... -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re

Re: [WSG] HTML special characters coding

2008-06-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
ng. Has been working reasonably well in all modern browsers. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-27 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
kate wrote: The alt tag which is'nt really the right discription is really called the attribute tag. or...the alt attribute, if you want to correct people... -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned.

Re: [WSG] Accessibility for HTML Email

2008-05-17 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm guessing you don't actually administer a corporate size spam-filtering 'solution' do you? I have spamassassin on the server, and thunderbird as client - and I rarely see spam make it through those and into my inbox. Does that count?

Re: [WSG] Accessibility for HTML Email

2008-05-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: Although spam is a big red flag for many. Which should ideally be solved at the email server + email client end, in my view. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used

Re: [WSG] Accessibility for HTML Email

2008-05-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: I like the idea of a title tag being used i.e.- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" title="e-mail address - [EMAIL PROTECTED]">first name last name so what if i want to copy/paste the email from the page to another document or something? P -

Re: [WSG] The Problem of adjacent links

2008-05-09 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
them even without any characters, gaps, whatever between them... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.

Re: R: [WSG] Alternative to align = center?

2008-05-04 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
another (e.g. .centre { float: left; } ) ... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http

Re: [WSG] transitional vs. strict

2008-04-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
nest... P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.devi

Re: [WSG] transitional vs. strict

2008-04-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: "Quirks mode" is the best mode for the old bugger known as IE6, IMO, Care to clarify why, exactly? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-,

Re: [WSG] transitional vs. strict

2008-04-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
that one. Another very strong point: more predictable = less time and money wasted on workarounds and CSS acrobatics. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see

Re: [WSG] transitional vs. strict

2008-04-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: "Pages that validate as strict are superior to transitional because ___." There's not really a clear-cut answer. Again, speaking personally, I find that using strict helps in my quality assurance of other authors' work, because st

Re: [WSG] transitional vs. strict

2008-04-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
es of problems from the HTML 4 days... "It is important to serve pages that validate as strict because ___." Serving them as strict is irrelevant, in my mind. You could in fact still have transitional pages, just run them through the validator set to

Re: [WSG] Path semantics

2008-04-14 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
On Mon, April 14, 2008 3:25 pm, Samuel Santos wrote: Semantically speaking, what is the right HTML/XHTML element to represent a path or a file name? Would it be , , or simply ? could work, at a stretch... P -- Patrick H. Lauke

Re: [WSG] Centering Elements

2008-04-09 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
; } ? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com

Re: [WSG] USERS - was [Why is deprecated?]

2008-03-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
es when you *can* drop the underline, if the context makes it clear enough that something is a link (e.g. left-hand navigation bars). P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, r

Re: [WSG] USERS - was [Why is deprecated?]

2008-03-31 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Of course, this all also depends on the target audience of your site. If it's something aimed at the middle-/upper-class 11-16 market, for instance, you can start to assume a higher IT literacy level. As with anything, absolutely everything is relative :) P -- Patrick H.

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