Re: [WSG] Font size and arrogance

displayed, I'm sure they will, I'm afraid. 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] Validate Inside Your Firewall

n for Firefox <https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=249&vid=1070> I know it's been mentioned before, but I thought it was worth another heads-up... Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brou

Re: [WSG] The Lindsay Method, version 2

dered, regardless of the font embedding not working (as you also provided fallback fonts). Additionally, I seem to be getting the image on its own line, and the normal text on the following one. As I said, maybe I'm missing something... Patric

Re: [WSG] pt, em and ex

, in practice, it seems that ems and percentages are interchangeable (if we leave aside the IE em resizing bug), so I could also say body { font-size: 80%; } Patrick H. Lauke -- _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively

Re: [WSG] pt, em and ex

Iain Harrison wrote: It's best to have the base set in ems (for IE compatibility reasons) and use relative sizes thereafter. In my experience IE doesn't resize ems consistently. I've come to use % for the base (on the html), then em (on the body) P

Underscores and multiple class names (WAS: Re: [WSG] colgroup alignment issue)

n class names: - IE 4 no - IE 5, 5.5 yes - Netscape 4.77 yes (surprisingly) - Netscape 6 no - Netscape 7 yes (obviously this list is far from complete) While I was at it, also tested support for multiple class names (e.g. class="warning notice" referring to .warning and .notice simultaneousl

Re: [WSG] discussion at juicy studio: It's all in the MIME

.* - [T=application/xhtml+xml] 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] discussion at juicy studio: It's all in the MIME

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/dive-into-xml.html Make sure this is sent before any other content (unless you're using output buffering) Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin

Re: [WSG] discussion at juicy studio: It's all in the MIME

d do "Tools > Page Info". On the resulting window, look for "Type". You're more likely seeing "text/html" there, indicating that it's not "application/xhtml+xml" Oldie but goldie on the subject: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/dive-into-xml.h

Re: [WSG] Proper extension and directory for server side includes

makes some kind of sense. If you *are* using PHP, have an additional look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.php Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.s

Re: [WSG] problems in Firefox and Opera

Erietta Sapounakis wrote: #detail-tile li {list-style-type:circle; display:block; list-style-position:inside;} Remove display:block; Any display other than display:list-item; kills the bullets, as far as I'm aware... Patrick H.

Re: [WSG] Dupe Char Bug

f the above methods, but...wouldn't it be better to just remove the rubbish? 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.u

Re: [WSG] Dupe Char Bug

ot; which is then showing in the background, and what you see in IE is just the last 2 characters, 0" Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see

Re: [WSG] Dupe Char Bug

Your markup is broken (probably as a result of a failed find/replace?). It validates, of course, but just look at this extract: images/thumbs/sm_shed.jpg width="70" height="70" Fix that, and your problem may be solved

Re: [WSG] Well since everybody...

russ - maxdesign wrote: And the url? http://mouseriders.dk/ ? Let's pray it's not http://localhost/mysite/test.html Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader

Re: [WSG] CSS Shadows

apart.com/articles/cssdrop2/ http://www.alistapart.com/articles/onionskin/ Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photo

Re: [WSG] links with same names

splay%3Anone%22 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.deviantar

Re: [WSG] links with same names

o know how to use their AT, and how to configure it properly (although I'd say the screenreader developers are to blame for mostly having this option OFF by default...I'm looking at you, FreedomScientifc) Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (ad

Re: [WSG] links with same names

Richard Czeiger wrote: The whole Find out more about ... at the bottom of each page looks too predictable. since when is "predictable" a bad thing when it comes to usability and user interfaces? Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): br

Re: [WSG] links with same names

eenreaders the output users will hear depends on the verbosity settings they have enabled. Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splint

Re: [WSG] alt tag boundaries

ranted, in this case it's not bad, but it's the principle that I object to... Anyway...if the image is purely decorative (which, by the sound of it, is the case), why not simply put a null alt attribute of alt="" in there, or even better use CSS to place the image

Re: [WSG] westciv templates competition results

Sam Hutchinson wrote: Don't mean to be ignorant, but the winners doesn't work correctly in Ie 6.0.2 - there's a step on the right above the links ! Some breakage in Firefox as well. But hey, overall, not bad and fairly "trendy

Re: [WSG] Shared Div heights

mns" by eric meyer/doug bowman http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/09/03/sliding-faux-columns/ Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photog

Re: [WSG] How-to: Create a list with pictures / detail?

Trovster wrote: I would do the following - http://trov.ath.cx/comm/~test/WSG/sportscenters.html My option nr 2) then ;-) Agree, the line breaks in this case can be argued as being part of the content (as we still don't have anything like the line element in xhtml2) Patrick H.

Re: [WSG] How-to: Create a list with pictures / detail?

the image as DT and the address as DD 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] Select form element doesnt validate

case it was the lower-case issue that was to blame). Beyond that, it's a validating tool, not a teaching tool... Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.]

Re: [WSG] Select form element doesnt validate

same time?) 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] Stadards Site Section

most sites are not standards compliant... 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] Stadards Site Section

Kevin Futter wrote: Click here Small modification: use popWindow(this.href) to refer back to the A element's HREF attribute. This way, if you change the href at some point, you won't have to remember to change the javascript as well, as it will automatically pick it up... Patric

Re: [WSG] Circle menu

his is just basic trigonometry (sin and cos) Not perfect, as I haven't corrected for the actual size of the list items (effectively their top-left corner is roughly on the circle, not their middle point), but this should give you at least some basis for further experimentation... Patri

Re: [WSG] Semantic indentation

t last line could be boiled down to blockquote.poem span:nth-child(2n+2) { text-indext: 2em; } or shorthanded to blockquote.poem span:nth-child(even) { text-indext: 2em; } Of course, neither the CSS 2 nor the CSS 3 method work in IE...so classes on the spans it is, I think. Patrick H. Lau

Re: [WSG] as form label

fax mobile other Phone number Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, l

Re: [WSG]

user (with possibly user selectable preferences on how, and how often - once in a document for same source, for instance - to present it). So yes, my main gripe is with browsers. Here's hoping for some new developments on that front in the future ;) Patric

Re: [WSG] as form label

ointless at all. Read http://www.webaim.org/techniques/forms/2#labels for a soft introduction on this. ...if that was your question. Patrick H. Lauke ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/gui

Re: [WSG] as form label

. ...if that was your question. 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] Combining in css

Lyn Patterson wrote: have I left out commas or something? Yes. #[name of page] #container, #[name of page] #floatimgleft {background-color: #dff;} Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re

Re: [WSG] Semantics of Breadcrumb "you are here" links

as a separate node, but they may not know what they actually are. Yes, a very academic discussion, admittedly... Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see du

Re: [WSG]

alking about, but still...something that just nags at me ;) 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] Looking for party animals

Anything happening in the UK at all? 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]

f the "semantic" structures in (x)html are... 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] Semantics of Breadcrumb "you are here" links

d in many cases realising that the semantic structures offered by (x)html are actually quite limited, and you won't always find the exact right set of elements that perfectly fit your real-world content...so it turns into a question of triage. Patrick H. Lauke _

Re: [WSG]

iments/55/ ) One can only hope that browser manufacturers/developers will take this on board at some point... Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.]

Re: [WSG] Foreign Translations

make sense? 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] should you refuse to support IE?

Chris Blown wrote: Did I mention I hate analogies. ;) as in your expansion of the analogy you're blaming *users* of IE, rather than the developers that purely cater for IE and/or the programmers at MS who made the leaky car, i'd say it's not too accurate anyway ;) P

Re: [WSG] breaking long urls

27;ll simply appear cut off. Otherwise, you may have to resolve to chopping up the link text with the url server-side. Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see

Re: [WSG] Validator error

Mordechai Peller wrote: what I would like to know is "Why?" ok, but the "What" wasn't quite clear, hence my question. Try: —Test Ok, see what you mean now. Well, for the "Why" I think the only explanation that I can think of is "you may be experiencing a cascade failure — one error that gets T

Re: [WSG] w3c badges

Make sure to grab my "served as 'application/xhtml+xml' where available" badge ;) http://www.splintered.co.uk/about/ Patrick _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.

Re: [WSG] Validator error

Well, I tried recreating a simple document like the one you describe, with missing ALT attribute on the image...but can't seem to reproduce the slew of errors you're reporting. Any chance you can upload the broken page so we can have a look if there's anything specific to your document that may

Re: [WSG] Positioning Quandry

#q28 "The containing block for a positioned box is established by the nearest positioned ancestor (or, if none exists, the initial containing block, as in our example)." Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used p

Re: [WSG] Positioning Quandry

: 5px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: justify; } 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.deviantar

Re: [WSG] help with fixed positioning in IE

Focas, Grant wrote: john, the solution requires putting the an html comment above the doctype declaration. If the aim is to throw IE into quirks mode, I'd imagine that one may also consider just sticking the xml declaration there (but haven't got the time to test this assertion).

Re: [WSG] CSS caching problem in IE and Firefox

for live sites... 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] help with fixed positioning in IE

john wrote: The page with the CSS code for fixed positioning in IE is at http://limpid.nl/lab/css/fixed/header Interesting...although I wonder why Anne didn't actually construct proper html documents with a html, head and body...because it seems to work in that situation as well? Patr

Re: [WSG] thoughts of external links in new window?

Terrence Wood wrote: Having said all that Chris's solution of having extended and published the DTD is perfectly acceptable. Yes, sorry...I wasn't questioning the validity of Chris' solution per se. I was just taking a step back to look at the bigger picture, beyond mere validation, to what it a

Re: [WSG] thoughts of external links in new window?

Chris Stratford wrote: I use XHTML Strict, and have modded the DTD to accept New Window code. What always makes me wonder about these solutions is that, in effect, they are still reliant on the fact that current browsers have the built-in understanding and capability of reacting a certain way (i.

Re: [WSG] Is XHTML harmful?

One that I know, but there may be more: in HTML, body is the size of the entire viewport, even if it's empty. In XHTML, it's just like any other block level elements and takes on the dimensions of its content (and if you float everything in the body, it effectively is 0 pixels high). If you def

Re: [WSG] Is XHTML harmful?

Shane Helm wrote: I have also become a better and cleaner coder since I switched to XHTML & CSS. Table-less layout rules! But, to clarify: there's nothing, absolutely nothing at all, stopping you from going all CSS-driven, table-less, separation of content and presentation, etc in HTML 4 - just

Re: [WSG] anchors within a page

Paul Novitski wrote: At 12:05 PM 10/6/2004, john wrote: Why not just put at the top of the page? Probably because it doesn't look or feel (from a markup point of view) like an elegant, modern solution. Some browsers don't appear to need a corresponding named anchor if the link is to "#top". As

Re: [WSG] anchors within a page

Two ideas spring to mind: - wrap the entire page content in a div with a specific ID, and change the link to point to that ... - taking it one step further (and admittedly a bit crazy, but seems to work fine in FF, IE and Opera from my really quick testing) add an ID to the body eleme

Re: [WSG] Is XHTML harmful?

Manuel González Noriega wrote: Often, markup errors, like natural language errors, are most likely typos than anything else. Therefore, i don't really learn anything from them You learn that you should validate anything before making it live (just like you'd spell-check and proofread anything be

Re: [WSG] thoughts of external links in new window?

Wayne Godfrey wrote: Even with the tab browsers that I've tried, I still end up opening a new tab more often than using the back and forward buttons. Key here is "*I* [...] ended up opening a new tab". You, the user, made that choice. Not the web author/developer... Patrick __

Re: [WSG] thoughts of external links in new window?

f the client is absolutely adamant that new windows be popped up, is to give users enough direct clues that activating a link will indeed open a new window (e.g. adding "(opens in a new window)" to the link text of title attribute, adding an icon - for instance via css' background pro

Re: [WSG] doctypes, quirks/standards mode and positioning

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, Consider this very simple HTML document: ... How could leaving out the doctype make such a definite difference to such a simple page? The crucial part of my answer was: "If you know for sure that the markup *is going to be invalid*" The example you provide is of vali

Re: [WSG] PNGs and IE windows

wayne On 9/29/04 7:52 PM, "Patrick H. Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kevin Futter wrote: My understanding is that while IE Win supports the display of PNG files, it doesn't support any of their transparency features. If you want to use transparency for images in a cross-brows

Re: [WSG] doctypes, quirks/standards mode and positioning

Neerav wrote: so go for html 4 transitional validation if the clients tables will always be invalid If you know for sure that the markup is going to be invalid, why bother with a doctype at all? It's a bit like putting a "may contain nuts" sticker on a bag of peanuts... P

Re: [WSG] hta files and css

erview.asp Also, would appreciate any links to tutorials on css positioning. http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/default.asp Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader

Re: [WSG] AOHell

Tim Shortt wrote: You have to actually test on an AOL account to really see any affect of this (or any other) behavior (versus just running a local AOL browser, which I did for years). If you're really, really committed (or just masochistic) to testing it, but want to avoid having to actually g

Re: [WSG] PNGs and IE windows

Kevin Futter wrote: My understanding is that while IE Win supports the display of PNG files, it doesn't support any of their transparency features. If you want to use transparency for images in a cross-browser safe way, GIF is really your only option. I wouldn't be holding my breath for IE to catch

Re: [WSG] Preventing flash of unstyled content

knowing the name of the problem is half-way to finding a solution already... http://www.google.com/search?q=%22flash+of+unstyled+content%22 Patrick David wrote: Hello everyone, Does anybody know how to prevent the "flash of (CSS)unstyled content" that appears when a page is loading and the browser

Re: [WSG] Embedding Flash

Ian Fenn wrote: I wrote: Anyone notice Zeldman's recently announcement Sorry for the typo. It's 2.40am here in the UK. Time to get some shut-eye. Kids nowadays...no staying power. ;) Patrick _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postposit

Re: [WSG] onClick question

Although well meant, the advice to add onkeypress is misguided. This has been previously discussed, but: onclick is - despite its name - not device dependent (in the same way that, say, onmouseover is). onclick is really a misnomer for "onactivation". all modern browsers (if i remember correctl

Re: [WSG] onClick question

change "onClick" to "onclick". attribute names are all lowercase in xhtml. Patrick _ 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] Tidy extension for Firefox

Kevin Futter wrote: Is it OS or version specific? It's windows only. http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=249&vid=716&page=releases Patrick _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, lead

Re: [WSG] Footer stuff

adam reitsma wrote: stuff | more stuff stuff too | more stuff again Drop those | in between list items, as it's not valid markup (probably just an oversight, but it's best to clarify nonetheless) Patrick _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned

Re: [WSG] Footer stuff

The semantics obviously depend on what "stuff | more stuff" and "stuff too | more stuff again" actually are... Patrick Amit Karmakar wrote: Apologies if this has been discussed before. What is better in terms of semantics and accessibility? stuff | more stuff stuff too | more stuff again or st

Re: [WSG] Longdesc?

Joshua Street wrote: Does "longdesc" really have to comprise a link to an external page, or can it simply be an extended version of the "alt" attribute? as per http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.2 it *has to be* a URI by the way: it doesn't need to be a link to an external page..

Re: [WSG] The way forward for Web Standards

Dan Webb wrote: I've got Firefox 0.9.2...is it worth getting v1.0PR? If you're reliant on specific extensions with your current FF, just double check that they're compatible with 1.0PR before making the switch. Beyond that, it looks like a reasonably stable release (although it does feel just

Re: [WSG] I need advice with following font size standards and IE

haggis wrote: Hello; What I do is to set the font-size to 100% in my CSS "body" declaration and use percentages or em's for all other declarations, that way it matters not what size it is on the website or the user text sizing is, the user will always see it at his or her settings in their brows

Re: [offlist][WSG] Free GMail Invites

Somebody needs to learn how to send things off-list... Can this thread be closed now? P AmirBehzad Eslami wrote: Dear Dmitri, Would you please give me one if there is any left. Thanks in advance, Behzad - Original Message - From: "Dmitri Vassilenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [WSG] Free GMail Invites

and to think that i had to actually earn my gmail invite... http://www.splintered.co.uk/experiments/54/ Patrick Olajide Olaolorun wrote: Well I know this is off topic butI just wanted to get rid of it before it expires. I have 1 free GMail Invite. If you want it email me and I will send it to your

Re: [WSG] accessible audio-visual content

Lachlan Hardy wrote: If I come across a site that only uses .mov files, I simply leave. [...] I've never had to provide video online, but surely you can just use one of the generic video file types that every player recognises? Unless I'm mistaken, there are many video players that can play MOV

Re: [WSG] accessible audio-visual content

Russ linked to it before, but: is worth a read. For video, you may consider using Magpie For audio, a full transcript should be enough (as a separate document). Patrick Vicki Berry wrote: Hi al

Re: [WSG] Copyright image or text inside the photo

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/watermark-images-php Diego Diaz wrote: Hello, there I am read tutoriales and documents about captions inside the images, but even I do not know as to put a small text or image of copyright that be generated automatically in a photo published in my gallery. There

Re: [WSG] Browsing without images

James Denholm-Price wrote: Dunno if the assumption about screen readers not loading images is correct, though... The main mistake in that article is that, for the most part, "screen readers" don't do anything on their own. They're pieces of software which run on top of the normal operating syste

Re: [WSG] commonly used order of styles within a css class

I fail to see how that's relevant... Neerav wrote: what about the mozilla way http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/writing/markup ? -- _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.spli

Re: [WSG] Interview markup?

I'd go for definition lists, overkill or not. Q A Failing that, the question could be in headings interview Q1 ... Q2 ... Patrick Sage Olson wrote: Oops, sorry I wasn't more specific… I meant a large interview that takes up an entire article, something like this: http://www.macthemes.net/article

Re: [WSG] commonly used order of styles within a css class

To clarify my previous message: what I mean is Cameron Adams wrote: If you change the position of an object in the HTML, then you have to change it in the CSS, otherwise your order becomes meaningless. Yes, it becomes meaningless in that it makes it more convoluted to work with, *but* it does not

Re: [WSG] commonly used order of styles within a css class

Sorry Cameron, but I think that you're taking it a step too far here. At the end of the day, those who work with the CSS can order it any way they please and that works for them. This is all about personal preference and working styles, and "separation of content and style" has nothing to do w

Re: [WSG] Browsing without images

just checked the various IR methods. your best bet looks like Gilder/Levin and/or the Shea enhancement http://www.mezzoblue.com/tests/revised-image-replacement/ Patrick _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, r

Re: [WSG] Browsing without images

You just realised it, but this has been a huge part of the whole image replacement discussion from the beginning. http://www.google.com/search?q=accessibility+image+replacement+css No, there's no way to test if images are turned off. Use techniques that don't actually hide the original text. but

Re: [WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

Frederic Fery wrote: What's the (standard) benefit of using firefox over safari for testing? Safari and Firefox have slightly different quirks and bugs when it comes to rendering CSS, so it's best to check in both (and, as Firefox is also used on many other platforms - Windows, *nix, etc - it's

Re: [WSG] adding an image to a print style sheet

Ted Drake wrote: Would it work? What would the drawbacks be? Only the small matter of IE not understanding content: Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke

Re: [WSG] Position absolute and centering

ter for IE compatibility, then you can use margin auto (or may as well leave it out now, after having used the text-align) for the fixed width navbar. Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-,

Re: [WSG] Duplicate buttons

that's a viable solution. Why not go for "skip to the end of the form" type links (they can even be graphical for sighted users)? Seems to me these would be the least bothersome, and not about to break even in older browsers... Patrick Mordechai Peller wrote: Patrick H. Lauke wrote

Re: [WSG] Duplicate buttons

skip links to go to the end of the form (which benefit all users, and do pretty much what you're aiming to do). but i'd definitely recommend not having intermediate buttons... Patrick H. Lauke Taco Fleur wrote: I have been putting duplicate buttons on one form when its a long form, so th

Re: [WSG] RE: PHP, FORMS and XHTML validation

nd similar, this is not a big deal). Same thing if users are rejecting the cookie (either knowingly or because of some draconian IT department's settings on their browser). Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used po

Re: [WSG] Absolute positioning vs floats

When done properly, with due care for which parent container it uses, absolute positioning yields a lot more robust results, imho. It would be dangerous to simply dismiss absolute positioning in favour of floats. You've just got to be careful in how you position things, to avoid potential probl

Re: [WSG] tab index vs java script in xhtml 1.0

Name is still perfectly valid for form elements (inputs, selects, etc), just not for the FORM element itself. http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/abstract_modules.html#s_forms In any case, you should be using DOM scripting (with IDs assigned to the relevant elements and getElementById or si

Re: [WSG] Online browser XTHML editor

I use www.editize.com extensively on all my projects for client admin area, but yes...it's a java plugin, and it's not completely free. Patrick Sarah Peeke (XERT) wrote: Hi all Can anyone recommend a browser based editor (preferably written in PHP) that will allow clients to update code themselv

Re: [WSG] Techniques for Styling Columns in Tables?

we talked about colgroups just the other day, i think http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.4.1 Patrick Geoff Deering wrote: Hi, Does anyone have any reference for applying styles to columns in tables in a semantically correct way, without having to code class attr into each TD.

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