[WSG] Mobile sites

2012-05-15 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Hello, I was wondering whether having a dedicated mobile site represents an improvement with regard to accessibility and standards, or whether it is acceptable to have a single site that is adaptable to different screen widths (e.g. by means of CSS media queries). Of course, setting up a separa

[WSG] Fwd: Video in web page

2011-09-06 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Hello, I would be grateful if someone could clarify the best means of embedding video into a web page so as to be viewable by the widest range of users (desktop, mobile, different OSs, etc). Embedding Flash video is easy enough, however, iPhone / iPad users cannot view this format and I ne

RE: [WSG] Google 'Alexander Calder' theme

2011-07-22 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Chris, Thanks for your response. Yes, some physics is involved behind the scenes I think ... Grant - Original Message - From: Chris Taylor To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:17:47 +0800 (WST) Subject: RE: [WSG] Google 'Alexander Calder' theme Looking at it in Chrome

[WSG] Google 'Alexander Calder' theme

2011-07-21 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Hello, Today's Google home page theme seems to be a very good example of progressive enhancement. The mobile graphic is non-interactive in IE7 but looks fine. In Chrome, however, the graphic swings about in response to mouse movements (as does its shadow, not present for IE7). Could anyone adv

[WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-24 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Hello, Could someone please clarify this for me. I realise that HTML5 has introduced new semantic elements such as , etc., but does this really increase the expressive power of the markup? Can't the same thing be achieved in HTML 4.x using classes (e.g. )? I am reluctant to move to HTML5 due

[WSG] Long documents

2010-10-16 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Hello, Is there any standard (official or otherwise) that limits the length of single web pages? I edit an online journal which contains articles of up to 7000 words. Currently each article resides on a single web page which the viewer must scroll to read. Some of the articles are 10-20 'scree

[WSG] CSS Expandable Menu

2010-06-28 Thread grant_malcolm_bailey
Hello, I would be grateful if someone could clarify whether there is such a thing as a pure CSS expandable menu. The sort of thing I'm looking for is the expandable / collapsible hierachy commonly shown in the left-hand frame of Windows programs such as Explorer or Outlook. I'm trying to avoi