[WSG] Complex navigation - semantics & tab order

2012-07-17 Thread Ben Zeller
Secondary Tertiary Tertiary Tertiary Tertiary Would love to hear peoples opinions as to whether either method is preferable from a usability perspective, or poses any accessibility/wcag issues.

[WSG] Combining media stylesheets - best practice

2012-03-01 Thread Ben Zeller
les are ignored. The following markup options offer a solution to the problem: 1. 2. I guess the question I have is whether there are any caveats with either method, and if there is a best practice solution? The doc type is XHTML 1.0 Transitional if this is relevant. Kind rega

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-22 Thread Ben Buchanan
ow is blocked from upgrades, I'd say use it anyway. People regularly use things that don't work in IE - it doesn't stop being Progressive Enhancement just because Firefox was the weakest link in this case :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrive

Re: [WSG] IE9's Browser Mode Controls - Reliable?

2011-09-25 Thread Ben Buchanan
s at http://weblog.200ok.com.au/2010/08/browser-testing-with-windows-7-xp-mode.html On Mac I've just tried using https://github.com/xdissent/ievms and other than being a very very long download it worked without incident. I'd suggest installing one version at a time when you won't b

Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread ben kahans
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Re: [WSG] Google Les Paul tribute

2011-06-09 Thread ben kahans
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Re: [WSG] RE: The pop-up wont resize the window if it overflows the page height under IE !

2011-04-07 Thread Rateb BEN MOUSSA
Here is the zipped page (including CSS and JS) http://db.tt/EntXQ8i Cordialement / Regards -- Rateb BEN MOUSSA Développeur/Référent technique PHP5      | URL : www.itipart.com      | Mob : +216 22 84 70 72      | Skype : rateb.alpha      | tn.linkedin.com/in/RatebBENMOUSSA      | Linux user

Re: [WSG] RE: The pop-up wont resize the window if it overflows the page height under IE !

2011-04-07 Thread Rateb BEN MOUSSA
Hi all again, I've posted the same issue here http://stackoverflow.com/q/5579140/165748 but I didn't find any helpful suggestion, should I provide more informations or reformulate my post. Let me know please if I missed any details and I'm very thinkful. Regards. -- R

[WSG] RE: The pop-up wont resize the window if it overflows the page height under IE !

2011-04-07 Thread Rateb BEN MOUSSA
render of this page to become the same under IE/FF. PS: Look at the circle and the distance between the scroll bar and the bottom of the page. -- Cordialement / Regards -- Rateb BEN MOUSSA Développeur/Référent technique PHP5      | URL : www.itipart.com      | Mob : +216 22 84 70 72  

Re: [WSG] what is the exact version of FF 3.6 x prior to FF4?

2011-04-03 Thread Ben Buchanan
I've found it doesn't hurt to keep a copy of the last Firefox, plus the .xpi files of compatible key extensions (eg. firebug and the web dev toolbar). -Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; i

Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-24 Thread Ben Buchanan
7;s no real harm using a javascript solution like shiv to enable use of the new elements across browsers. So it all depends what you need to achieve and what benefit you'd get from HTML5. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.2

Re: [WSG] Order of Tags within (XHTML)

2010-12-18 Thread Ben Buchanan
do it as the second thing inside , after your document encoding (which needs to be before for security purposes http://code.google.com/p/doctype/wiki/ArticleUtf7). cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-18 Thread Ben Buchanan
On 18 December 2010 22:20, tee wrote: > I am finally to begin to stop supporting IE6 starts from 2011 as the usage > has fallen below 5%. I don't want the IE6 users to see a broken page due to > no special treatment made for the browser, rather, I would like them to see > an un-styled page as if

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2010-12-17 Thread Laurence-Rogers, Ben
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Re: [WSG] HTML5 Boilerplate

2010-09-05 Thread Ben Buchanan
worth doing. I've seen some debate about whether edge is better than specifying a version of IE, but nothing truly conclusive. -Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just

Re: [WSG] Current thinking on fixed width/liquid design ?

2010-08-19 Thread Ben Davies
I prefer liquid layouts, but I use a max-width property to control how wide my content is allowed to get. *Ben Davies* On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Lyn Smith wrote: > Good morning > > Was wondering what the latest opinions are on using fixed width or liquid > design in

Re: [WSG] that old IE6 thing...

2010-07-03 Thread Ben Buchanan
> I think it's more to do with the fact that librarians are always getting hand-me-down hardware :) Pretty likely. I'd say it's probably also an effect of the corporate-owned hardware syndrome - as in, they may not have admin rights on their workstations to change the browser. Students on the othe

Re: [WSG] Yes/No structure?

2010-06-07 Thread Ben Buchanan
es/no; and some people do have some issues with the implied off state of checkboxes. Compare it with a paper form where you have two boxes and you tick or cross an option - there's no preselection. I guess it depends which paradigm is more likely to fit the scenario. cheers, Ben -- -

Re: [WSG] Yes/No structure?

2010-06-06 Thread Ben Buchanan
on the left and the text on the right (in left-to-right languages), since a) that just seems the most common thing, and b) if you were to add a couple of divs to create rows, the buttons would line up neatly above each other. Which gives us... Do you...? Yes No Hope that helps... cheers, Ben

Re: [WSG] color contrast, success criterion 1.4.3

2010-05-03 Thread Ben Buchanan
they can detect the contents of images. Regardless, if you need something that works absolutely on the final rendered result, try http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-analyser.html which gives you an on-screen selector. cheers, Ben * if you're using alpha transparency i've e

[WSG] Ben Kahans wants to stay in touch on LinkedIn

2010-03-02 Thread Ben Kahans
LinkedIn Ben Kahans requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: -- Nick, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Ben Kahans Accept invitation from Ben Kahans http://www.linkedin.

Re: [WSG] Difference between applied CSS and Computed CSS

2010-02-25 Thread Rateb BEN MOUSSA
e: text/css'); > //stuff > ?> > > - which you are doing judging by the file headers. The file extension > doesn't matter, it's just text. > > > Cheers > James > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Russ Weakley wrote: > >> Hi Rateb BE

[WSG] Difference between applied CSS and Computed CSS

2010-02-25 Thread Rateb BEN MOUSSA
biguous inheritance. Any idea about how to figure out with this problem, how to fix the render of this page to become the same under different navigators. Thanks for any help -- Rateb BEN MOUSSA IT - Development & Integration S.A.R.L. STEIT - Membre du GEEIT | URL : www.steit.net

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-23 Thread ben kahans
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Re: [WSG] breaks, lists in a form or not, and more or less divs

2009-12-06 Thread Ben Buchanan
line of a form into a div (for complex forms you need *something*); but I tend to use fieldset+legend to ensure the grouping is obvious. Hope that helps :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - W

Re: [WSG] JQuery Scripts not loading in IE7?

2009-12-03 Thread ben kahans
bstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > *** -- Ben Kahans Web Designer/Developer Jumping Dog Design www.jumpingdogdesign.com.au 0411980122 *** List Guidelines: http://w

Re: [WSG] Including a DIV element inside an HREF tag

2009-11-04 Thread Ben Buchanan
text orem ipsum text lorem ipsum text ...obviously pick the appropriate heading level. I've just assumed this wouldn't be the top level heading. This way everything's clickable, valid and semantically logical. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> ---

Re: [WSG] Including a DIV element inside an HREF tag

2009-11-04 Thread Ben Lau
One alternative is perhaps to replace all block elements inside the element into inline ones... Or the other would be to use javascript, and bind an onclick event onto the div. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:51 PM, James O'Neill wrote: > If you are worried about validation an anchor tag cannot have

Re: [WSG] updated website feedback

2009-11-02 Thread ben kahans
I think you can lose the margin at the top of the page and make the page go hard up to the top of the browser window - the idea could work better if the background were white (not that pale green). And yes, validate - marked up like a dog - woof! Cheers Ben www.jumpingdogdesign.com.au

Re: [WSG] Ordered list start value

2009-09-28 Thread Ben Buchanan
On 29 Sep 2009, at 00:45, Ben Buchanan wrote: > The only valid way to change the numbering of lists in strict XHTML is to > put a value="" on each LI. > The value attribute for li elements doesn't appear in Strict. > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/index/attributes.htm

Re: [WSG] Ordered list start value

2009-09-28 Thread Ben Buchanan
take! Thankfully it has been reversed in HTML5 ( http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics.html#the-ol-element) so eventually the better solution will both work AND validate. I've never been able to understand why people thought the numbers weren't a critical part of the document, as opposed to d

Re: [WSG] [Spam] :The wisdom? of using q to clear

2009-09-27 Thread Ben Buchanan
in using - it's not a quote by any stretch of the imagination. If you can make it work with a tag stick to that, I think. If you need "text" just use a neutral tag and a space, eg.   which is at least better than actual text. Better to avoid it entirely though, using one of the

Re: [WSG] [Spam] :The wisdom? of using q to clear

2009-09-26 Thread Ben Buchanan
rather than including extraneous text. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http://webstan

Re: [WSG] Fixed Sidebar Fluid Content - Source Order Limitations

2009-08-17 Thread Ben Davies
can provide equal height backgrounds for the content and sidebar without faking it with a background image. Not sure I would have found it with a search of any keywords I would have used, however. Thanks again. Ben Davies *** List

Re: [WSG] Fixed Sidebar Fluid Content - Source Order Limitations

2009-08-16 Thread Ben Davies
ontent content content content content content content content content content content content Ben Davies *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscri

[WSG] Fixed Sidebar Fluid Content - Source Order Limitations

2009-08-16 Thread Ben Davies
fixed-width sidebar to float up beside it. Thanks for any feedback. Ben Davies *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] or CSS3 Border Background

2009-08-09 Thread Ben Buchanan
finer point. Anyway, with the HRs hidden from view with CSS I then have a design with very clear breaks in the content, which is a visual representation of the underlying semantics. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has a

Re: [WSG] Installing More than one version of IE6

2009-07-04 Thread Ben Buchanan
V here. So if someone's stuck with a Home edition it's still worth a shot. VPC's definitely the multi-browser testing solution that I trust the most in terms of accuracy. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/

Re: [WSG] Installing More than one version of IE6

2009-07-02 Thread Ben Lau
I came across this, but I'm a bit wary of any hidden downsides to it: http://www.xenocode.com/Browsers/ On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Darrin Potaka wrote: > Hi - I hope this is on topic - I'm asking because I try to author to good > standards... > I need to install IE 6.0 alongside of IE 8. Ru

Re: [WSG] working with line-height

2009-07-01 Thread Ben Lau
g to achieve to make it look like the design at least.. in 1 browser (just so my designers are happy). Thanks. Ben On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Ben Lau wrote: > > http://www.hellobenlau.net/wsg/index.html >> >> I'm wondering if there was a w

[WSG] working with line-height

2009-07-01 Thread Ben Lau
with text size 20px, could the top of the 'T' be aligned to the top of the pink box? How does the 'gap' above and below the text gets calculated? Thanks Ben [] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/m

Re: [WSG] using skip links

2009-05-13 Thread Ben Lau
ip to content". > > a second ideas is for your second link to be "skip over promotion" > > It is not clear to me why there would need to be promotional material > between the heading and the content. COuld you send a link of an > example? > > Jon > > > On

[WSG] using skip links

2009-05-12 Thread Ben Lau
k to .content (and add another anchor name before it), so it'll read as: -skip to #pageContent- [div#navigation] [h1] -skip promotion to #content- [div#promotion] [div.content] My question is, is it bad to have a skip link right after you've skipped from the top? (hope

Re: [WSG] Span within a "li"

2009-05-11 Thread Ben Buchanan
#x27;s a specificity issue. Not entirely sure what you're trying to do so I'm not sure if that helps... hope it does though :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson

Re: [WSG] Browser toolbars

2009-05-04 Thread Ben Buchanan
alone, but if you haven't already made those arguments maybe they'll help. Essentially they need to ask themselves: "do I want my website to behave like it's a phishing scam?" cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; i

Re: [WSG] Background image not visible in ie

2009-04-29 Thread Ben Dodson
n (0,0) as that's how the Microsoft Filter works. Ben --- e: b...@bendodson.com w: http://bendodson.com/ Feeling social? Connect with me on various social networks at http://social.bendodson.com/ - You might also want to follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bendodson On 29

Re: [WSG] Background image not visible in ie

2009-04-29 Thread Ben Dodson
how to fix it) on this mailing list but I've put a link below which should get it working for you. http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000103.html Cheers, Ben --- e: b...@bendodson.com w: http://bendodson.com/ Feeling social? Connect with me on variou

Re: [WSG] PNG - how cross-browser standard reliable?

2009-04-27 Thread Ben Dodson
Only if they are PNGs with alpha transparencies - these are not supported in IE6 amongst others (although there are hacks). If it's just a straightforward image, then PNG will be absolutely fine. Ben --- e: b...@bendodson.com w: http://bendodson.com/ Feeling social? Connect with

Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

2009-04-26 Thread Ben Buchanan
e web *with IE8, for people already running IE7 or IE7-only web services*. They recommend people upgrade anything requires IE6; and upgrade any user with IE6 on their machine. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arr

Re: [WSG] how reliable is it to use IE8 compatible mode to test IE7/6

2009-04-26 Thread Ben Buchanan
sure. Personally I use Virtual PC for testing extra versions of IE. cheers Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List

Re: [WSG] Code management advice needed

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Rowe
Hi Jens, In addition to what Rob wrote, check out the following resources. http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch05s04.html http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch04.html Ben fatpublisher.com.au On 6/03/2009 9:13 AM, Robert Turner wrote: Hi Jens, You need to branch the codebase. A

Re: [WSG] Classes---Adding multiple classes to an element, is there a downfall???

2009-02-25 Thread Ben Buchanan
ke multiple classes more broadly useful - including being useful on small sites - as there's the potential to do more style work with less elements. So basically... don't be hating multiple classes, they have their place ;) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.a

Re: [WSG] meta tag questions

2009-02-24 Thread Ben Dodson
t tag will make you rank higher (as the search engines cater for the lowest possible denominator) but it should help in terms of specific search queries. Ben --- e: b...@bendodson.com w: http://bendodson.com/ Feeling social? Connect with me on various social networks at http://social.bendod

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-10 Thread Ben Lau
>From the "CSS Mastery Advanced Web Standards Solutions" book by Andy Budd, and I quote: "Many people mistakenly believe that a div element has no semantic meaning. However div actually stands for *division *and provides a way of dividing a document into meaningful areas. So by wrapping your main c

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-08 Thread Ben Lau
t; > Cheers, > Anthony. > > Gerard Hynes (Gmail) wrote: > > My advice below. Cheers, Gerard > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Ben Lau > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Are there any (seriously) bad implications of having empty DIVs around your > HTML docum

[WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-08 Thread Ben Lau
events? Cheers, ben *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

[WSG] Microformats & Accessibility

2009-01-18 Thread Ben Rowe
on microformats.org to combat accessibility issues, but wanted your suggestions / thoughts? Obviously it is a clash of HTML standards VS accessibility. I've chosen the option because I think accessibility is more important.

Re: [WSG] Blockquote

2009-01-07 Thread Ben Buchanan
ned to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference. This weapon of television could be useful. Edward R. Murrow, RTNDA Convention Speech, October 15 1958 cheers,

[WSG] issues with too many divs

2009-01-06 Thread Ben Lau
Hi all, I'm not a fan of having too many DIVs on a page, but due to complicated background designs, I'm forced to use additional wrapper DIVs just to achieve the look. Are there any major downfall in doing so apart from increasing page size? I'd like to be able to convince our designer to simplify

Re: [WSG] JavaScript as External File vs. Internal Code and linking to images

2009-01-06 Thread Ben Buchanan
> Recently, I experimented with changing check boxes with JavaScript. If the > user clicked on the words next to the check box, then the box would be > checked, once checked if the user clicked again, then the box would be > unchecked. As someone has mentioned, that's precisely what putting the te

Re: [WSG] list-style can't work with inline and float in IE?

2008-12-13 Thread Ben Buchanan
tting display: inline-block for IE? Worth a try. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http://webstand

[WSG] headings to divide sections

2008-11-30 Thread Ben Lau
... CSS: #mainNav h2 { position:absolute; left:-em; top:-em } I didn't use display:none because screen readers would ignore it, hence I'm using absolute positioning. Is this a good idea, or would it add more noise? Thanks Ben **

Re: [WSG] is there a way to force legend text shows in TWO lines?

2008-11-26 Thread Ben Lau
try white-space:normal...? On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:43 PM, tee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Ben Buchanan wrote: > > >> 2) I have a column that is 160px wide, but the text in legend is a bit >> longer, I added a span class, declare

Re: [WSG] is there a way to force legend text shows in TWO lines?

2008-11-26 Thread Ben Buchanan
7;t want to add a , > and it will be more ridiculous to use a p tag for the text so that I can > force it display exactly the way my client wanted, then use a negative > text-indent to hide the legend. Did you set the span to display: block? cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200o

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-21 Thread Ben Buchanan
2008/11/21 Rob Enslin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Ben, > > cynical/suspicious about what suppliers claim in the pre-signoff phase >> > I agree - that's why I questioned it. With my internal clients a little > naive displaying this long list of 'pieces of functi

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Ben Buchanan
er like they're going to build a table-based site or some other thing that's not accessible, then create a whole second version instead of doing the first one the right way. Alternatively they may just be setting up an easy way for users to disable styles. But you should get them to explai

Re: [WSG] XHTML Standard question

2008-11-19 Thread Ben Buchanan
d is empty. Not sure about the UI feedback and so on, although looking at http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#form-submission I think the onus will be on the developer to handle error feedback (ie. same as now). cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The futur

Re: [WSG] XHTML Standard question

2008-11-19 Thread Ben Buchanan
t validate the actual input; but it will still make life easier. Plus, of course, being HTML5 it could be quite some time before we see a level of browser implementation that would let us go ahead and use it. But it's good to know it's in the plan :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://

Re: [WSG] li hover bg "preloader"

2008-11-06 Thread ben kahans
Also there is this method I found excellent: http://inobscuro.com/tutorials/read/19/ Cheers Ben www.jumpingdogdesign.com.au On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Henrik Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > I have done this previously: > > Have 1 background image and change

[WSG] mxing value units

2008-10-29 Thread Ben Lau
) 50% bottom no-repeat; ... etc. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that older browsers have trouble rendering this. Modern IE6, IE7, FF seem to handle it alright. Thanks! ben *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/ma

Re: [WSG] google and validation

2008-10-19 Thread Ben Buchanan
And Ben, are you saying you validate or not? I aim for sites to validate unless there's an immovable reason why not (unmodifiable third party code, legally locked code, unable to prevent users creating errors, etc). So I suppose for your scenario the simpler answer is just "yes&quo

Re: [WSG] google and validation

2008-10-19 Thread Ben Buchanan
a validation point of view. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Chrome and Safari

2008-10-16 Thread Ben Buchanan
e rendering engine; so it's prudent to test them separately. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http:

[WSG] Coding for CSS3?

2008-10-02 Thread Ben Lau
cial release of CSS3? If CSS3 is released tomorrow, what about older browsers like IE6? Cheers, Ben *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscr

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

2008-09-29 Thread Ben Buchanan
. Just like some people are "turn the key, push the pedal, call mechanic when it breaks" drivers and others are the more involved type - "drive a manual - shift cleanly, watch the revs, drive to conditions, maintain the car properly...". cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.

Re: [WSG] Opera not playing nice with checkbox

2008-09-12 Thread Ben Buchanan
need to make the selector a bit more specific to avoid the need for !important, of course; but you get the idea :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *

[WSG] unsubscribe

2008-09-07 Thread Ben Davies
uld otherwise be capable to access the content. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *** > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > &g

Re: [WSG] best practices for using access keys

2008-09-07 Thread Ben Buchanan
idelines. At this stage, that's still doing the greatest good for the greatest number. But I'd also expect that this point will be debated more as the lines between mobile/general web blur further. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The fu

Re: [WSG] best practices for using access keys

2008-09-06 Thread Ben Buchanan
#x27;s search box, use your skip menu to provide a jump link at the start of the document (and not everyone will agree with me even on that point ;)). It's kind of similar to the whole issue of tabindex - don't use it, instead make sure the natural tab order is logical. Same general p

Re: [WSG] Google chrome... Accessibility coming very soon???

2008-09-04 Thread Ben Buchanan
> Hey guys... it is great that talk about accessibility and chrome has been > raised - but I do think that we need to wait until it is out of beta. Well... Google has a track record of a) keeping products in permanent beta; and b) never getting around to that pesky accessibility bit. So, personal

Re: [WSG] Google chrome... Coming very soon...

2008-09-02 Thread Ben Buchanan
eature ;) Did everyone get a laugh out of "about:internets" in Chrome? :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** Li

Re: [WSG] Code for Firefox, hack for IE

2008-09-01 Thread Ben Buchanan
people find it is more efficient to get things working in the good browsers then do one round of hacking at the end for IE. I know I find it more efficient that way. You just have to get clients/etc to do their previews in something other than IE :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2008-07-29 Thread Ben Le Jeune
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Re: [WSG] Design of forms on web vs paper

2008-07-27 Thread Ben Buchanan
do not need to look exactly the same (in fact I think it's unlikely that making them look exactly the same would be a good idea). cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2008-07-22 Thread Ben Le Jeune
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Re: [WSG] iphone should not be part of your url

2008-07-20 Thread Ben Dodson
ebsites will disappear as the developers move to offering a built in solution. Ben -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://bendodson.com/ On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Svip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I say the "largest mobile browser", I mean the browser that can &

Re: [WSG] Semantic markup of a byline & date/time

2008-07-16 Thread Ben Lau
Hi Jens, Normally I'd use spans for all 3 elements, but I'm quite interested to find out a better way of doing this. Did you manage to find a solution to this? Regards, Ben On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I&#x

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2008-07-14 Thread Ben Le Jeune
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[WSG] columns with matching vertical alignment

2008-07-09 Thread Ben Lau
Hi all, I would like to know the best (or at least better and simple) way to achieve this kind of design. I have uploaded a sample design image for convenience: http://www.hellobenlau.net/design.gif Basically I need to have the lists at the bottom of each columns to match up vertically, but the c

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2008-07-08 Thread Ben Le Jeune
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Re: [WSG] Marking Up Poems

2008-06-19 Thread Ben Buchanan
e "line" element. That would have been useful in this case. Sadly HTML5 doesn't seem to have anything so simple as a way to mark up a line of text within a paragraph. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arri

Re: [WSG] AJAX short courses london

2008-06-01 Thread Ben Dodson
ations are definitely not required in the web development world - the worst developers I've interviewed are always the ones with accreditations whereas the best have just taught themselves or been taught by their peers! Cheers, Ben -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://bendodson.com/ On Sun, Jun 1, 2

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-29 Thread Ben Buchanan
ng, having the logo as the h1 on every page isn't the end of the world, although you really need to make sure your title and h2 combination is accurate to make up for it :) cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived;

Re: [WSG] Conditional styles not being used on first-run

2008-05-24 Thread Ben Dodson
Hello, Here is quite a good article on how to automatically version your js and css files to prevent caching issues: http://particletree.com/notebook/automatically-version-your-css-and-javascript-files/ Cheers, Ben -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://bendodson.com/ On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 5

[WSG] Out of Office AutoReply: WSG Digest

2008-05-23 Thread Laurence-Rogers, Ben
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Re: [WSG] Centering all items in a li

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Wong
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Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?

2008-05-12 Thread Ben Buchanan
stuff to the good browsers, so long as it doesn't mess up the bad ones. That way IE doesn't hold everything up. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *

Re: [WSG] The Problem of adjacent links

2008-05-08 Thread Ben Buchanan
s in WCAG 1 need clarification or are no longer correct in their original form). -Ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson **

Re: [WSG] Older Browsers

2008-05-08 Thread Ben Buchanan
>My question to you guys is how do you develop & test your websites to ensure they > are interpreted correctly by older more popular browsers ? Do you have older > browsers handy to test them with? Personally I wouldn't support IE5 for a full design, it's just too old - for many reasons they shoul

Re: [WSG] Full flash websites

2008-05-05 Thread Ben Buchanan
27;t evil, but *only offering Flash* is evil. -ben -- --- <http://weblog.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson *** List Guidelines: http://webs

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