Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2012-04-01 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
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Re: [WSG] Wrapping text before float drop

2011-11-03 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: Use a table. If the relationship between them is such that they must be side by side, then a table is the correct element to use. Two columns must be side-by-side, Chris, yet the received wisdom is t

Re: [WSG] Wrapping text before float drop

2011-11-03 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
? Use a table. If the realtionship between them is such that they must be side by side, then a table is the correct element to use. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Reci

Re: [WSG] How do you cater to users with disabilities?

2011-08-23 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
very slightly larger than Helvetica or Arial. Problems only occur when its font size is reduced to compensate. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-So

Re: [WSG] Desktop. Tablet. Mobile.

2011-05-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 6 May 2011, David Laakso wrote: On 5/6/11 11:42 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: On Fri, 6 May 2011, David Laakso wrote: This end... Desktop: OS X 10.4 Tablet: No got. Mobile: OperaMini os SanyoMirro 4 BoostMobile. uri: <http://chelseacreekstudio.com/m/> Text is cut off:

Re: [WSG] Desktop. Tablet. Mobile.

2011-05-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
-- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) *** Lis

RE: [WSG] HTML/CSS reference

2011-04-05 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
not even recommended. Try validating a page that has an IMG without an ALT attribute! The attribute may be empty, but it MUST be there. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell

Re: [WSG] HTML/CSS reference

2011-04-05 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
dsgroup.org *** -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Appro

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

2011-03-31 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Fabien BENARIAC wrote: ... (I don't understand why you want to run FF3x modules with FF4x...) If it ain't broke... -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)

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

2011-03-31 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
The latest I have is 3.6.13 This is for Mac. Thanks! After upgrading to FF4, most addons worked -- until I restarted FF. However, after re-installing the addons, most of them worked fine. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: S

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

2011-01-24 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
. They're both just divs. Now, if you use the new code element instead, that tells the browser it is code. There's a new code element? How does it differ from the old one? -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/L

Re: [WSG] Help - Anchor Link to specific area on web page

2011-01-18 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
ks? Your feedback and help is appreciated. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)

Re: [WSG] XHTML or HTML?

2010-11-10 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
";> or In the HEAD you need a TITLE element. You probably also want a charset declaration, e.g.: a link to a stylesheet: a description META tag: Then the BODY. And always check your page with <http://validator.w3.org/>. -- Chri

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

2010-08-19 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2

Re: [WSG] Is it still necessary to encode ampersands?

2010-06-24 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
cally here about ampersands in URLs that are > > provided to me by database vendors, which I have no control over; I'm > > about to start inserting literally 100s of them into static html > > pages. -- C

Re: [WSG] two Safari issues

2010-04-28 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, tee wrote: > On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, tee wrote: > >> On Apr 25, 2010, at 2:51 PM, tee wrote: > >> > >>> In this site, if you click on Accordion menu, in the second (las

Re: [WSG] two Safari issues

2010-04-28 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
i=http%3A%2F%2Fsimplissimo.com.br%2Fblog%2F> Once the HTML is OK, you can look at other things. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)

RE: [WSG] Horizontal scroll bar sometimes appear in my project

2010-04-14 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Naim Latifi wrote: > > Hi, > > I removed "width:1085px" but my container changed and the horizontal bar > still is appearing. Provide a URL so that we can see what's happening. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>

Re: [WSG] Horizontal scroll bar sometimes appear in my project

2010-04-14 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
auto;margin-right:auto; >background-color:White; > }************ Remove width:1085px; -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com> Author: Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, A

Re: [WSG] IE ignores MIME type

2010-04-12 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
t; > Oddly, IE 7 will display the "included file" as intended on page > refresh. All other IE versions stubbornly refuse. Any ideas how to get > IE to play nice, please? Rename the file index.txt instead of index.html.txt Firefox used to do the same thing, IIRC. -

Re: [WSG] Remove horizontal scroll in the page

2010-03-03 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
ne-policy: continuous;-moz-background-origin:padding; >width:1085px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; > background-color:White; >} > How to remove the horizontal scroll ? Remove width:1085px; -- Chris F.A. Johnson

Re: [WSG] I need a professional eye back again.

2010-02-02 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
this document as XHTML 1.0 Transitional! Result: 13 Errors Address: http://www.purencool.com -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
doesn't work for 99% of viewers? > Also with CSS switched off the site's content is perfectly visible > with whatever default font size. One would certainly hope so! Now take it that tiny step further and make it work for everyone no matter what thei

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
page that I haven't yet got around to fixing up. > It's also an unusual practice to be putting inline images into an > , but at the very top you have construct going on. There's nothing wrong with unusual. > HHmmm. > Anyway. Back to my shell script. ;-) -

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Jason Grant wrote: > Thanks to people who have commented via blog and email. ... > @Chris F.A. Johnson That page is accessible, it just looks shit in the > browser you tested in (whatever you have used there - would have nice > to have test environment details).

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
Nor, apparently, does a page which works: <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/testing/flexewebs.jpg>. -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipe

Re: [WSG] HTML 5

2010-01-22 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
talkiing about??? URL?? -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the

Re: [WSG] produce page vallidation

2010-01-20 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
: You have a before the tag. You have two tags where they don't belong. (You should remove all such cases and use CSS to get extra space.) -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>

Re: [WSG] index page vallidation

2010-01-19 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Marvin Hunkin wrote: > can you help me out. Possibly -- if you post a URL. -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes:

Re: [WSG] Styling IE8 web slices

2010-01-17 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
s anyone successfully styled web slices that do not have a separate HTML > source? What does a proprietary technique have to do with web standards? Does it even work with anything other than IE8? > [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc848871%28VS.85%29.aspx

Re: [WSG] css tutorial

2010-01-14 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Matthew Pennell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Chris F.A. Johnson > wrote: > > > I find it hard to take it seriously when it has > > body { font-size:62.5%; } in <http://dev.opera.com/css/screen.css> > > > > If you

Re: [WSG] css tutorial

2010-01-14 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
t; > and how to write one. > > and what do i need to put in it. > > just asking. > > i do know css, but a bit rusty. > > and totally blind. > > so the biggest problem, where things are located on screen. > > so any one got any ideas where to start and

Re: [WSG] css tutorial

2010-01-14 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
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Re: [WSG] breaks, lists in a form or not, and more or less divs

2010-01-04 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
> > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > > *** > > > > > *** > List Guidelines: http:

Re: [WSG] First stab at html5

2009-12-31 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, designer wrote: > @Chris - I've set a white background, so I hope your yellow one has gone now! It's still yellow. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> ==

Re: [WSG] First stab at html5

2009-12-31 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, designer wrote: > If any of you guys are around at this time, I'd be really grateful if you > could have a look at: > > http://www.betasite.fsnet.co.uk/gam/altgam/gwelanmor.html The yellow background doesn't suit the page. -- Chris F

Re: [WSG] Dropdown Menu disappears after 2nd or 3rd links down

2009-12-18 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
he tab. > CSS: http://www.artscouncilnapavalley.org/test/menu.css > > The dropdown css is towards the bottom of the file. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author:

Re: [WSG] Positioning not consistent

2009-12-11 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
ng to be consistent. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/

Re: [WSG] breaks, lists in a form or not, and more or less divs

2009-12-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. pre.poem { font-family: , serif; } -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> ===

Re: [WSG] updated website feedback

2009-11-02 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
rs found while checking this document as XHTML 1.0 Transitional! Result: 23 Errors Address:http://www.raulferrer.com/joe/html/ There is a horizontal scroll bar if my browser window is less than ~1000px. -- Chris F.A. Johns

Re: [WSG] [Spam] :Menu stacking incorrectly in IE

2009-10-10 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
first step. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Appro

Re: [WSG] IE6 display issue

2009-10-09 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Western Web Design wrote: > Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.westernwebdesign.com.au/keynorthcontractors/index.html > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [WSG] IE6 display issue

2009-10-08 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Western Web Design wrote: > Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Western Web Design wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://www.westernwebdesign.com.au/keynorthcontractors/index.html > > > > > > > &

Re: [WSG] IE6 display issue

2009-10-08 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
contrained the width; if it were allowed to expand to fill the window, more words would fit on a line and there wouldn't be such large interword spacing. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> ==

Re: [WSG] IE6 display issue

2009-10-08 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Western Web Design wrote: > http://www.westernwebdesign.com.au/keynorthcontractors/index.html There is a problem with ungainly wordspacing in the justified text and text that overflows its box: <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/testing/keynorth.jpg>. --

RE: [WSG] CSS list-style

2009-10-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
.@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] > On Behalf Of Chris F.A. Johnson > Sent: 06 October 2009 19:00 > To: wsg > Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS list-style > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Richard Mather wrote: > > > > content > > > ul { > col

Re: [WSG] CSS list-style

2009-10-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
> as per my example: > > > content > > > ul { > color:#380; > list-style-type:disc; > } > ul li span { > color:#000; > } content ul { color:#380; list-style-type:disc; } ul li.black { color:#000; } -- Chris F

Re: [WSG] elasticity and floats

2009-10-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
up the divs vertically, or the 3rd div > width shrinks to content size. > > I hope I've explained this properly (nothing online to see yet) and I hope > someone can help. Is this what you want: http://cfajohnson.com/testing/floa

Re: [WSG] new site review

2009-09-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Raul Ferrer wrote: > http://www.raulferrer.com The contrast between most of the text and its background is so low as to be unreadable. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerra

Re: [WSG] The 'Some Links for Light Reading' posts

2009-09-22 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
> I?d just like to send a big thank you to Russ Weakley for taking the time > > to collate and send this to WSG Announce each week! I always find really > > interesting stuff there, and usually bookmark a couple of links from it. > > > > So, thanks Russ ? it?s really

Re: [WSG] my latest version of my page

2009-09-19 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
sult: 3 Errors Address:http://startrekcafe.alacorncomputer.com/ (The other pages I checked were fine.) Ugly background colour. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> ==

Re: [WSG] strange web page problems

2009-09-08 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
same problem again. > not telling me the font name. > what is the problem. It's impossible to tell without seeing the page. Please post a URL. Before you do that, however, make sure that the page is valid HTML and CSS. Go to <http://validator.w3.org>. -- Chris F.

RE: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility?

2009-08-18 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
> > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2308 - Release Date: 08/17/09 > 18:04:00 > > > > *********** > List Guidelines: h

Re: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility?

2009-08-18 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
range). > I've been out of the scene for a while, so I've lost touch with the current > practices and conventions. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author:

[WSG] Re: Announcement from web standards development/ xhtml / css / seo

2009-08-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
cleverclick.jpg> -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solutio

Re: [WSG] Usability in Links

2009-07-18 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
a problem.) -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)

RE: [WSG] font size - was [ Accessible websites]

2009-07-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
y around this, which provides a more consistent interface AND maintains user choice for those who want it? -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites

2009-07-02 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
nd the issues. There is no issue to code around. The only issue is overspecifying sizes which leads to inaccessible pages. Less is more. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> ==

Re: [WSG] working with line-height

2009-07-01 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
How does the 'gap' above and below the text gets calculated? What do the W3C specs say? If they don't say, then browsers can use whatever formula they like. -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> ==

Re: [WSG] super bad Opera bug - v9.62

2009-05-23 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
ything to do with the problem. but it's always a necessary step. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Appro

Re: [WSG] using skip links

2009-05-12 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
my h1 should always come after the 'content' anchor (or > within a #content div), so when screen reader skips my navigation to the > content, they're able to read the h1 as well. There's no need for an anchor; put an id atribute in : --

Re: [WSG] Browser toolbars

2009-05-04 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
s well, surely this is > not recommended?? It doesn't matter whether it is recommended or not; it is impossible. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shel

Re: [WSG] Firefox Ignoring Stylesheets

2009-04-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
Could it be because the css file is being served as text/html instead of text/css? -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A

Re: [WSG] Box model in IE7

2009-04-23 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
t;> Hi, > >> > >> Would you elaborate on why the CSS rule invalidates the article? As it > >> appears the authors explanation is sound. > >> > >> html { > >>> font-size: 62.5%; > >>>} > >>> > >&

RE: [WSG] Box model in IE7

2009-04-23 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
sage- > From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On > Behalf Of Chris F.A. Johnson > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:28 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Box model in IE7 > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Christopher Kennon wrote: > >

Re: [WSG] Box model in IE7

2009-04-23 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
a 1px solid border on both of them. In > > IE7 there is a gap between them but in Firefox they are right against each > > other. > > > > Go figure? -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> =

Re: [WSG] Safari background image problem with transparent PNGs

2009-03-31 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Christian Montoya wrote: Would someone please post a solution to this problem in Safari's rendering rather than criticizing the example posted or insisting on an alternate route? For f***'s sakes already. The alternate route *is* the solution. -- Chris F.

Re: [WSG] Safari background image problem with transparent PNGs

2009-03-30 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
I don't see the problem in Firefox. Do you specify a background for the header? If so, why? -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> = Do not reply to the From: address; use Reply-To: Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A

Re: [WSG] IE8 compatibility mode

2009-03-25 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Gunlaug S?rtun wrote: The start tag is missing in your page - you have directly followed by . That should make no difference. The HTML, HEAD and BODY tags are optional. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> =

RE: [WSG] a WCAG 2.0 question

2009-03-12 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
are that a new window has opened if it hasn't? I get annoyed by links marked with "will open in a new window" or similar, because in my browser, it will NOT open a new window, and I think for many people that is the case. Does anyone NOT disallow pop-up windows?

Re: [WSG] bluring vertical dotted border is bluring

2009-03-01 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
. <http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Feyecatcher.xtools.co.nz%2F> -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> = Do not reply to the From: address; use Reply-To: Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A

RE: [WSG] IE and the element

2009-02-24 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Chris F.A. Johnson Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2009 9:56 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] IE and the element On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, John Horner wrote: Thanks for all the di

RE: [WSG] IE and the element

2009-02-23 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
te or can be wrapped in an anchor. Why? All you need do is style the anchor element. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> = Do not reply to the From: address; use Reply-To: Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Soluti

Re: [WSG] URL naming best practice guide? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-19 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
mbers, hyphens, periods and underscores and which do not begin with a hyphen. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> = Do not reply to the From: address; use Reply-To: Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2

Re: [WSG] DHTML Menus

2009-02-17 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
rd to tell, but I have seen estimates from 10% to 20%. Because of the almost universal pop-up blockers, inconsiderate sites are using JavaScript to bypass them. This is likely to lead more people to turn off JS. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbin

Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
read. Interested in people's opinions. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> === Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) **

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-09 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
fact, used for presentation rather than semantic reasons. They exist only so that they can have styling applied to them. They don't provide any information about WHAT they contain. On Feb 9, 2009, at 3:23 AM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: On 9/2/09 07:45, Chris F.A. Johnson

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-09 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: On 9/2/09 07:45, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: How can CSS overflow replace ? See http://www.ejeliot.com/blog/59 Thanks, but I find the extra DIV no more objectionable than the hackery and extra CSS described in that article

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-08 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
reas of content that could be improved for screen readers. He's a good article about the topic http://www.webaim.org/techniques/screenreader/ -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> = Do not reply to the From: address; use Reply-To:

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-08 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
to insert these meaningless decorative tags using javascript and modifying the DOM, while non-javascript users would see a more cut down version of the design? Do screen readers pick up javascript and events? What do you want to do that cannot be done without JS? -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaste

Re: [WSG] Link issue

2009-02-06 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
verdana; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 33px; } -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> = Do not reply to the From: address; use Reply-To: Author: Shell Scripting Recipes:

RE: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new browser window

2009-02-05 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
et of linking standards.) I agree with Nielsen: 4. Best of all, prevent the browser from opening the document in the first place. -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://chris.woodbine-gerrard.com> ==