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

2011-01-27 Thread Christie Mason
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RE: [WSG] E Learning for Telecom Operators(Telcos).I

2011-01-11 Thread Christie Mason
#x27;ve long maintained that a GUI for an eLearning project shouldn't be any different than any other web based content presentation. Focus on usability and navigation, focus on the learner's preferences not the training indust

RE: [WSG] Standards based Drupal WYSIWYG Editor

2010-02-26 Thread Christie Mason
KConfig.EditorAreaStyles FCKConfig.ToolbarComboPreviewCSS But that doesn't change the styles in the style drop down to the site styles Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

RE: [WSG] Standards based Drupal WYSIWYG Editor

2010-02-26 Thread Christie Mason
d InnovaStudio because it easily integrates use of site styles by the editor, but it's not commonly available within most CMS apps. Would like to learn about any other editors that can easily integrate with a site's CSS. Christie Mason

RE: [WSG] standards matter - an informationweek article

2009-04-23 Thread Christie Mason
I think he was referring to this story http://www.informationweek.com/news/infrastructure/management/showArticle.jh tml?articleID=216600011 Christie Mason -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Johnson Sent: Thursday

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
s, Flash can be used appropriately to give rich depth to a concept, but it's still primarily used in the eLearning world (including both corporate trainers and educators) to port PPT to Flash and that's just wrong. Christie Mason **

[WSG] SEO and Flash

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
It seems that SEs are beginning to index text in Flash. Maybe the same will be true of screen readers, some day. http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Search-Engine-Optimization-Help/Search-Engine-Ind exing-for-Flash-Websites-is-Improving/#?kc=EWKNLINF01142009STR5 Christie Mason

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
ing experience, as I hopefully demonstrated above? CM - As long as there's a recognition that using multimedia at all times doesn't always add value, it's fine with me. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgr

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
Brett you are correct, This is a personal theory based on some personal observations. Do you use a Mac as your primary development computer? Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
le, then layer in the complex only as needed. CM - Plus people "read" the web differently than they read a book or watch a movie (from 1997 but still true http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html) People scan the web, people can't scan Flash. CM - Think about this discussi

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-14 Thread Christie Mason
-Original Message- From:f Hassan Schroeder Christie Mason wrote: > Yes, I've tried Flex and abandoned the effort. > ... Plus, there's the maintenance issue. Simple example I always > use is what if you had to change a corporate logo in every Flash file? To >

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-13 Thread Christie Mason
ced which version of which product image when they were created. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

RE: # Re: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-12 Thread Christie Mason
uence decision making levels, students/employees that love the web push to learn from formal resources the way they informally learn from the web, plus content changes in ever decreasing time cycles which leaves little time to build and rebuild Flash delivered content. Christie Mason

RE: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-08 Thread Christie Mason
Exactly right. I've sadly watched Flash take over eLearning and still haven't figured out the attraction, except that it offers the control of PPT while appearing to be "rich".There's only a very few types of web sites that still use Flash for delivering primary content - media sites, those th

RE: [WSG] Beta Testers Needed for BCAT

2009-01-07 Thread Christie Mason
t use a standard CMS approach, apply web standards, and link in alternate media? Then the text can be made larger and even the size of graphics, such as icons, can be increased with standard browser settings. Christie Mason ***

RE: [WSG] Question about change color of numbers in OL list

2008-11-06 Thread Christie Mason
nter-increment: item; font-weight: bold; color: #00FD00; } Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

RE: [WSG] Who are the "Away on leave" Notices from?

2008-11-05 Thread Christie Mason
Yep, but they're just a little less annoying than read receipts. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Lapcewich Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:41 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Who are the

RE: [WSG] Navigation - Pseudo Standards?

2007-11-15 Thread Christie Mason
nd "searches" with a query for the link results but that doesn't affect user expectation of where certain types of links s/b located. The question is the same, just the words are different. "Product" based navigation is usually on the right or left for B2B sites? Christie M

RE: [WSG] Navigation - Pseudo Standards?

2007-11-15 Thread Christie Mason
because it's a liquid design, not a static layout with blank space on both sides. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Hancock Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:54 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Navig

[WSG] Navigation - Pseudo Standards?

2007-11-14 Thread Christie Mason
with products in the right column, others feel the opposite. Does anyone know of any studies or review of user preferences indicating which is the majority preference for web users? Christie Mason *** List Guidelines:

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-08 Thread Christie Mason
#x27;s customer. Christie Mason *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

RE: [WSG] Why DON'T you-know-who just fix the site?

2007-10-08 Thread Christie Mason
hearing their message, it's their fault and they need to repackage the message. Instead of thinking about fault, think about how to change the perception so that businesses will buy standards and accessibility - without using the word "should". Pierce the perception. Christie Mason

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
On Oct 5, 2007, at 3:15 AM, Christie Mason wrote: There are many ways to change a culture, but legislating is not one of them. I'm sorry, but I can't let that blatantly false statement go unchallenged. History is full of examples of changes for the better and for the worse bro

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
Christie Mason wrote: > I can't believe I'm even talking about rights > and shopping in the same sentence. Barney Are you implying that shopping is a luxury? As horrible as you may find it, shopping is actually necessary for human survival in a capitalist society. It'

RE: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
s and elevators were not legislated into existence. Before there were malls, stores figured out that it was more efficient to build multiple levels and then make it easy for customers to access those multiple levels. Christie Mason ***

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-05 Thread Christie Mason
against any group of any definition. They are just dumb and have allowed some dink to "sell" them on the idea that this is a good design, when in fact it ignores the needs of many, which makes in inaccessible and unusable and puts them at a competitive disadvantage. There are many ways t

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
Christie wrote:> > It's very, very difficult to defend the Target site, it's an unusable mess > so I don't use it, but Target does have the right to have a bad site. > Kerry Not if they lose this case, they don't. Christie Then they will still have to the right to have a bad, accessible site. -

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
ople actually decreased after protective laws were passed. It's much easier to hide why you didn't hire a disabled person than to fire, with merit, someone in a protected group after you've hired them. Christie Mason ***

RE: [WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
bout that" instead of "I" or "we" "should do something about that". It's very, very difficult to defend the Target site, it's an unusable mess so I don't use it, but Target does have the right to have a bad site. They have the right to lose $.

[WSG] Cost of Accessibility

2007-10-04 Thread Christie Mason
extensive use of image maps, and graphics for navigation. They cost more to code and maintain than dynamically filtering lists for navigation. If Target doesn't "get" how their methods are costing them sales, negatively impacting their brand, and increasing their web support cost

RE: [Spam] Re: [WSG] Using target="_blank"

2007-07-25 Thread Christie Mason
asing use of tabs has overcome any "new window" reluctance. I have FF set to open new windows in tabs and it looks like IE 7 does the same. Is that correct? Christie Mason .. If you have a complex site which involves lots of page swappi

RE: [WSG] Page Structure

2007-07-02 Thread Christie Mason
e clients happy, but it does not have the highest contextual importance for users and SEO. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: Thierry Koblentz I don't know why we're talking about Newspapers and/or Books here. This is not print isn't? There is not such thing that cov

RE: [WSG] Definition lists for comments in blogs

2005-05-30 Thread Christie Mason
That may be because most people don't know it's an acronym. Foobar IS F.U.B.A.R. Christie Mason -Original Message- Rick Faaberg The only thing I can think of is: are you aware of the origin of "fubar" (which is the correct spelling of foobar)? It's totally

RE: [WSG] Who's putting javascript in my code?

2005-03-24 Thread Christie Mason
Are you using FireFox, IE or something else?  I think that's browser based and it's something I've ignored but also been curious about.   Christie Mason   -Original Message- From: Carol Doersom To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, March 23,

RE: [WSG] making money out of web standards

2004-12-29 Thread Christie Mason
lots of "you" and "your", site standards very easily w/o the expense and tedious slogging of changing each page individually. They can control who sees what, when, how. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wong Chi

RE: [WSG] The Holy Grail ... CSS Liquid Three-Column Layout

2004-12-17 Thread Christie Mason
I've been playing with http://www.saila.com/usage/layouts/ and so far the results have been good. Christie Mason ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hin

RE: [WSG] Another amazing css zen garden entry

2004-12-17 Thread Christie Mason
Yes, I did use the correct URL, you may want to use something like Tiny URL for future links. I may have missed some opacity in IE but I didn't really feel like I missed anything, the page was still very wow. Unfortunately, I'm not fond of wow. Christie Mason -Original Message

RE: [WSG] Another amazing css zen garden entry

2004-12-17 Thread Christie Mason
In my Firefox .9.3, both sites only show text and some colored backgrounds. I had to view them in IE to see the wow factors. Christie Mason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Laakso Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:51 AM To: [EMAIL

RE: [WSG] should you refuse to support IE?

2004-10-18 Thread Christie Mason
n IE, I put this linked notice on my site. "Why is this site best viewed with FireFox? Try it and experience the difference." Christie Mason ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.or