RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 
different people who were contacted by the same Group.

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.
It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

Houstin

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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:
 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and
 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show
 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this
 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other
 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7
 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is
 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect
 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5
 though).


At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on
elements with default or applied display: block; -

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */
   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known
problems?

Cordially,
David
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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

--

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

  _  

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Chabot, Elliot
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:30 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

The requirement for validation in WCAG 1.0 is contained in checkpoint 3.2,
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-identify-grammar
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-identify-grammar.   

Incidentally, checkpoint 3.2 is a requirement for Double-A conformance in
WCAG 1.0.

Elliot Chabot

Web Solutions Branch

House Information Resources

U.S. House of Representatives

http://www.house.gov 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Dorward
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:46 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 13 Jan 2010, at 04:02, c...@fagandesign.com.au wrote:

 Now, this Accessibility Appendix lists CSS validation (point 3) as a
required attribute for compliance.

No, it doesn't. The document says, under conformance:

. Conformance Level Triple-A: all Priority 1, 2, and 3 checkpoints
are satisfied;

Appendix A doesn't list any checkpoints.

 I guess my question is: Do IE-related CSS hacks cause a document to fail
AAA (or A/AA for that matter) Accessibility compliance?

Maybe and no. There are IE-related CSS hacks that are valid, and others that
are not.

The valid ones don't cause it to fail any checkpoint, as far as I know.

Guideline 3 says Use markup and style sheets and do so properly and you
could make a case that invalid CSS is not using style sheets properly.

Checkpoint 3.2 says Create documents that validate to published formal
grammars., but it can be argued that a style sheet is not a document.

Meanwhile, WCAG 2.0 makes no requirement that CSS be valid (and when refers
to 'markup' rather than 'documents').

-- 

David Dorward

http://dorward.me.uk

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:29 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received

11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have

another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with

their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian

nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of David Hucklesby

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

--

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:29 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received

11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have

another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with

their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian

nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of David Hucklesby

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

--

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Thierry Koblentz
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:03 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

 In the example you provided, I'd do this:

 1) move zoom: 1 to your IE6 rule (and to IE7 rule if necessary)

 2) place the IE6 and IE7 rules in an IE ONLY sheet 

 3) use a conditional comment to call the IE sheet

 

 Would that work?  If so, please explain your reasons for not doing so.

 

 Here are the pros and cons I'm aware of.  I'd be interested to hear
others.

 Pros

 A) enables CSS validation

 B) avoids possible failure of automated accessibility test

 C) facilitates site maintenance (easy to find and modify IE specific
rules)

 

I'd say it is the opposite. Having to deal with rules in different files
does not facilitate site maintenance.

 

 Con

 A) Delays initial page load by requiring additional call to the server

 

That's a pretty *big* CON compared to A and B

 

 

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Regards,

Thierry | www.tjkdesign.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Nick Stone
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:26 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Christian,

 

You said you've been told to place IE specific rules in a separate 

sheet, but you don't mention why you haven't done so. 

 

In the example you provided, I'd do this:

1) move zoom: 1 to your IE6 rule (and to IE7 rule if necessary)

2) place the IE6 and IE7 rules in an IE ONLY sheet 

3) use a conditional comment to call the IE sheet

 

Would that work?  If so, please explain your reasons for not doing so.

 

Here are the pros and cons I'm aware of.  I'd be interested to hear others.

Pros

A) enables CSS validation

B) avoids possible failure of automated accessibility test

C) facilitates site maintenance (easy to find and modify IE specific rules)

 

Con

A) Delays initial page load by requiring additional call to the server

 

 

Aloha,

Nick Stone

 

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Nick Stone, MBA

SEO  Web Accessibility || coding, writing  consulting

boa...@nick-stone.com

http://nick-stone.com/

434-284-2840

 

 

 

c...@fagandesign.com.au wrote:

 

 

  From: c...@fagandesign.com.au

  I guess my question is: Do IE-related CSS hacks cause a document to

  fail AAA (or A/AA for that matter) Accessibility compliance?

  

 

  Hi Christian,

 

  If you mean things like zoom or even proprietary -Moz or -KHTML

  properties... no, that doesn't affect accessibility. Guidelines are

  subjective in that it's up to the site's owner to say whether or not

  his site is accessible after testing it against the various guidelines.

  The W3 validator is the issue. It should have been programmed years ago

  to ignore most, if not all, proprietary properties.

 

  --

  Al Sparber - PVII

  http://www.projectseven.com

  Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets

  http://www.projectseven.com/go/hgm

  The Ultimate Web 2.0 Carousel

 

 Specifically, I mean something like this

 

 .element {float:left;display:inline;zoom:1;margin-right:30px;}

  * html .element {float:none;} /* IE6 */

  *+ html .element {float:right;} /* IE7 */

 

 I've been told to put these IE specific attributes in a seperate IE 

 stylesheet in order to avoid validation errors that supposedly affect 

 the AAA Acessibility check.

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

  _  

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:30 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of c...@fagandesign.com.au
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:53 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Quoting Nick Stone boa...@nick-stone.com:

 

 Christian,

 

 You said you've been told to place IE specific rules in a separate

 sheet, but you don't mention why you haven't done so.

 Would that work?  If so, please explain your reasons for not doing so.

 

 C) facilitates site maintenance (easy to find and modify IE specific
rules)

 

Thanks for the feedback Nick.

 

I guess it's a personal preference to have the IE specific  

declarations right next to the original/good browser onesI find  

it's far easier to debug rather than having a seperate IE stylesheet.  

This is the way I've done it for ages now and until now, haven't run  

into any problems.

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:29 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received

11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have

another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with

their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian

nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of David Hucklesby

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

  _  

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Chabot, Elliot
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:30 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

The requirement for validation in WCAG 1.0 is contained in checkpoint 3.2,
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-identify-grammar
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-identify-grammar.   

Incidentally, checkpoint 3.2 is a requirement for Double-A conformance in
WCAG 1.0.

Elliot Chabot

Web Solutions Branch

House Information Resources

U.S. House of Representatives

http://www.house.gov 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Dorward
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:46 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 13 Jan 2010, at 04:02, c...@fagandesign.com.au wrote:

 Now, this Accessibility Appendix lists CSS validation (point 3) as a
required attribute for compliance.

No, it doesn't. The document says, under conformance:

. Conformance Level Triple-A: all Priority 1, 2, and 3 checkpoints
are satisfied;

Appendix A doesn't list any checkpoints.

 I guess my question is: Do IE-related CSS hacks cause a document to fail
AAA (or A/AA for that matter) Accessibility compliance?

Maybe and no. There are IE-related CSS hacks that are valid, and others that
are not.

The valid ones don't cause it to fail any checkpoint, as far as I know.

Guideline 3 says Use markup and style sheets and do so properly and you
could make a case that invalid CSS is not using style sheets properly.

Checkpoint 3.2 says Create documents that validate to published formal
grammars., but it can be argued that a style sheet is not a document.

Meanwhile, WCAG 2.0 makes no requirement that CSS be valid (and when refers
to 'markup' rather than 'documents').

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:29 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received

11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have

another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with

their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian

nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of David Hucklesby

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

--

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Thierry Koblentz
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:25 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

 Nick

 Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and separate
style sheet.

 It's a valid rule that basically says show the screen at 100%. A user
style sheet 

 can still over-ride this rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without
causing 

 other issues.  

 This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7 and there's
not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is to use
min/max-height or min/max-height.

But I agree, zoom's perfect for those who don't care for CSS validation
(does not work in IE5 though). 

 

 

--

Regards,

Thierry | www.tjkdesign.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Ted Drake
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:54 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Nick

Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and separate style
sheet.

It's a valid rule that basically says show the screen at 100%. A user style
sheet can still over-ride this rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout
without causing other issues.  This is what Microsoft recommended when they
introduced IE7 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Nick Stone

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:26 AM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Christian,

 

You said you've been told to place IE specific rules in a separate 

sheet, but you don't mention why you haven't done so. 

 

In the example you provided, I'd do this:

1) move zoom: 1 to your IE6 rule (and to IE7 rule if necessary)

2) place the IE6 and IE7 rules in an IE ONLY sheet 

3) use a conditional comment to call the IE sheet

 

Would that work?  If so, please explain your reasons for not doing so.

 

Here are the pros and cons I'm aware of.  I'd be interested to hear others.

Pros

A) enables CSS validation

B) avoids possible failure of automated accessibility test

C) facilitates site maintenance (easy to find and modify IE specific rules)

 

Con

A) Delays initial page load by requiring additional call to the server

 

 

Aloha,

Nick Stone

 

-- 

Nick Stone, MBA

SEO  Web Accessibility || coding, writing  consulting

boa...@nick-stone.com

http://nick-stone.com/

434-284-2840

 

 

 

c...@fagandesign.com.au wrote:

 

 

  From: c...@fagandesign.com.au

  I guess my question is: Do IE-related CSS hacks cause a document to

  fail AAA (or A/AA for that matter) Accessibility compliance?

  

 

  Hi Christian,

 

  If you mean things like zoom or even proprietary -Moz or -KHTML

  properties... no, that doesn't affect accessibility. Guidelines are

  subjective in that it's up to the site's owner to say whether or not

  his site is accessible after testing it against the various guidelines.

  The W3 validator is the issue. It should have been programmed years ago

  to ignore most, if not all, proprietary properties.

 

  --

  Al Sparber - PVII

  http://www.projectseven.com

  Dreamweaver Menus | Galleries | Widgets

  http://www.projectseven.com/go/hgm

  The Ultimate Web 2.0 Carousel

 

 Specifically, I mean something like this

 

 .element {float:left;display:inline;zoom:1;margin-right:30px;}

  * html .element {float:none;} /* IE6 */

  *+ html .element {float:right;} /* IE7 */

 

 I've been told to put these IE specific attributes in a seperate IE 

 stylesheet in order to avoid validation errors that supposedly affect 

 the AAA Acessibility check.

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

  _  

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Dorward
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:25 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

 

On 13 Jan 2010, at 21:30, Chabot, Elliot wrote:





The requirement for validation in WCAG 1.0 is contained in checkpoint 3.2,
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-identify-grammar
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-identify-grammar.   

Err, yes. As I said (and you quoted!):

Checkpoint 3.2 says Create documents that validate to published formal
grammars., but it can be argued that a style sheet is not a document.

Meanwhile, WCAG 2.0 makes no requirement that CSS be valid (and when refers
to 'markup' rather than 'documents').

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:29 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received

11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have

another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with

their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian

nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of David Hucklesby

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

--

 

 

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
 

 

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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:30 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of David Hucklesby
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

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RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

2010-01-13 Thread Houstin R. Hutton
Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received
11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have
another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with
their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian
nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

 

-Original Message-
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Houstin R. Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:29 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: RE: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

Sorry to see that you have been also spammed by some jerk. I have received

11 e-mails spam from 

different people who were contacted by the same Group.

 

Some person, if one would call them that has done it to us all. I have

another word for them. Spammers.

It is unfortunate that some people have nothing constructive to do with

their lives except raise hell.

 

I sent a question to a forum at Web Standards Group but I am not Christian

nor is that related to my question.

 

Houstin

 

-Original Message-

From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On

Behalf Of David Hucklesby

Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:44 PM

To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

Subject: Re: [WSG] AAA Accessibility and validation

 

On 1/13/10 12:24 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote:

 Nick Zoom:1 is not bad enough to warrant a conditional comment and

 separate style sheet. It's a valid rule that basically says show

 the screen at 100%. A user style sheet can still over-ride this

 rule. It's an easy way to add hasLayout without causing other

 issues. This is what Microsoft recommended when they introduced IE7

 and there's not a strong reason to avoid it.

 

 Another way to trigger hasLayout in IE7 without failing validation is

 to use min/max-height or min/max-height. But I agree, zoom's perfect

 for those who don't care for CSS validation (does not work in IE5

 though).

 

 

At the moment, I am using this to trigger hasLayout for IE 6+7 on

elements with default or applied display: block; -

 

   .add-layout { display: inline-block; } /* add layout to IE 6+7 */

   .add-layout { display: block; } /* does not reset layout */

 

Valid CSS and does not seem to disturb other browsers.

 

I may be all wet, but limited testing so far seems to work. Any known

problems?

 

Cordially,

David

--

 

 

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