I strongly recommend you disable this feature of windows on any systems
you set up for the less computer literate because I can tell you form
experience with novice users that its a very bad feature.
David Dorward wrote:
On 28 Mar 2008, at 05:48, Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
Yes but you choose
Yes but you choose to do so rather than being forced to do so. Usability
tests still show that opening a new window confuses people. They can't
work out whey they can't go back and don't seem to be aware of the task
bar. I'm not sure how users react to tabbed browsers but in my own
limited
What about abbr title=Required*/abbr?
tee wrote:
I have this question about strong element being more semantical and
accessible for required field in the web form and like to hear your
opinion.
I came to the conclusion after conducting my little user testing - it
first started with an
Taco Fleur wrote:
Hello,
does anyone know how I can stop floats from wrapping (not sure if
thats the right word for it).
Best way to explain it is by going to the following page and resize
the browser to something smaller than 800px
http://www.clickfind.com.au/advertise-online.cfm
Once
If you have two paragraphs you might want to reconsider the use of a list.
Jermayn Parker wrote:
What if you need to have 'two' paragraphs? would it not make more
sense than to style a br???
On Feb 11, 2008 12:06 PM, Ben Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
You don't need the p inside
I think he is simply saying style the li element...
I might point out also that it does go against the doctrine of
standards, if you will ;), to use superfluous markup.
Taco Fleur wrote:
Not sure if I fully understand, I think you mean;
Assign the paragraph style to a HTML tag that is
John Faulds wrote:
If you have two paragraphs you might want to reconsider the use of a
list.
I don't agree. Consider as an example a 'list' of services - it may
take more than one paragraph to adequately describe each service, but
it is still a list.
in such a situation i would consider
In this particular instance I would say your approach is wrong because
the p servers no purpose. The text is simply a link, if it were actually
a paragraph of text then there might be a call for it, however even then
I'm not certain. So in this case though its definitely superfluous, IMHO.
Probs shouldn't keep this alive but I'll just quickly point out to
Christian that the file path may be absolute to the file system, i.e.
c:/mywebsite/crf_header.php is acceptable. Including with a url will be
supported on some servers also but of course you'll probably not get
what you were
Nick Fitzsimons wrote:
On 23 Jan 2008, at 17:29, Christian Snodgrass wrote:
[quote]
Although, in your specific case, I would go with what Dave Woods said. If
you really want those image check boxes, use normal check boxes, and then
use Javascript to swap those out for your image ones. With that
Martin Heiden wrote:
Simon,
on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 15:24 wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wrote:
I am on a webpage...how do I know what page the browser was previously
showing.
I think Javascript History object is the ticket...but STRICT mode in Firefox
seems to tell me that I
, 2007 7:48 AM, Jixor - Stephen I [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I have used them the caption has always come form the link's
title attribute so I would assume that to be accessible?
Accessible to whom?
Some points to bear in mind:
1) Many (most?) screenreaders do
I have made such radio inputs highlight the selected item to make it
even more clear what the user has selected. Thats the radio and label
obviously, not just the radio. Of course that is only possible via
javascript however it still seems worthwhile.
Steve Green wrote:
You're right, and
I would firstly consider what the content that your client wants to be
able to update himself actually is. If its highly complicated then you
might want to try to convince your client that it is not a good idea to
update it themselves. That said I try to convince all clients regardless
of job
This makes me think does anyone know of a really good comparison table,
I have seen some that just have a few technical features listed but they
actually are fairly useless for most concerns.
Michael Horowitz wrote:
What is it you like best about texpattern. I've done one Mambo site
and
Generally the caption comes from the title attribute and the lightbox is
launched from a link pointing to the resource that it will display.
Matheus Neves wrote:
Hi all,
I see everybody using lightbox as a good solution for photo galeries,
i´d like to know if anyone now anything about it´s
When I have used them the caption has always come form the link's title
attribute so I would assume that to be accessible?
Matthew Pennell wrote:
On Dec 3, 2007 4:00 AM, Matheus Neves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see everybody using lightbox as a good solution for
I have this maddening IE 6 7 text disappearing problem. In IE6 you can
highlight the text, so its in the right place, its just disappearing.
Something to do with has layout I'm guessing, but I'm not sure. I'm sure
someone here will have a common fix remembered. Thanks very much in
advance,
usually fix this by specifying position:relative to the element
with invisible text, or it's parent. Not sure why it happens in the
first place though..
On Nov 26, 2007 12:24 PM, Jixor - Stephen I [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have this maddening IE 6 7 text
With the sliding doors style if your boxes have standard content such as
a header followed by a paragraph then you can avoid adding any
additional markup too.
James Jeffery wrote:
What methods do you find best when creating rounded corners and
which methods are the most supported?
I have
That reminds me you can see what I was playing around with a couple of
years ago on my cruddy broken web site.
http://jixor.com/Stuff/Web/Panes
James Jeffery wrote:
What methods do you find best when creating rounded corners and
which methods are the most supported?
I have been using span
Mike check out the example I posted earlier and you can see how it can
be done without all the extra markup.
Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote:
I can offer this simple method:
http://mikecherim.com/experiments/css_smart_corners.php
I prefer spans over divs because divs do have semantic value as
No worries, I use threaded view in my mail client so its easy for me to
backtrack.
http://jixor.com/Stuff/Web/Panes
Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote:
Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
Mike check out the example I posted earlier and you
can see how it can be done without all the extra markup.
I
Adding your css directory to your robots.txt would certainly be an
assurance, unless search engines started to attach screencaps to search
results. I was going to say it would be a great idea for future proofing
however now I'm wondering.
John Faulds wrote:
This might prove useful -
Seeing as it looks like your developing for the browser without actually
having a Wii. I believe the PAL resolution is 480p (720x480). Obviously
also just take care not to have anything too fancy as it may be
difficult to interact with.
Geoff Pack wrote:
I've been looking around the Opera
You're certainly listing a lot of common problems with intranet
implementations. The larger the company the more disorganized it often
tends to be. This is generally because people in various divisions take
it upon themselves to set up their own software with little regard to
what has already
Hassan Schroeder wrote:
plasmo wrote:
To deal with this somewhat, I am taking a short quiz of people's
experiences with their current intranets.
Though I'm a self-employed consultant now, I've been involved with
a number of intranets dating back to one of the first (1994) cited
here:
I have used a technique where the side column sits inside the main
column. The main column's background will then form the background for
either column and therefore even if the sides column is longer than the
main content the background will not be broken and vice versa.
Joshua Street wrote:
Yes I'm sure too that would be the norm.
Jermayn Parker wrote:
I am personally both!!
I do not think many people stay in the one field and most 'swing'
between corporate and government/ school etc
On 9/12/07, * John Horner* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've
I did read about this somewhere, I thought the guidelines touched upon it.
Patrick Lauke wrote:
Tee G. Peng
I am working on a bilingual site (chinese/english) that needs
to pass
at least WCAG AA, the site is UTF-8 charset and I didn't use lang
attribute in the meta because it's a
Wouldn't all those heading sizes would look fairly similar, especially 102%?
Dean Edridge wrote:
Assuming that viewers of your site have not changed the settings on
their software to suit their eyesight or their general preferences is
wrong.
By giving users: body{font-size:100%;} you are
to start
unless you change back to small fonts. Also of course if you have a
higher resolution you also have a larger screen so the dpi will be quite
similar to a smaller screen (on desktops).
Dean Edridge wrote:
Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
Wouldn't all those heading sizes would look fairly similar
of 5% in
scaling can result in the same font ending up the same size however
notably wider.
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote:
Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
Wouldn't all those heading sizes would look fairly similar,
especially 102%?
Indeed, but those are the sizes I found suitable for my own site, and I
have
I would create a css solution, with some unobtrusive javascript to
enhance the functionality (such as to make it follow the mouse, animate
in/out, etc.) Even then if the user has IE5 with JS turned off clicking
the image could always take them to an enlarged view.
I would make a link
Could you use solid background gif and then the opacity filter in your
IE6 style sheet? I'm not sure if you can make the child of a translucent
parent opaque though.
Nick Cowie wrote:
Caitlin
It should be possible, depends on how much time you are willing to invest.
I have always had
If it has poor usability its actually bad design, because design isn't
just visual style.
If visual style wins out over usability then its ALWAYS BAD DESIGN.
There is no way around it... Unless this is some highly specialized site
like a quirky flash game or something else that we are not
Jermayn,
Use a content-disposition header to force a download so that the user
doesn't have to have their browser potentially crippled by Acrobat and
its easy to save for later viewing.
Content-disposition: attachment; filename=document.pdf
Jermayn Parker wrote:
pdfs are not going to go
I haven't fully gone through this article but just having a quick look
it seems like it might help you out.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css
Dean Matthews wrote:
Making my first attempt at non-table form styling with CSS and using
Cameron Adams horiz template with
You would be better off to use html and javascript with some flash for
your a/v components.
Marvin Hunkin wrote:
Hi.
now just wondering, can i develop flash web applications, using jaws, and
say using a programming interface say like microsoft visual studio, asp, or
the flash development
Gav... wrote:
quote who=John Horner
I think the inclusion of the postcodes in the tags is a little clunky,
and not very intuitive.
I've had no direct involvement with the makeover, but I happen to know
the reasoning behind the postcodes. There are a number of different
towns and
Gav... wrote:
quote who=John Horner
I think the inclusion of the postcodes in the tags is a little clunky,
and not very intuitive.
I've had no direct involvement with the makeover, but I happen to know
the reasoning behind the postcodes. There are a number of different
towns and
I have been using the background on html for some time on various sites
because of this problem. I don't know if standards allows it but it
works in all browsers.
Kane Tapping wrote:
Hi ,
I found my IE7 will show the bug on its first load, but any refresh
afterwards will load with the
Apply the background to the html element. Not sure if this fits in with
standards but it works.
Christian Montoya wrote:
Hello list,
On my site, http://christianmontoya.net/
the body does not extend past the content in IE 7 on initial page
load, so the background doesn't reach the bottom of
Yes, IMHO the best thing to do is to provide both a direct link to the
file and a flash player that is customized to your site's design.
James Ellis wrote:
Hi Ben
a href=/path/to/file.mp3file.mp3 [50 Kb]/a works well and allows
people to play the file in the player of their choice (maybe
The labels are also clickable to focus on their respective fields so I
wouldn't say they are purely accessibility oriented in nature.
Stuart Foulstone wrote:
Hi,
The labels are there for accessibility reasons, if you don't want to
design for accessibility, don't pretend to.
Stuart
On Thu,
I would refer to that as usability.
Stuart Foulstone wrote:
Hi,
Since the ability to click on the label (or field) to put focus on the
field is an accessibility feature of forms, I don't really understand your
point.
Stuart
On Thu, April 12, 2007 9:40 am, Jixor - Stephen I wrote
Nick,
Data-centric applications also usually allow you to use the arrow keys
to navigate around a form, this behavior could fairly easily be
replicated with a bit of careful planning. I don't think that Access
forms support that but it would be a nice exchange, loose the enter in
exchange
Just a note that most users don't know that you can use enter to submit.
Brian Duchek wrote:
You're gonna shoot yourself in the foot if you go one step further
without diving as deep as possible into answering the question why
does he want this?
If you're making something that looks like a web
I believe this question would fall within the scope of this group.
Anyway I would be very interested to know the answer to this, with a
link to the related legislation.
Giles Clark wrote:
Paul,
I think you are way off topic here. If you want to contact me directly
I'd be happy to help
Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Bert Doorn wrote:
Is it just me, or is this a common dilemma? Apart from abandoning
standards compliance (not an option as far as I'm concerned), setting
the site up in HTML4.01 Transitional and letting amateurs wreak havoc
with Micro$oft FONTPlague, what options are
Hi,
I have previously encountered XUL but only just started to look into it.
I have found it so far (only worked with it for one day) to be really
interesting. I was wondering what other wsg members thought of it and
maybe if they could give me some background or forecast regarding the
tech,
Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
I have previously encountered XUL but only just started to look into
it. I have found it so far (only worked with it for one day) to be
really interesting. I was wondering what other wsg members thought of
it and maybe if they could give me some
Nick Lo wrote:
Just out of interest what standards (in the sense of a generalised
approach) are you all applying to site structuring?
There is a well known article (that I cannot remember the URL for)
that discusses the fairly accepted standards for a site like; Home,
Contact Us, About Us,
Is there anything wrong with using css and adding a js to 'enable'
:hover for everything in ie?
Golding, Antony wrote:
Hello all,
We have been operating a drop down menu system on http://www.salford.gov.uk for
around a year now and in that time, the menu has changed from a pure JavaScript
Yeah this is what I would do. Just make sure that the site is also
navigable via the top level navigation. Or make different styles for ie
with no js enabled.
Mike Pepper wrote:
Nope, nothing at all. Just bung it in an IE conditional clause calling a
stylesheet containing an HTC behaviour call.
Williams, Cara wrote:
...
Is it possible to make it liquid (span the width of the browser window or
container)? At the moment it seems the browser displays each li at the
same width of the largest li.
...
Try using % widths for the li.
**
The
Bruno Torres wrote:
I am designing a new layout to my weblog and I'd like you people to
tell me your opinion about it.
The layout is on http://www.brunotorres.net/trial/index.php
All critics and opinions are welcome.
People using mac please, check it for me (iCapture is not working so I
have
Jacobus van Niekerk wrote:
Hi all,
I know a lot of people use this:
* {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
To help reduce code and eliminate lots of those strange default margins
issues.
Don't think this has been mentioned anywhere yet, but one issue I found with
this, was that within dropdowns the
Mani Sheriar wrote:
Thanks, Charles! Just to put in my two cents about the wasted space
issue
In general, I actually prefer fixed layouts to fluid. I have a wide
monitor and when divs take up all the available space on it they are
often unwieldy to read, not to mention less attractive.
I
Tom Livingston wrote:
Hello all,
On this page:
http://66.155.251.20/picotte.com/about/
my layout is bustin' out in IE5.01. Can anyone spot why? 5.5 and 6 are
good.
Thanks for any help.
Tom Livingston
Senior Multimedia Artist
Media Logic
mlinc.com
Mani Sheriar wrote:
Hi All,
I have made another CSS Zen Garden design ... after doing my first one I
just couldn't help myself - I was bit by the bug! (By the way, the
second time around was sooo much easier!)
Anyway, I was wondering if any of you might care to check it out and
offer me any
Charles Martin wrote:
Beautiful concept... I just would like to see the main column expand
to the width of the available space... Have to do a lot of scrolling
to reach the bottom... but just beautiful.
Just to have a bit of a go at most Zen designs, maybe.
It just wouldn't look as nice if it
Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan wrote:
Hello,
I have a little problem with a border with a site I'm doing. The
prototype's URL is http://www.raquedan.com/quickinfo.
My 3-column lay-out has a bit of a snag. The left-most sub-column has
a border that doesn't stretch all the way down to the length of
Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan wrote:
Hello,
I have a little problem with a border with a site I'm doing. The
prototype's URL is http://www.raquedan.com/quickinfo.
My 3-column lay-out has a bit of a snag. The left-most sub-column has
a border that doesn't stretch all the way
Jolorence Santos wrote:
Bruce,
Using negative margin is quite mouthful, it may display fine in latest
browsers which supports web standards but if you consider to target
some of those primitive browsers, I think you should be carefeul using
it. :)
Steven Clark wrote:
I think you may have the wrong end of the stick on what the initial
post was about. Someone wanted to point out that a site was badly made
and another suggested the sending of this document. All I am
suggesting is that in that circumstance it is neither professional nor
in
Bruce wrote:
I have used negative margins at various times, but I have a question I
would like to throw out there. I work a lot reconfiguring Movable
Type, and there can be a series of articles down a page. On my main
page, I have a border around each one, but the positioning I used to
have
Steven Clark wrote:
I've been reading my digests after a small holiday and I came across
this link posted a few days ago for moronic designers to be sent. Is
this really a good idea?
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~night.owl/morons.html
I mean I'm pro web standards etc and in all honestly I'd
berry wrote:
Why using p /p as p is a kind of span with margin.
The definitions are heading towards making the markup more descriptive
of its content. SPAN is just a general purpose inline wrapper. Where as
P actually describes a paragraph of text.
There is probally information that will
You also have to live in a magic world where they use the correct style
sheet, although mobile devices are better on this front than they were.
Ted Drake wrote:
Is there anyone out there that has had some success building a style sheet to make their web site look good on a pocket pc or cell
Maybe add a slight outline/glow/etc effect to the menu items as they
don't stand out too well, especially when hovering. Also find a way of
reducing image size that doesn't result in noticeable grain.
Later
Seona Bellamy wrote:
Hi guys,
Could I please have a few Mac users (both IE and Safari)
This is however the WSG mail list so you should comment on the coding.
Peter Blakey wrote:
Jason,
It looks O.K. The navigation
presents no major drama. No, I am not sure why you've designed the
site, other than self promotion, but is that an issue. I can't and
won't comment on the
Are there any mail clients that will automatically thread discussions? I
use news groups regularly and comparatively the discussion list is very
annoying and cumbersome.
Cheers.
**
The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/
See
I of course already use it I just didn't know it had this feature,
slightly annoying.
Thanks!
Jeffery Fernandez wrote:
Jixor - Stephen I wrote:
Are there any mail clients that will automatically thread
discussions? I use news groups regularly and comparatively the
discussion list is very
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