RE: [WSG] Source order of content / navigation

2012-06-05 Thread Steve Green
is for and why it is deemed necessary for the focus to move to the main body content first. As a general principle, meeting users' expectations is important for a good user experience. As Steve Krug said, "don't make me think". Steve -Original Message- From: li...@we

RE: [WSG] WCAG 2.0 compliance and best practise on the "Skip to" function [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2012-06-05 Thread Steve Green
purists would argue that it is merely replicating the function of the Home key. Of course tablets and mobile phones don't have a Home key, which sort of undermines that argument. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Rapley Sent: 0

[WSG] RE: WCAG 2.0 compliance and best practise on the "Skip to" function [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2012-06-05 Thread Steve Green
'skip' links are not likely to be using these browsers. I believe that Opera has the native ability to jump to headings, so that would provide a very similar capability, especially if you add hidden headings for the navigation. I don't believe any other browsers have any such fea

RE: [WSG] WSG - Time for a re-think on WSG.

2012-03-19 Thread Steve Green
" You wouldn't put up with a web page that forced you to read a short message and hit the delete key before seeing the rest of the page." That's exactly what the new European cookie law is going to force you to do. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webst

RE: [WSG] list heading - best practice?

2012-03-07 Thread Steve Green
dialog, but none of those purposes apply in this case. An heading is all that is required, as others have previously said. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of coder Sent: 07 March 2012 12:42 To: wsg

RE: [WSG] list heading - best practice?

2012-03-07 Thread Steve Green
-Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Oliver Boermans Sent: 07 March 2012 11:20 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] list heading - best practice? On 6 March 2012 09:20, Dan Freeman wrote: > How about in HTML5?

Re: [WSG] list heading - best practice?

2012-03-05 Thread Steve Faulkner
hi again, maybe i missed something but whats the issue with using heading in a list? regards stevef On 5 March 2012 01:51, Steve Faulkner wrote: > Hi, agree with Russ here, > > for example does > > > change the semantics? I think not, use of aria-labelledby is another way &

Re: [WSG] list heading - best practice?

2012-03-05 Thread Steve Faulkner
he elements. > > Does this make sense? > Russ > > > > *** > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@web

RE: [WSG] Read Speaker?

2012-02-21 Thread Steve Green
oney could fund a continuous program of remedial work that would benefit all user groups rather than the fairly narrow range of user groups that benefit from ReadSpeaker. Steve Green From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James O'Neill Sent: 21 F

RE: [WSG] Read Speaker?

2012-02-21 Thread Steve Green
services (and they are not cheap) there are much better ways you can spend the money that will benefit more people. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James O'Neill Sent: 21 February 2012 18:34 To

RE: [WSG] Accessibility: form errors at the end

2011-07-18 Thread Steve Green
If you are asking whether there needs to be a link from the error message to the corresponding form control, the answer is no. Steve Green Director Test Partners Ltd From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org on behalf of Sue Sent: Mon 18/07/2011 02:45 To: wsg

RE: [WSG] accessibilty: avoid radio buttons?

2011-07-16 Thread Steve Green
options at a glance and only one click is necessary instead of two. Steve Green Director Test Partners Ltd From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org on behalf of tee Sent: Sun 17/07/2011 00:14 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] accessibilty: avoid radio buttons

RE: [WSG] Accessibility Testing

2011-06-24 Thread Steve Green
er comment regarding the use of Vision Australia's tools if you have the skills to use them. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Spellacy, Michael Sent: 24 June 201

Re: [WSG] question about screen reader behavior when pulling in content via Ajax fetch

2011-03-27 Thread Steve Faulkner
andardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > *** > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques f

RE: [WSG] Mobile testing methods or emulators

2011-03-26 Thread Steve Green
0 times longer than you could do the task using a desktop browser. Even typing URLs was taking a couple of minutes (they typically contained 50 characters or so), so we had to use a URL shortening service to speed that up. Good luck and let us know if you find a better service. Steve Gree

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

2011-01-27 Thread Steve Green
s and broader goals (such as 'improving the web' or 'forcing users to upgrade their browsers') and base it on what's most appropriate for your client. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of

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

2011-01-27 Thread Steve Green
any value in it. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of designer Sent: 27 January 2011 13:14 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x I hear what you are saying Steve, but isn't

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

2011-01-27 Thread Steve Green
and interesting, not because they provide better value for their clients. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 27 January 2011 00:40 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4

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

2011-01-26 Thread Steve Green
dsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Ted Drake Sent: 26 January 2011 18:43 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x Hi Steve Can you give some links to research that back up this statement? As far as I know, the screen readers will accept the new tags when you are using something othe

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

2011-01-25 Thread Steve Green
x27;s different if you're building websites that will be around for years. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of David Dorward Sent: 25 January 2011 09:52 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML

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

2011-01-25 Thread Steve Green
o indicate that they do. So what exactly is the benefit? Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org on behalf of Thierry Koblentz Sent: Tue 25/01/2011 04:29 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x > At the moment, HTML5 doesn

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

2011-01-24 Thread Steve Green
hat will change (in years rather than months). Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au Sent: 24 January 2011 22:45 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] HTML5 v. HT

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Green
years before ARIA provides any real benefit. Besides, it was difficult enough to get the developers to make the website WCAG-compliant, never mind introducing new concepts they don't understand. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgro

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-22 Thread Steve Green
page behind it. All you need to do is Shift+Tab to tab backwards into the lightbox. Alternatively, if you press the tab key enough times the focus will eventually return to the lightbox. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 22 J

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-21 Thread Steve Green
ut it didn't get implemented. Steve From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 21 January 2011 04:21 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes On Jan 20, 201

RE: [WSG] Accessible modal windows / lightboxes

2011-01-20 Thread Steve Green
only time the focus is not correctly controlled is when the 'Recommend to a friend' or 'Email results' forms are submitted. In these cases the focus returns to the top of the page. The developers tell us it's because they can't control the focus after an HTTP request.

Re: [WSG] or ?

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Faulkner
The element is the correct element to use in the case of site navigation links. You are correct about menu which when implemented will be like a desktop app menu. The nav element is not generally accessibility supported in browsers yet, which means it's semantics are not conveyed, but you ca

RE: [WSG] HTML5 - Marking up forms

2010-11-10 Thread Steve Green
I'm with Patrick on this one. The , and elements provide all the semantic structure you need. Anything else is noise. Steve Green Test Partners Ltd -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Eric Taylor Sent: 10 Nov

RE: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner

2010-11-08 Thread Steve Green
It's just an animated GIF. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Grant Bailey Sent: 08 November 2010 12:14 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Google 'X-ray' banner Hello, Does anyone know how Google did their 'X-

RE: [WSG] Where are we with Frames?

2010-10-26 Thread Steve Green
content providers address this by using fixed font sizes, which just introduces a different problem. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 26 October 2010 03:00 To: wsg

RE: [WSG] Accessibility Testing

2010-10-22 Thread Steve Green
be aware that those who offer a testing service (such as the three I mentioned above) tend not to be cooperative. Steve Green Managing Director Test Partners Ltd *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cf

RE: [WSG] Image Maps

2010-10-14 Thread Steve Green
g courses for the public sector, and they make extensive use of image maps. In most cases, clicking the link causes new content to be displayed on the current page rather than loading a new page. We keep telling them to implement the feature differently but they persist despite all th

Re: [WSG] Yes/No structure?

2010-06-08 Thread Steve Gibbings
don't have an issue of course, my view was purely >user experience. On 8 Jun 2010, at 02:38, Ben Buchanan wrote: > > > On 7 June 2010 14:58, Steve Gibbings wrote: > I have a problem with that. Radio button sets should always have an option > selected, there is no un

Re: [WSG] Yes/No structure?

2010-06-08 Thread Steve Gibbings
On 08/06/2010, at 11:38 AM, Ben Buchanan wrote: > >> >> >> On 7 June 2010 14:58, Steve Gibbings wrote: >> I have a problem with that. Radio button sets should always have an option >> selected, there is no undefined selection. This makes sense when you &g

Re: [WSG] Yes/No structure?

2010-06-08 Thread Steve Gibbings
don't have an issue of course, my view was purely >user experience. Regards, Steve On 8 Jun 2010, at 02:38, Ben Buchanan wrote: > > > On 7 June 2010 14:58, Steve Gibbings wrote: > I have a problem with that. Radio button sets should always have an option > selec

Re: [WSG] Yes/No structure?

2010-06-06 Thread Steve Gibbings
I have a problem with that. Radio button sets should always have an option selected, there is no undefined selection. This makes sense when you remember where the radio button metaphor came from. However seems that doesn't get universally implemented. On 7 Jun 2010, at 02:25, Ben Buchanan

Re: [WSG] Podlena, Stephen is out of the office.

2010-06-04 Thread Steve Gibbings
Please people set your email auto responses to not respond to email groups. You should be able to add addresses to ignore. Thanks. On 5 Jun 2010, at 00:11, spodl...@bayside.vic.gov.au wrote: > I will be out of the office starting 05/06/2010 and will not return until > 08/06/2010. > > I will

Re: [WSG] Testing on Windows 7

2010-04-11 Thread Steve Gibbings
Correction I meant "would NOT expect any material differences..." You're very welcome Peter. Steve Gibbings Web designer & Developer www.stevegibbingsdesign.co.uk On 11/04/2010 10:46, Peter Mount wrote: Thanks for that Have a good day. -- Peter Mount i...@petermount.com

[WSG] Unsubscribing

2010-01-20 Thread Steve Baty
Sorry, but this is now out of control. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org **

RE: [WSG] google chrome frame

2010-01-03 Thread Steve Green
s not forget that some parts of the world cannot afford to upgrade as fast as we can. Steve Green *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG] Complex data tables, accessibility and XHTML Basic 1.1

2009-11-01 Thread Steve Green
-Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Kat Sent: 02 November 2009 01:35 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Complex data tables, accessibility and XHTML Basic 1.1 Steve Green wrote: > I am tempted to say t

RE: [WSG] Complex data tables, accessibility and XHTML Basic 1.1

2009-11-01 Thread Steve Green
would benefit from this either. Steve Green Director Test Partners Ltd -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Kat Sent: 02 November 2009 00:19 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Complex data tables, accessibility

RE: [WSG] skip links

2009-10-28 Thread Steve Green
...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Mark Huppert Sent: 29 October 2009 00:19 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] skip links Thanks for that Steve - but I was trying answer the question: "Can anyone point me to the best way of providing a 'skip nav' procedure which is invis

RE: [WSG] skip links

2009-10-28 Thread Steve Green
] skip links spot the typo regards Mark _ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Mark Huppert Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:34 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] skip links Steve One way to do it is make a

RE: [WSG] skip links

2009-10-28 Thread Steve Green
I always point people to http://blackwidows.co.uk/. The links are accessible to screen readers and are displayed when they have focus so they are accessible to sighted users who use keyboard navigation. _ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of

RE: [WSG] Accessible Image Map Editors

2009-10-25 Thread Steve Green
It may seem strange, but image maps are more accessible to screen reader users than to almost any other user group. They are a significant barrier to some user groups even when correctly coded, so you should provide the information in an alternative, accessible manner. For your class exercise you

RE: [WSG] dl as paragraph?

2009-10-12 Thread Steve Green
Hi everyone. I was just looking at a page on the National Library of Australia web site (http://www.nla.gov.au/services/issnabout.html) and noticed the font rendering was strange in my browser (Firefox 3.5.3). When I looked at the markup to try and understand why, I found that the site seem to be

RE: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Steve Green
nuous maintenance as governments switch at varying speeds from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0. This transition may take even longer in cases such as the US who have created their own accessibility requirements based on (but not the same as) the WCAG. Why do you want to know this information? Steve _ Fro

RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Steve Green
associated in two ways (the 'for' and 'id' attributes and the fact that they are enclosed in the element. JAWS does associate the text label and form control if the element is not present but that limits your styling options. I have no idea why JAWS behaves this way. Steve Gr

[WSG] Form question

2009-07-15 Thread steve . haffenden
outside of the form tag? Thanks Steve Haffenden *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

RE: [WSG] Ecomm using Paypal

2009-06-21 Thread Steve Eagleson
>From the PayPal site at https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/ e_howto_html_Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables#id08A6HH0D0TA no_shipping is an optional attribute, which deals with shipping addresses. Allowable values are: 0 - prompt for an address, but do no

RE: [WSG] Ecomm using Paypal

2009-06-21 Thread Steve Eagleson
The site appears to have been generated from a package or template. I'm guessing that this was MySource Matrix, but I don't see any info on PayPal integration on their site. Do you have the original application or documentation? If so, you might contact them or PayPal. As this is for no_shippin

RE: [WSG] fonts problems

2009-06-20 Thread Steve Eagleson
: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Steve Eagleson Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 2:23 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] fonts problems With the exception of the missing graphics, everything looks OK to me in IE8. Like Matijs, I’m not

RE: [WSG] fonts problems

2009-06-20 Thread Steve Eagleson
should be on your computer, unless they have removed them in Vista. Anybody using Vista that can verify this? There is also an invalid color code in the a:visited section, line 21. Should be six characters, not five. Hope this helps From: Steve Eagleson [mailto:zen27

RE: [WSG] fonts problems

2009-06-20 Thread Steve Eagleson
With the exception of the missing graphics, everything looks OK to me in IE8. Like Matijs, I’m not sure what “insert f” means. Are you trying to edit your style sheet? Oh wait, I found a problem. You forgot to fold the eggs back in to your vegetable fried rice From: li...@webst

RE: [WSG] The weirdest IE bug I've ever encountered.

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Green
http://foorider.blogspot.com/2007/09/css-ie7-float-italic-background.html http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/italicbug-ie.html Steve _ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Essential eBiz Solutions Sent: 04 June 2009 02:57 To

RE: [WSG] Image Replacement and Accessabilty

2009-04-14 Thread Steve Green
c etc. Techniques such as sIFR or FLIR address some of these issues but none of them address all the issues, so every technique will be inaccessible to some people. Steve *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guideline

RE: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Green
gainst Web Standards. -- Is this list interested in discussing how to balance the conflicting requirements of various stakeholders (including marketers) or does it take the dogmatic position that compliance with web stardards trumps everything el

RE: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Green
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Maben Sent: 25 March 2009 15:18 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] add to favorites? On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Steve Green wrote: It's not just replicating browser function

RE: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Green
It's not just replicating browser functionality - it's a call to action. As such I think it's perfectly reasonable. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Lauke Sent: 25 March 200

RE: [WSG] a WCAG 2.0 question

2009-03-12 Thread Steve Green
t all, regardless of what WCAG 2.0 may or may not say. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jon Gunderson Sent: 12 March 2009 14:23 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] a WCAG 2.0 question I think

Re: [WSG] macpro and softwares..

2009-03-05 Thread Steve Wiles
get the best of both worlds. have fun Steve On 5 Mar 2009, at 18:32, Naveen Bhaskar wrote: Hi, I used to work in a windows system and now I am working in a macbook pro. how can I test my webpages for IE. Is there any IE installers available for mac? Also pls let me know what are the soft

Re: [WSG] Link issue

2009-02-06 Thread Steve Wilkison
It's something in your CSS. If you disable the CSS the links work fine. Not sure what code is causing it, but I'll try to look further. Steve Wilkison Digital Vision Media www.digitalvisionmedia.com On Feb 6, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Kristine Cummins wrote: Hi all: I’m having a st

RE: [WSG] embedding quicktime .mov cross-platform

2009-01-15 Thread Steve Green
I don't allow QuickTime to be installed on any of our machines either. Is there a reason why you can't use a file format that has a larger installed user base? Most non-Mac users won't have QuickTime. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup

RE: [WSG] credibility of accessibility validator and evaluator

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Green
ting requirements and know when it is safe to ignore them completely. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of tee Sent: 31 December 2008 10:43 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] credibility of accessibility v

[WSG] Steve Brown is out of the office.

2008-12-23 Thread steve . brown
I will be out of the office starting 24/12/2008 and will not return until 12/01/2009. During that time urgent web issues can be sent to Mitchell Essex up to an including the 2nd January and to Kate Needham from the 3rd to the 9th. If all else fails, I can be contacted on my mobile on 0408 406 9

RE: [WSG] jquery ui.slider keyboard navigation question

2008-12-12 Thread Steve Green
to operate the sliders. However, if the window has a scrollbar, both the slider and the scrollbar move at the same time in both browsers. If the Ctrl key is used in addition to the arrow key, only the slider moves. Steve -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li

Re: [WSG] Acceptable JavaScript Coding Practice?

2008-12-09 Thread Steve Workman
regards to the unobtrusive javascript comments: yes, it's best practice to use a library like jQuery or Prototype, but for simple one-use things, or starting to learn JavaScript, its not a bad idea to write it out by hand. Steve 2008/12/9 Brett Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Steve,

Re: [WSG] Acceptable JavaScript Coding Practice?

2008-12-09 Thread Steve Workman
Hi Brett, Your problem here would be around the usage of the identifier variable. What if another method changed what element the identifier pointed at? In this case, you'd be better off redeclaring the getElement selector to patch this security risk. Steve 2008/12/9 Brett Patterson &l

RE: [WSG] the Name attribute

2008-11-28 Thread Steve Green
Stuart's point is that blinking content violates checkpoint 7.2 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: "Until user agents allow users to control blinking, avoid causing content to blink (i.e., change presentation at a regular rate, such as turning on and off)" Steve

[WSG] jQuery problems

2008-11-28 Thread Steve Green
I would be grateful if any JavaScript (specifically jQuery) experts could contact me off-list as I have a client who needs some remedial work done (for which they will pay). Also are there any more suitable places I could post this request? Steve

RE: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Green
with real text. We're not starting with a clean sheet, so a jump to a pure semantic website just isn't going to happen in one step (at least not in the timescale they are looking for). Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C

RE: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Green
configured to their needs and cannot be altered e.g. in an Internet cafe or a locked-down machine in someone else's office. Your image replacement technique does not cater for these situations unless you also add a style switcher, but that appears to be taboo in this list. Steve -Original Me

RE: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Green
Yes it does. It allows the creation of a text-only version for people who need one but don't have a suitable user agent on the machine that they currently have access to. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Montoya Sen

RE: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Green
Agreed. If you've got a user agent that does what you need, Betsie doesn't really add anything. If you don't have access to your own machine (and none of us do all of the time) then it does perform a useful function for some people. Steve -Original Message- From: [

RE: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Green
://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie/tech.html You can do a lot of what Betsie does using CSS but the one thing you can't do is replace the images with their 'alt' attributes. Steve _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom ('Mas) Pickering Sent: 20 Novembe

RE: [WSG] Big Browsing Issues on clients PC Laptop AOL

2008-10-18 Thread Steve Green
gine. If a suitable version of IE was already installed it used that, otherwise it installed a newer version. It would be interesting to see if the same problems occur when she accesses the website using Internet Explorer. Steve ***

RE: [WSG] Fieldsets & Legends

2008-10-03 Thread Steve Green
manner as it in JAWS 5.0." Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter or know of any software that does support fieldsets and legends! Thanks Clare -- Can you explain what problem you are trying to solve? You can't change what user agents people have,

RE: [WSG] WCAG2 in general

2008-09-29 Thread Steve Green
a lowering of standards at the top end unless developers go beyond what WCAG 2.0 requires (and what's the chance of that?). Does anyone think that WCAG 2.0 will improve the user experience? Or do you take my view that it only benefits developers, and that the user experience will be worse in

RE: [WSG] Looking to source a JAWS version

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Green
w the software is used, but how screen reader users create a mental model of web pages and the strategies they use for navigating within them. Without that knowledge there is little value in doing the testing yourself. Steve Green

Re: [WSG] Best format for accessible equations

2008-09-21 Thread Steve Baty
quired to accurately, and unambiguously translate the symbolic representation of the equation into English. Best regards Steve Baty 2008/9/22 Breton Slivka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Might I suggest quite simply, that in the alt attribute, you write in > english, basically what you w

[WSG] I am currently away...

2008-09-20 Thread steve
I am currently away from the office until Wednesday the 24th of September and will reply to your email then. All the best, Steve Dangerfield. 0403 895050 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] I am currently away...

2008-09-19 Thread steve
I am currently away from the office until Wednesday the 24th of September and will reply to your email then. All the best, Steve Dangerfield. 0403 895050 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] I am currently away...

2008-09-18 Thread steve
I am currently away from the office until Wednesday the 24th of September and will reply to your email then. All the best, Steve Dangerfield. 0403 895050 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] I am currently away...

2008-09-17 Thread steve
I am currently away from the office until Wednesday the 24th of September and will reply to your email then. All the best, Steve Dangerfield. 0403 895050 *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

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

2008-09-04 Thread Steve Green
er at all means that they are entirely excluded from the beta phase, so it seems they will not be able to provide feedback until it goes gold, if it ever does. For an organisation with Google's resources this is totally unacceptable. Steve

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

2008-09-03 Thread Steve Green
Yes, this is the case. There has been a lot of talk about this in GAWDS, and Steve Faulkner has written about it at http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=92. Basically it looks like there's no MSAA support. If they don't address this, many large organisations (at least in the UK) will

RE: [WSG] Shopping cart - who does what

2008-08-15 Thread Steve Green
Thanks Steve for the clarification. OK, in the risk of showing more ignorant, I still have question. My understanding on WCAG guidelines, are the fundamental principle of DDA, Section 508 and similar law in other countries correct? When a website is to be DDA or Section 508 compliant, for lack

RE: [WSG] Shopping cart - who does what

2008-08-14 Thread Steve Green
t' actually has no meaning except in its application to a single person. Steve *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

RE: [WSG] Shopping cart - who does what

2008-08-14 Thread Steve Green
e that a site meets the requirements of the DDA. The latter is concerned with 'actual outcomes' i.e. can people with disabilities access the site. It is reasonable to include Section 508 because it is not a subset of WCAG AAA. It is substantially bas

RE: [WSG] Reverting to older version of flash for testing purposes.

2008-07-08 Thread Steve Green
. Likewise the installer installs the same Flash version onto every browser on every partition so you can't have different Flash versions on the same machine. There may be a way to hack this but I can't figure it out. Steve _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

RE: [WSG] ADA Compliant Flash

2008-07-07 Thread Steve Green
te is AAA-compliant (if such a thing were possible); a person can still bring an action if the website was not accessible to them (although there is no guarantee they will win). Only a court can decide if the website met the law or not. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: [WSG] ADA Compliant Flash

2008-07-07 Thread Steve Green
accessibility tester / consultant. This is a mid-level to senior position based on London and I am offering a substantial finders fee for anyone who can introduce a candidate that we recruit. Full details are available on request. Steve Green Labscape www.labscape.co.uk -Original Messa

RE: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-03 Thread Steve Green
s tend to design for a minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 while there are still a significant number of people still using lower resolutions. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sparber Sent: 03 July 2008 22:17 To: wsg@webstanda

RE: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-03 Thread Steve Green
badly at large text sizes (there are limits to what is achievable even when a site is designed well). Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sparber Sent: 03 July 2008 20:41 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Browsers and Z

RE: [WSG] Firefox 3 candidate

2008-06-23 Thread Steve Green
opers and testers still need them for testing. We download and store all the English versions but it's not practical to save all the localised versions too. Steve _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sagnik Dey Sent: 23 June 2008 11:

Re: [WSG] Breadcrumbs showing organisational structure and usability

2008-06-06 Thread Steve Baty
Thank you Jessica. Your clarification is correct :) 2008/6/6 Jessica Enders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I agree with most of the comments in response to this query but thought I > would clarify one part of what Steve said, namely that: "breadcrumbs ... > represent the cont

Re: [WSG] Breadcrumbs showing organisational structure and usability

2008-06-06 Thread Steve Baty
don't hurt, and they might help. Regards Steve 2008/6/6 libwebdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi folks, > > My organisation manages around 7000+ pages for 100s of departments, > using a CMS. Mine is the only department outside the CMS, just because > we can. > > We have

RE: [WSG] The Problem of adjacent links

2008-05-09 Thread Steve Green
ource, and some did work that way but I don't know any that do now. Most users are unaware of how pages are marked up so I don't think that they would have a preference for lists, vertical bars or anything else. During user testing we encounter both, and have not observed problems w

RE: [WSG] accessibility and brower compatibility for Kiosk mode?

2008-04-17 Thread Steve Green
possible to select non-contiguous options. As Mike said, checkboxes are the way to go. Steve *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandar

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