Re: [WSG] WCAG2 in govt

2008-09-29 Thread willdonovan
Hi Anthony, We're not directly doing anything at this stage. However would love to get ideas on puhsing the new implementation through and link with a sub set of internal web page publishing standards that we currently use across federal government. William Andrew Boyd wrote: On Mon, Sep

Re: [WSG] suckerfish problem - ie6

2008-09-28 Thread willdonovan
Hi Kevin, I have the FF issue as well. Fore me: FF2.17 on a PC. William kevin mcmonagle wrote: hi, Thats strange eBiz, The dropdowns are working over the flash in ff3 mac for me. Anyway im getting that or a very similar problem in safari so will def try your suggestion tomorrow. Actually

Re: [WSG] Code for Firefox, hack for IE

2008-09-01 Thread willdonovan
I would have to agree with the others here. Coding for / with FF is easier because of the debugging tools (i.e. Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, etc) Otherwise I have atleast 4 other browsers open, all the popular IE's (5.5, 6, 7 soon 8) and Opera. I do find that Opera can give a good idea

Re: [WSG] Code for Firefox, hack for IE

2008-09-01 Thread willdonovan
I started learning hacks, and now don't use them at all. I find that if I'm attempting to make the site cross browser, try not to make the CSS too complicated. William David Storey wrote: If coding for the most standards compliant browser, then hack for IE, then you wouldn't code for FF

Re: [WSG] Code for Firefox, hack for IE

2008-09-01 Thread willdonovan
I thought that was the case but does it render the same. FF renders quite differently I find across PC, Mac and Lynx. William Nathan de Vries wrote: On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 22:09 +1000, willdonovan wrote: I do find that Opera can give a good idea of what might be happening with Safari

Re: [WSG] Mobile phone support of CSS

2008-06-25 Thread willdonovan
Michael, My understanding is that they have different styles targeted for the different handsets and that is the other justification for carrying out such an exercise. William Michael MD wrote: I agree, this is not web standards. However remember they could be following web standards

Re: [WSG] flash navigation - Devils advocate

2008-06-25 Thread willdonovan
I know that there are a lot of free javascript libraries available for you to use without having to go to the extent of programming your own javascript features. things like dhtml goodies and scriptaculous, I'm sure the group has some other options but this is getting off topic now. a quick

Re: [WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread willdonovan
Hi Bob, not being on my main work station, I'll give it a try. the select tag has a set width. There is a chance that IE is restricting the list to that set width and using this set width as the view port of the option list. Look it up. From experience i also notice that IE (IE6 in

Re: [WSG] hello

2008-03-21 Thread willdonovan
I'd also add that the 'Web 2.0' as a word / phrase and phenomena is a way of describing the internet and new design concepts to those who make decisions on it but don't really have any idea about it. e.g. Marketing Managers whom have developers and designers telling them we need to do this

Re: [WSG] Special site check invitation (COMPLETE)

2008-02-26 Thread willdonovan
Also a thank you for informing everyone that it is completed. This tends not to happen a lot and people (like myself) see the message a few days later and find that the site is taken down. thanks, William Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: Hello all, Thank you to all who volunteered. I owe

Re: [WSG] Site check requested

2007-10-30 Thread willdonovan
Hi Rick, I loaded up your page, facinated by your achievement for a semantic structure, it looks good, however I'm getting validation errors for the DOC type, the img tag and trimming empty on 2 span tags, Did you get the same? William Rick Lecoat wrote: Hi; I'm recreating a

Re: [WSG] skip to content: care of accessibility causing usability

2007-10-30 Thread willdonovan
I dont seem to get any of the flicking effects that everyone is talking about. I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.8 William Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Tee G. Peng wrote: teesworks.com/ Been working on this site in the last 2 days, I find that I am getting so annoyed by the surprise' everytime the

Re: [WSG] skip to content: care of accessibility causing usability

2007-10-30 Thread willdonovan
on the topic of skip links and semantic styling, and to add to the mix of usability, accessibility and getting into the habit of best practice, Accessibility is not just for the impaired, it is also for people who access through different devices where CSS has not been styled to suite what

Re: [WSG] CSS display: none has SEO impact?

2007-10-30 Thread willdonovan
I agree with you Dave, Google is not about to ban you, however if this is used in combination with other known black hat tactics, then you will. Google will check your CSS but once again, if you are using this technique to excess, then you should be worried. There was talk via a different

Re: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf

2007-10-18 Thread willdonovan
Reply Chris, Macs do have a right click (right-click being a geenral Microsoft / PC term) Holding down control or the new mouse Apple releases with a right click option. William Chris Price wrote: I would use the file name (or description) as a hyperlink. Its good to have the file size so