Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (14/12/04)

2004-12-13 Thread Kornel Lesinski
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:48:40 +1100, russ - maxdesign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://news.com.com/Mozillaaimsformobilebrowsermarket/2100-1032_3-5483683.html I'd like to note that this news is disinformative. You could think that there isn't any browser that reformats pages, zooms images and

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 1 Dec 2004, at 4:13 am, Chris Kennon wrote: Would you explain the abbreviation IR and what is the name, and where can I read about this rule: a[href]:focus {-moz-outline: 2px solid -moz-mac-focusring;} IR stands for Image Replacement - like the FIR or sFir methods, where CSS (and/or Js) is us

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Kornel Lesinski
The problem with declaring all three in one is that IE 5 (possibly 5.5 also, can't remember which right now) for PC chokes on any declaration that contains :focus. Combining your :active and :focus rules will effectively cancel that entire declaration in dodgy old IE. oh, dodgy old IE :/ remember

RE: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Hill, Tim
ECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke Sent: Wednesday, 1 December 2004 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04) Andrew Krespanis wrote: > The problem with d

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Andrew Krespanis
> Hmm...it doesn't seem to affect IE 5 or 5.5 (admittedly using skyx' multiple > IE installations on a Win2k machine natively running 6) on > www.salford.ac.uk > though. Maybe just depends on a variety of factors, not sure... Hmmm indeed ;) When I get home from work I'll find the exact bug and l

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Terrence Wood
Same results here for IE (similar set up) on my own test page, and I don't see any bugs in Opera 7PC, 7.5MAC normal and SSR mode. Opera's SSR is pretty aggressive and not many styles (if any) stick, so the lack of :focus support in this mode is to be expected as a feature, not a bug. Terrence

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Andrew Krespanis wrote: The problem with declaring all three in one is that IE 5 (possibly 5.5 also, can't remember which right now) for PC chokes on any declaration that contains :focus. Combining your :active and :focus rules will effectively cancel that entire declaration in dodgy old IE Hmm...i

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Andrew Krespanis
> On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:19 AM, Patrick Lauke wrote: > > > > And you can group the above and save yourself repetition. In one > > of my stylesheets, for instance, I have > > > > #navbar li a:focus, > > #navbar li a:hover, > > #navbar a:active { > > background: #fbfbfb; > > } > > I se

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Kevin Futter
I interpreted 'IR' to stand for 'image replacement', such as FIR and sFIR et al. Cheers, Kevin Futter On 1/12/04 7:50 AM, "Terrence Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure what IR refers to. Here's the the CSS rule explained: > -- Kevin Futter Webmaster, St. Bernard's College http://

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Terrence Wood
The only problem I'm aware of is that you lose the ability to provide feedback the a link has been activated. If this is important then send IE it's own active rule: * html a:active{} cheers Terrence Wood. On 2004-12-01 4:50 AM, Derek Featherstone wrote: On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:19 AM, P

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Terrence Wood
I'm not sure what IR refers to. Here's the the CSS rule explained: a[href]:focus { /* select any anchor with an attribute href that has focus */ -moz-outline: /* mozilla implementation of a non standard, or non ratified CSS property. see below for explantion. Outline creates a border around the

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, Would you explain the abbreviation IR and what is the name, and where can I read about this rule: a[href]:focus {-moz-outline: 2px solid -moz-mac-focusring;} On Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at 05:38 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: IR techniques. a[href]:focus {-moz-outline: 2px solid -moz-mac

RE: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Derek Featherstone
On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:19 AM, Patrick Lauke wrote: > > And you can group the above and save yourself repetition. In one > of my stylesheets, for instance, I have > > #navbar li a:focus, > #navbar li a:hover, > #navbar a:active { > background: #fbfbfb; > } I seem to recall Tommy talk

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Kornel Lesinski
So, please, please, if you want to make your sites more accessible to keyboard users, add :focus and :active rules to match your :hover rule. ok, I will :) a:focus {color: #346095; background-color:#fff;} a:hover {color: #346095; background-color:#fff;} a:active {color: #346095; background-color:#

RE: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Patrick Lauke
> From: Derek Featherstone [...] > Right, however, IE (mistakenly, I suspect) treats :active the same as > :focus. > For example: > > a:focus {color: #346095; background-color:#fff;} > a:hover {color: #346095; background-color:#fff;} > a:active {color: #346095; background-color:#fff;} Good poin

RE: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Derek Featherstone
Sorry about that -- it appears that pressing enter while holding down the control key sends the message ( a new keystroke I didn't know about...) Here's the complete message I was trying to send: On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:09 AM, Kornel Lesinski wrote: >Does that really matter? Yes, foc

RE: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Derek Featherstone
On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:09 AM, Kornel Lesinski wrote: >Does that really matter? Yes, focus highlighting does matter. I come across this daily -- and I'm a keyboard user by choice... >In Firefox and IE there is a focus border anyway. Which isn't exactly prominent - it provides a

RE: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Patrick Lauke
> From: Kornel Lesinski >Does that really matter? > >In Firefox and IE there is a focus border anyway. Which is not always visible, depending on specific background colour and or background pattern/image >IE doesn't support :focus or outlines, so there isn't much > you can help. W

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, Where can I read up on these accessibility issues you've outlined? C On Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at 06:09 AM, Kornel Lesinski wrote: Does that really matter? In Firefox and IE there is a focus border anyway. IE doesn't support :focus or outlines, so there isn't much you can help. In F

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:09:23 -, Kornel Lesinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Does that really matter? > >In Firefox and IE there is a focus border anyway. >IE doesn't support :focus or outlines, so there isn't much you can help. > In Firefox Cursor-Mode (F7) uses small text-curso

Re: Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Kornel Lesinski
Does that really matter? In Firefox and IE there is a focus border anyway. IE doesn't support :focus or outlines, so there isn't much you can help. In Firefox Cursor-Mode (F7) uses small text-cursor that isn't good for bad sighted people anyway. Opera with spatial navigation always adds bac

Focus highlighting, was Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (30/11/04)

2004-11-30 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 30 Nov 2004, at 10:25 pm, russ - maxdesign wrote: This article has a very interesting comment: "An important detail, which most people forget, is to add rules for a:focus. Users who can't or won't use a mouse can jump from link to link with the Tab key or similar. For them it is important that

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (17/11/04)

2004-11-17 Thread Hugh Todd
Looks great in a Panther version of Safari, but in Safari 1 it falls apart. The navigation in particular. I guess partly because it relies entirely on CSS for the dropdown menus, providing a separate stylesheet link and Javascript for IE PC. -Hugh Todd EDS goes full CSS: http://www.eds.com/ ***

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (17/11/04)

2004-11-17 Thread Johannes Reiss
sorry, of course: Valid Flash example for XHTML 1.0 Strict johannes - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (17

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (17/11/04)

2004-11-17 Thread standards
I just tested the site in Mozilla and it looks fine, but in Netscape 7.02 all the elements are pushed down when you mouseover the top level navbar. Maybe it's just me :) > Looks good in netscape 7.1 > > On 11/17/2004 7:30:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > EDS has certainly gone with CSS, and t

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (17/11/04)

2004-11-17 Thread Bennie Shepherd
Looks good in netscape 7.1 On 11/17/2004 7:30:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > EDS has certainly gone with CSS, and the site is clean, simple, and > engaging, but someone forgot to test the site in Netscape 7.02 because > the > navbar is producing a nasty effect. > > Mario > > > > > EDS goes full

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (17/11/04)

2004-11-17 Thread standards
EDS has certainly gone with CSS, and the site is clean, simple, and engaging, but someone forgot to test the site in Netscape 7.02 because the navbar is producing a nasty effect. Mario > EDS goes full CSS: > http://www.eds.com/ > > More on EDS's launch: > http://web-graphics.com/mtarchive/00145

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (2/11/04)

2004-11-01 Thread Matt Andrews
Russ, as always, a fascinating set of links. thanks! ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading (2/11/04)

2004-11-01 Thread Jack Banh
I found Mike's article on browser/standards evolution to be really though-provoking. I love his point about having the rendering engine of a browser (not the interface) easily upgraded like what occurs with each new version of Flash. What does everyone else think? Does browser development need

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-29 Thread Rick Faaberg
On 5/28/04 11:39 AM "Russ Weakley - Maxdesign" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: > An excellent 3D diagram of the box model: > http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/2004/05/3d_css_box_model/ [snips] Just so you know I appreciate your links... thanks! Rick ***

RE: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-03 Thread Trusz, Andrew
<> Compared to IE -- no. Compared to anything else -- yes. <> I believe your Opera problem results from the use of the height attribute. Your "Main" div, set to overflow, actually runs passed the 100% height of the viewport and in Opera7.11 that means the left and right floats end, so the c

RE: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-03 Thread Bert Doorn
Yep. Just a little nit-picking. Hence I just said it was ironic, and that it was close. Does anyone actually use Opera? I've tried it in the past, but found that it had too many problems with too many sits (not only ones I built). I'm open to suggestions about how I can fix the problem you saw

RE: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-03 Thread Trusz, Andrew
Bert wrote: Very interesting I do find it ironic that a page talking about Microsoft's lack of standards support does not validate. Close, but no cigar. Regards -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design www.betterwebdesign.com.au Fast-loading, user-friendly websites ___

RE: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-05-01 Thread Bert Doorn
Very interesting I do find it ironic that a page talking about Microsoft's lack of standards support does not validate. Close, but no cigar. Regards -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design www.betterwebdesign.com.au Fast-loading, user-friendly websites

Re: [WSG] Some links for light reading...

2004-02-13 Thread Cameron Adams
When you say that www.fhm.lv is a "nice" css site, what exactly do you mean Russ? :oP -- Cameron W: www.themaninblue.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html **