Re: [WSG] The way forward for Web Standards

2004-09-15 Thread Dan Webb
Sounds good, you've sold it to me. It's update time! Quoting Mark Harwood WebMail@, [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:50 , Dan Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: You're preaching to the converted here, mate :) On this list, IE is only ever mentioned in vain. I've got Firefox 0.9.2...is

Re: [WSG] The way forward for Web Standards

2004-09-15 Thread Chris Hughes
Firefox is excellent. I still prefer my Opera though -- Chris Hughes http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility,

Re: [WSG] The way forward for Web Standards

2004-09-15 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Dan Webb wrote: I've got Firefox 0.9.2...is it worth getting v1.0PR? If you're reliant on specific extensions with your current FF, just double check that they're compatible with 1.0PR before making the switch. Beyond that, it looks like a reasonably stable release (although it does feel just

[WSG] Strange style behaviour in IE

2004-09-15 Thread Anura
I have a page where some styles don't display initially in IE5.5. It works in Mozilla, so as usual it's IE that's the culprit. The page is here == http://www.facs.gov.au/_newsite3/pub.htm The first paragraph is supposed to have a background colour (eg. a 'breakout' box), and the H2 heading should

Re: [WSG] Strange style behaviour in IE

2004-09-15 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Anura wrote: What happens is that once the page has loaded, if you scroll down and then scroll up again, the styles are then displayed. Hit refresh, and they disappear again. Also, I notice that hitting the ALT key makes those styles disappear. I haven't checked, but it sounds a lot like the

RE: [WSG] my dl lists are playing nicely with IE

2004-09-15 Thread David McKinnon
After a very quick look, change #bodynav li a to display: inline; instead of block fixes it for me. (IE6 XPsp2) David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Drake Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG]

Re: [WSG] Miles to go before I sleep....

2004-09-15 Thread Hugh Todd
Ted, This sort of problem is often fixed by zeroing the margins on the text... in this case, perhaps, on the ul. -Hugh Todd Here's my first question. In firefox win it looks fine. In IE, I have about 10-15px margin between the topnav and the content div. I've played with the margin on the

Re: [WSG] Miles to go before I sleep....

2004-09-15 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Ted Drake wrote: Here's my first question. In firefox win it looks fine. In IE, I have about 10-15px margin between the topnav and the content div. I've played with the margin on the topmenu and that does have an impact. I've made the gap smaller by defining the margin on topmenu, but it still

[WSG] RSVP

2004-09-15 Thread Gavin Cooney
i'll be there. see you this evening. Gav ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30

[WSG] Button Woe

2004-09-15 Thread Wasabi
Hi, In the following code, I've been unsuccessful aligning the submit button flush with the top of the UA. Would some one correct the boggle. Respectfully, Chris http://ckimedia.com style type=text/css media=screen body{ margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: #FFF;

Re: [WSG] Strange style behaviour in IE

2004-09-15 Thread Anura
I had seen the Peerkaboo bug but discounted it because (1) I'm using IE5 but the article mentions IE6. I can't get the claimed bug to work, and (2) it doesn't really match my situation. However, in tinkering with different forms of layout (absolute widths for columns, relative widths for columns,

[WSG] A workaround for Unicode problems (at last) [long]

2004-09-15 Thread Clytie Siddall
As some of you may know, I've been scouring the Net for some way to display Unicode text accurately in webpages. The only application I had been able to find, which would allow me to edit Unicode text on the server, was SubEthaEdit. It's a wonderful app., but a few html tools usually save me a

[WSG] absolute positioning and screen magnifiers

2004-09-15 Thread Herrod, Lisa
Just wondering if anyone knows much about the impact of absolute positioning on people who are using screen magnifiers. see you tonight... Lisa ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04

RE: [WSG] Mac (Safari) rendering of colours

2004-09-15 Thread Hill, Tim
Could it be because of the colour depth on the mac? Jpeg makes an approximation of the colours used (like in the original file) for better optimisation. So on the PC its using a different colour depth and the jpeg appears okay but on the mac it has a more limited depth so it doesnt? Pencil tool

RE: [WSG] Mac (Safari) rendering of colours

2004-09-15 Thread Jake Badger
From the way I read it they're both at 32 bit. My guess would be that safari is using ColorSync to match the jpg to what it would like in print, which would be fine if you weren't trying to match it the gif next-door. You might have to use one format or the other (or switch both to png, which is