Re: [WSG] Coding Standard...

2004-03-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
Michael Kear wrote: So just for the hell of it, I hit the Top Style 'stylesweeper', and bingo! Everything was nicely laid out. I love TopStyle's stylesweeper - before a site goes live, I use it to remove all extra spaces (to reduce download time). If I want to work on that file again, I

[WSG] Nicely styled Hx tags

2004-03-02 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hi, I've been lurking here for a while, but seeing Russ's excellent presentation at the meeting before MXDU has encouraged me to be more active. I'm the appointed Standards/QA Nazi in my workplace, as well as being in charge of search engine marketing for our clients. Oh, and I'm supposedly

Re: [WSG] Nicely styled Hx tags

2004-03-02 Thread Kay Smoljak
Scott Mebberson wrote: I'm not sure about any font examples like the Visibone one, however, did you ever see this at Russ' website: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/headings-as-images/index.cfm I've yet to see an image replacement technique that worked for search engines, was

Re: [WSG] Nicely styled Hx tags

2004-03-03 Thread Kay Smoljak
russ weakley wrote: However, all of these image replacement methods have serious downsides that should be explained to designers before they jump on them as a solution. That's my view exactly. Some of the techniques are very good, but there's still nothing I'd want to use on a commercial

Re: [WSG] Testing multiple versions of IE

2004-03-15 Thread Kay Smoljak
conditional comments[1] - obviously the framework controls how the browser identifies itself in this regard, not the rendering engine. K. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/ccomment_ovw.asp --- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Testing multiple versions of IE

2004-03-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
conditional comments[1] - obviously the framework controls how the browser identifies itself in this regard, not the rendering engine. K. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/ccomment_ovw.asp --- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
that from (Contribute on Windows uses Internet Explorer) . K. --- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-18 Thread Kay Smoljak
engine Contribute (Win): Internet Explorer Contribute (Mac): Opera Cheers, K. --- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] articledates and bylines

2004-03-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
the search angle important... it's just all I eat, think and dream about lately :) K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

RE: [WSG] Relative Fonts

2004-04-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
those that I did respond to. Of course, many people simply don't complain... K. --- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 * The discussion

Re: [WSG] Constructive Criticism please

2004-04-15 Thread Kay Smoljak
don't make much difference at all, I do tend to remove extra spaces and blank lines when I'm coding. Tidy code, tidy mind? Either that or I'm particularly anally-retentive... K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Trimming the fat from CSS

2004-04-15 Thread Kay Smoljak
-are-not-easy/ K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * 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] Re: EMBED tag

2004-05-11 Thread Kay Smoljak
, or the doctype is incorrect or missing. That's why use of the xml prolog, while recommended by the W3C, is not a good idea. Here a cool article with more examples of different doctypes then you'll ever want to see: http://www.hut.fi/~hsivonen/doctype.html HTH, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

RE: [WSG] CSS Debugger in JS

2004-05-11 Thread Kay Smoljak
It worked for me no problem - I just dragged the bookmarklet link (the one which is hosted on his server) from the page to my Firefox bookmark toolbar. I have the Edit CSS extension installed... K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http

RE: [WSG] digital web magazine redesign

2004-05-13 Thread Kay Smoljak
, SOMEWHERE, by the end of today, I swear I will have pull quotes in little rounded panels. Somewhere :) K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375

RE: [WSG] Tables are bad because...

2004-05-14 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hi Aaron, How about this article, helpfully titled Why tables for layout is stupid. http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/ Also, I highly recommend Jeffrey Zeldman's book Designing for Web Standards. It's a great read, for zealots and non-zealots alike :) K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC

RE: [WSG] Forms, labels headers

2004-05-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * 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] Removing bullets

2004-05-08 Thread Kay Smoljak
were for the wrong spelling. So including both spellings is actually quite smart. :) -- Kay Smoljak http://developer.perthweb.com.au * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] WYSIWYG editor

2004-05-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
/mishoo/htmlarea.epl) etc are for. A different beast is a desktop xhtml editor for use by developers, such as DWMX, GoLive, TopStyle etc. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] WYSIWYG editor

2004-05-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
I don't see the confusion. The post asked about a WYSIWYG editor the generates XHTML and CSS, not component that integrates with a Web app. The same poster clarified in the third post in the thread with: but to edit documents on the web I just thought I'd point out the distinction, as one

Re: [WSG] Removing bullets

2004-05-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * 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] border problem with IE

2004-05-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
another case a while ago where the only way to get rid of a huge gap between li's was to add a border-bottom. Very strange. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
in an image. That way, you know that you're only targeting sighted, visual-browser-using agents. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

[WSG] border problem with IE

2004-04-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
height on the list item and the anchor, but inline elements don't have a height so it makes sense that that is ignored. I'm out of ideas - anyone got any? Thanks, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] positioning 101

2004-05-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
Barbara Dozetos wrote: wow, thanks! This teaches me so much! The best resource I've found on how css positioning works is http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/ I must have read it through at least 20 times... eventually it starts to stick! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] positioning 101

2004-05-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
Barbara Dozetos wrote: wow, thanks! This teaches me so much! The best resource I've found on how css positioning works is http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/ I must have read it through at least 20 times... eventually it starts to stick! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] hiding styles from Mac IE5 : how to?

2004-05-15 Thread Kay Smoljak
, but a previous release was OS9 compatible. I think I found it on the Canadian Netscape site. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] Negative Vertical Margins in IE

2004-04-28 Thread Kay Smoljak
/ccomment_ovw.asp Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * 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] should I track down this problem?

2004-05-19 Thread Kay Smoljak
fine. So until you find the bug, don't despair! K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 * The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Problems in Mac IE 5.2

2004-05-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
In my experience, IE5 Mac needs distinct clearing divs, eg: div style=clear:both/div rather than just the clear property on existing elements. Of course, I'm not a Mac user, so take that advice with a grain of salt! -- Kay Smoljak http://developer.perthweb.com.au What would happen if you set

Re: [WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2004-05-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
, this is a great resource, and I'm going to shut up now. -- Kay Smoljak http://developer.perthweb.com.au * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

RE: [WSG]

2004-05-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
of thing. K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org

RE: [WSG]

2004-05-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
, having good navigation, and resizable text. Jeffrey Veen caused a big debate by loudly proclaiming I don't care about accessibility - and he's right. If you code nice html, you don't need to care. K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http

RE: [WSG]

2004-05-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
, keeping as much presentation in css as possible, having good navigation, and resizable text. :) Moral of the story: Stay Away From Sweeping Statements -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375

RE: [WSG] legal requirements for accessability

2004-05-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
. If we did have a client that wanted something that was going to make their site inaccessible, long before we pulled them up on accessibility issues we'd be warning them it would be affecting their Google ranking. That might be a good approach for you. Kay. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC

RE: [WSG] legal requirements for accessability (bringing clients to the table)

2004-05-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
sites in a valid way doesn't mean your pitches to clients or the sites you deliver need to look any different (ok, they will look better, but an untrained eye probably wouldn't notice anything specific, nor should they). K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty

RE: [WSG] new to the list

2004-05-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hi Marie, If you're going to use xhtml, you need to give every attribute a value. Your example would become: option value=# selected=selectedSelect a page/option HTH, Kay. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226

RE: [WSG] Correct way to swap style sheets based on Browser?

2004-05-30 Thread Kay Smoljak
Are there any other browsers its invisible to? Anyone? Pretty exhaustive list of hacks, both good hacks and bad hacks: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssHack -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366

RE: Re[2]: [WSG] Budget Design

2004-05-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
That's known as price-fixing here in the US and that is illegal. That's not true. Discussing going rates in various countries is not price-fixing. A group of people agreeing to only charge a certain rate is price-fixing. This is having less and less to do with web standards. -- Kay Smoljak

RE: [WSG] Ten Questions for whomever

2004-06-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
you know who I'd like to see interviewed? That Russ guy who runs that cool site... :) -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: [WSG] IE mac 5.1 problems with floats

2004-06-03 Thread Kay Smoljak
... HTH, K. -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jackie Reid Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2004 3:55

Re: [WSG] Site breaking in Mozilla

2004-06-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
lack of a better suggestion. Fix up the rendering mode issue and you'll be on the right track. I hope this makes sense! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://developer.perthweb.com.au * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Site breaking in Mozilla

2004-06-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
lack of a better suggestion. Fix up the rendering mode issue and you'll be on the right track. I hope this makes sense! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://developer.perthweb.com.au * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
Russ Weakley - Maxdesign [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I played around with flash and and then Peter and I were threatened with defamation in the Supreme Court of Queensland: http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 Is the site no longer up? -- Kay Smoljak http://www.newlookhair.com.au

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
Neerav [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I can view it in Firefox 0.8 , heres the text for ppl who cant access it for some reason http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 Sorry, I meant the site the article talks about - webwank.net - I want to throw tampons at John Howard! -- Kay Smoljak

RE: [WSG] Standard Hacks?

2004-06-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
the finished site... -- Kay Smoljak Senior Developer/QC Leader/Search Optimisation PerthWeb Pty Ltd - http://www.perthweb.com.au/ Ph: 08 9226 1366 - Fax: 08 9226 1375 * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

RE: [WSG] file extensions

2004-06-13 Thread Kay Smoljak
the need to change server settings would be a good thing! -- Kay Smoljak http://developer.perthweb.com.au * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

Re: [WSG] Banners promoting standards-based products and services

2004-06-13 Thread Kay Smoljak
Vlad Alexander (XStandard) [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: We've created some hard-hitting pro-standards banner ads on our site. Cool! There's some more here: http://www.lazycat.org/postcards/index.html -- Kay Smoljak http://www.glyfx.com

Re: [WSG] ALPHA Testers Needed

2004-06-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
BTW - IF there are any programs out there that do this - please let me know! I think I can do most, if not all of that with TopStyle Stylesweepers. You can save the parameters ton run them again - I have a super-compressed stylesweeper, and an ultra-readable one. -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] Safety experts advise switching browsers

2004-06-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
in Firefox (although Westpac's main side nav doesn't work, which doesn't prevent me from logging into the banking app). -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:09:56 +0100, Joe Leech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the main problem with switching browsers is visible right

Re: [WSG] FireFox 0.9 is out

2004-06-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
properly even if they follow all the instructions. It's running beautifully on my machine here... -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] FireFox 0.9 is out

2004-06-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
directory and the extensions format has changed. You can reimport your bookmarks quite easily... -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Accessibililty and the positioning of navigation

2004-06-18 Thread Kay Smoljak
or source reordering is kind of redundant. I try to use absolute positioning to put masthead, logos, nav etc at the bottom so that all the content is close to the top, where search engines will place higher importance on it. But that's another story Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Recommended Books

2004-06-22 Thread Kay Smoljak
good things about Joe Clarke's book, not sure of the name. I've been planning to get it. Can't help you with the others, sorry. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] OT - Standards Compliant Websites Directory

2004-06-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
that validate which is tough when content changes regularly, I think you should consider taking the approach that http://www.weeklystandards.com/ uses, and reward sites built in the spirit of standards compliancy - tableless layouts etc. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Australian accessiblitly and the law?

2004-06-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
or financial services or any of the other categories mentioned. Of course, I'm not a lawyer! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints

Re: [WSG] Tim Berners-Lee - Keeping Web Universal

2004-06-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
fill me in on the original post? Thanks so much. I think the original poster was just pointing to this link: http://www.iht.com/articles/525584.html HTH, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] Character Encoding Mismatch

2004-07-02 Thread Kay Smoljak
. This simplest way to match them would be changing your meta tags. I was under the impression - please correct me if I'm wrong - that if the server is sending the character encoding, there is no need to also have the meta tag. Is there any other reason to include it, client-side? -- Kay Smoljak http

Re: [WSG] I've done it again ...

2004-07-06 Thread Kay Smoljak
, even amongst casual non-technical users, despite the fact that IE has like 110% market share. I guess it's because you can't use favourite a link, whereas you can certainly bookmark it. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Internal CSS in XHTML served as application/xhtml+xml

2004-07-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
in an external file to populate the content on the page to start with? You could then use a noscript block to explain to people that in order to see and use the bookmarklets, they need a JavaScript-enabled browser? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Sportwear/fashion sites using web standards

2004-07-14 Thread Kay Smoljak
http://www.onetruefit.com is the only one I can think of... On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:33:08 +0100, Andy Budd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just wondering if anybody can point me in the direction of a sportswear or fashion site using web standards? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Web Accessability, SEO, Bookmarking - mod_rewrite

2004-07-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
/bar/ rather than www.example.com?foo=bar. In this situation, the relative links no longer make sense, which is where the base tag comes into play. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] divs and copying their content

2004-07-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
, and it will use the IE5 box model... yuck. another page about it here: http://blog.tom.me.uk/2003/07/23/boie6selecta.php This looks interesting... if it works in an external file, I think I'll add this to my box of standard tricks. Good one! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Tabindex tags not necessary here?

2004-07-30 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Ick. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:59:48 +0200, John Britsios [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question: Doesn't my web site pages here http://www.webnauts.net have a logical navigation structure, therefore I do need to use the Tabindex tags

Re: [WSG] IE print bug crashes page

2004-08-11 Thread Kay Smoljak
to display:none. Sorry, that probably doesn't help you too much! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:56:20 +1000, Gavin Cooney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a page that when someone tries to print it in IE 6 on windows, it crashes the browser. There's

[WSG] cutoff bug in Safari?

2004-08-19 Thread Kay Smoljak
it, and Google is not being helpful. Has anyone seen anything like this before? http://203.59.70.252/wsg/ Thanks for any advice or pointers! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters

Re: [WSG] cutoff bug in Safari?

2004-08-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
the pages to see if I ever actually did any of that. Cheers! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility

[WSG] Fluid-fixed design

2004-08-23 Thread Kay Smoljak
for any pointers... -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held

Re: [WSG] Absolute positioning vs floats

2004-08-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
for stuffing the navigation and masthead fluff down the bottom of the source code (good for screen readers and search engines). You go with what suits the project. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] web essentials briefing/ westciv CSS Guide

2004-09-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
. Where else will you get to hang out with html geeks, standards nazis and css heads? You can learn stuff just by osmosis. Yet another reason to support conferences like these is to encourage the industry to hold more. Damn, I *so* wish I could go! K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Overflow on select or options

2004-09-12 Thread Kay Smoljak
widgets is highly OS-dependent, so most people probably don't bother. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards

Re: [WSG] netscape gasp/ 4.7 emulator

2004-09-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:47:12 -0700, Ted Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know an online resource that emulates netscape 4.7? Why not just install it on your dev machine? It's not that bad... http://browsers.evolt.org has an archive with heaps of different versions. K. -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Adding full doctype to pages

2004-10-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
(bad) browser behaviour - when no doctype is present. If you post the pages exhibiting the problem, I'm sure someone here will be able to give you some idea as to why. Cheers, Kay. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] Tables, is it Standard?

2004-10-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
I've found on how CSS positioning works is http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/ - I had it saved on my PDA and read it every morning on the train ride into work for weeks, until it really sank in. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] CSS - How the max size of a .css file

2004-10-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
/ - the analyzer gives specific recommended sizes for each component of a page (css, js, html, images), and reasons for each too. Another useful tool that reports on similar aspects is http://www.sitereportcard.com/ Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] Looking for party animals

2004-10-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
Don't forget to sign up if you're in Perth too! On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:51:40 +1000, Nigel McFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.openforce.at/mozparty2/?view=AU -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] IE misbehaving with a list

2004-10-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
to the containing DIV or the UL, LI or A elements. Try removing all line breaks between your list items, ie: ulliitem one/liliitem two/li/ul Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Duplicate navigation?

2004-10-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
etc. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** 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] CSS drop-down menus

2004-11-01 Thread Kay Smoljak
the page anyway. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 08:38:48 -0700, Shane Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This works on Mac Firefox, but not in Safari or IE. On Oct 31, 2004, at 1:22 AM, Florin Cojitza wrote: object type=application/x-shockwave-flash data=banner.swf

Re: [WSG] Shared Div heights

2004-11-02 Thread Kay Smoljak
it with a background image, ala Faux Columns (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/). -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] Careers in web standards

2004-11-24 Thread Kay Smoljak
to the idea of doing things a different way. We're fairly resigned to the fact that we need to train new people. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ On 25 Nov 2004 11:25:56 +1100, Andrew Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's very interesting and tallies completely with my experience. Mind you

Re: [WSG] Discussion Threading

2004-11-25 Thread Kay Smoljak
it, Outlook will handle threads quite acceptably if you choose Arrange By - Conversation from the View menu :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] It's so frustrating. Webstandars, accesibility and Firefox as a sales argument.

2004-11-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:57:29 +0800, Vicki Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rarely even mention web standards to clients anymore unless they are snip Amen! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http

Re: [WSG] optimising CSS?

2004-11-26 Thread Kay Smoljak
exactly where it is, but if you set up a Top Style site you should see the option. Basically it finds classes and ids in your css that aren't used in your HTML, and classes and ids used in your HTML that aren't defined in your css. Very handy!. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

Re: [WSG] another problem with new site

2004-11-27 Thread Kay Smoljak
as text/plain instead of text/css. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** 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] Text selection in CSS layouts

2004-11-28 Thread Kay Smoljak
before, Johannes - I'll have to try it out. Thanks! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list

Re: [WSG] Firefox screen-reader emulator

2004-12-07 Thread Kay Smoljak
://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/ -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** 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] Semantic Breadcrumbs

2004-12-07 Thread Kay Smoljak
if breadcrumbs are really that important. This is veering off-topic rapidly, but here's an interesting discussion on real world data on the use of breadcrumb navigation which suggests they're not utilised by most average users: http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/oct04.asp#kath -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Firefox screen-reader emulator

2004-12-07 Thread Kay Smoljak
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:21:14 +, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kay Smoljak wrote: There's a number of different screenreaders available for testing. Some are free, others have trial periods. I recently installed the demo version of JAWS under Virtual PC - it will run for 40

Re: [WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-15 Thread Kay Smoljak
that accessibility is a big issue for them and I have no doubt the new sites will be much, much better than what's there now. I believe that several years of planning and discussion has gone into the project! I might drop an email to someone and try to find out more... Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Western Australian Government Website

2004-12-16 Thread Kay Smoljak
to the main state government stuff. They're currently discussing getting rid of it completely. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what they come up with when the new common badging is released. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com

[WSG] rationalising my refusal to support IE/NS4

2004-12-20 Thread Kay Smoljak
possibilities will be limited, the accessibility of the site lessened, and download time increased. I'm feeling like this whole week is one big Friday afternoon, and that somehow sounds rather lame. Can anyone recommend any other reasons or throw in some kick-arse buzzwords to make me look good? -- Kay

Re: [WSG] rationalising my refusal to support IE/NS4

2004-12-21 Thread Kay Smoljak
was really searching for words that would say your requirements are bad for web standards and accessibility and therefore bad for your site which I think is mostly on-topic. Cheers! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list

Re: [WSG] making money out of web standards

2004-12-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
for effective search engine optimisation, but it's certainly a good start, and also an awesome selling point. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Semantic Sanity Check

2004-12-30 Thread Kay Smoljak
everyone knows how to get them and how to install them. Good luck! -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting

[WSG] What can you say to a site like this?

2004-12-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
? -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** 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] What can you say to a site like this?

2004-12-31 Thread Kay Smoljak
is a) not serving their market; and b) most probably illegal. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ [1] Imagined conversation: Some pointy-haired boss: Oh dear, what about all this accessibility legislation? 17yo work experience dude who's just completed their Certificate in Multimedia: Don't worry

Re: [WSG] Connditional Comment / @import Problem in IE 5.0.1

2005-01-09 Thread Kay Smoljak
the conditional comment syntax wasn't quite right. The way they handle GT and LT is a little odd... I'd check what you have against MSDN. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http

Re: [WSG] Connditional Comment / @import Problem in IE 5.0.1

2005-01-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
you... those standalone versions are very, very confused about their identities :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some

Re: [WSG] Connditional Comment / @import Problem in IE 5.0.1

2005-01-10 Thread Kay Smoljak
the standalone versions to be accurate for anything. I have a Virtual PC image with Windows 98 SE and IE 5.00.2614.3500 and Windows 2000 with IE 5.50.4134.0600 - but no 5.01, unfortunately. If you'd like me to take some screenshots anyway just send the link. Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak http

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