Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-12 Thread Andrew Maben
On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Designer wrote: So I repeat : 20 items for sale would have to be: Buy now, Buy it now, etc... I may be late to the party with this, but I think what they're looking for would be: a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 1 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 2 nowBuy

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-12 Thread Designer
Andrew Maben wrote: On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Designer wrote: So I repeat : 20 items for sale would have to be: Buy now, Buy it now, etc... I may be late to the party with this, but I think what they're looking for would be: a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 1 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-12 Thread russ - maxdesign
a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 1 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 2 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 3 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 4 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 5 nowBuy Now/a This is an elegant solution but has one drawback. The title attribute is

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-12 Thread Al Sparber
From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I may be late to the party with this, but I think what they're looking for would be: a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 1 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 2 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 3 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 4 nowBuy Now/a a

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-12 Thread Designer
Al Sparber wrote: From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I may be late to the party with this, but I think what they're looking for would be: a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 1 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 2 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE 3 nowBuy Now/a a href=LINK title=Buy TITLE

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-12 Thread Al Sparber
From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] There really is not an accessibility validator in the same sense as there is an HTML or CSS validator. Accessibility is not black and white. I believe your original code is fine: h1 EVERY STREET IN MANCHESTER /h1 a href=esim/btsa.htmlAbout the book/a a

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-11 Thread Designer
Al Sparber wrote: [snip] . . . No one is forcing you to not use Buy Now 20 times, on 20 different links. . . . Well Al, they are if I want to make an 'accessible' site which passes the WAI validation. No-one is 'forcing me' not to put font tags in the markup, or lay it out with tables, or

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility -solution!

2007-03-11 Thread Designer
Simon Moss wrote: In fact there is a let-out clause - http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text - you *can* use the same text for different links, providing you use unique title text for each one... (still irritating - but as you say - there is a point there...) Simon Brilliant

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-11 Thread Al Sparber
From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Al Sparber wrote: [snip] . . . No one is forcing you to not use Buy Now 20 times, on 20 different links. . . . Well Al, they are if I want to make an 'accessible' site which passes the WAI validation. No-one is 'forcing me' not to put font tags in the

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread John Faulds
a href=esim/btsa_pt2.htmlWhat the critics say/a a href=mk/introduction_pt3.html What the critics say/a Same text - different destinations. On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:43:51 +1000, Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a href=mk/introduction_pt3.html What the critics say/a -- Tyssen Design

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Designer
John Faulds wrote: a href=esim/btsa_pt2.htmlWhat the critics say/a a href=mk/introduction_pt3.html What the critics say/a Same text - different destinations. Thanks John! But . . . That's what I want : 2 different books, each in it's own headed list, both with a section on what the

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Al Sparber
From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks John! But . . . That's what I want : 2 different books, each in it's own headed list, both with a section on what the critics say. Does this mean I can't have that? If so, that is ridiculous!! If I have 20 items for sale in a list, does that mean

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Designer
Al Sparber wrote: From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks John! But . . . That's what I want : 2 different books, each in it's own headed list, both with a section on what the critics say. Does this mean I can't have that? If so, that is ridiculous!! If I have 20 items for sale in a

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Tony Crockford
Designer wrote: Ludicrous! I see the point, obviously, but really!!! not really, you're missing the obvious. the links should be buy book on cooking ISBNx buy book on Shiatsu ISBNx buy book on Vegetarian cooking ISBN etc and the visual styling would be a graphic buy now

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Designer wrote: So I repeat : 20 items for sale would have to be: Buy now, Buy it now, Buy this now, Now buy it, . No, it doesn't. It should rather be: Buy product A now, Buy product B now, Buy product C now, Buy product D now, . Your own page should then probably have something

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Al Sparber
From: Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] So I repeat : 20 items for sale would have to be: Buy now, Buy it now, Buy this now, Now buy it, Get it at once, Purchase now, Get yer wallet out, Fork out now, Dig in for the dosh, etc etc. :-) Ludicrous! I see the point, obviously, but really!!!

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Designer wrote: John Faulds wrote: a href=esim/btsa_pt2.htmlWhat the critics say/a a href=mk/introduction_pt3.html What the critics say/a Same text - different destinations. Thanks John! But . . . That's what I want : 2 different books, each in it's own headed list, both with a

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 10 Mar 2007, at 19:18:00, Thierry Koblentz wrote: What about: a href=esim/btsa_pt2.htmlWhat the critics say spanabout XXX/span/a a href=mk/introduction_pt3.html What the critics say spanabout YYY/span/a Then you use your favorite method to hide the span elements. As long as your

Re: [WSG] target and accessibility

2007-03-10 Thread Simon Moss
In fact there is a let-out clause - http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text - you *can* use the same text for different links, providing you use unique title text for each one... (still irritating - but as you say - there is a point there...) Simon www.simonmoss.co.uk That's