I'll fix this soon. thanks, Geoff.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hope Stewart > Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005 11:10 AM > To: Web Standards Group > Subject: Re: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ > > > Geoff, > > One problem that I've found in both Firefox & Safari is that > when I increase > the font size the search box and its button disappear from the page. > > Hope Stewart > > > On 4/8/05 7:18 PM, "Geoff Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Thanks for all the comments on the new ABC home page. I did > the front-end > > coding, so I'm responsible for *some* of the issues raised. > > > > The resizing thing: > > I would have also preferred a scalable layout or a > stylesheet switch, but the > > design differences are sufficiently great that I had to > build 2 html pages. > > They are pulling different includes, in a different order > for a start. I > > tested the script pretty extensively, but if you have > problems, email me and > > I'll look into it. > > > > The ABC (the New Media department anyway) is moving > generally towards > > fixed-width centered layouts. Again, not my preference. > > > > Navigation: > > The previous drop-down menus didn't test very well, and the > click-through > > stats showed the in-page links were used much more. The new > global nav and the > > "Explore the ABC" were quite popular. > > > > The global nav coding was constrained by the fact that it > has to go on all ABC > > pages as a single include file. Putting the style tag in > the include (and so > > inside the body) was a compromise to get it to work without > having to edit > > code across the whole of the ABC. We are fixing it for the > new/recent pages > > soon. Old pages was will probably stay broken. > > > > The Banner: > > Making it an html image instead of a CSS background was > done so the banner > > appears in CSS impaired browsers and in PDAs where the rest > of the page will > > be unstyled. > > > > Font-sizing: > > Constant source of argument with designers, who always want > it too small. Up > > to now I've been using the body {font-size:0.76em} trick > (most of the recent > > ABC TV sites for example.) But the differences in IE when > browser text size > > settings become much too great. So I've started using > font-size:76% instead, > > which seems to work better. > > > > Accessibility: > > We haven't paid a lot of attention to it apart from making > sure the html is > > clean/semantic and adding the skip links. we test pretty > widely across > > browsers. Point taken about the missing title attributes, > but given the number > > of links, and the fact they come from some many different > people in different > > program areas, it is probably not going to get fixed. > > > > BTW, if there is anything that particularly annoys (or > pleases) you, send > > feedback via the contact form if you want it formally > logged. We do make > > changes based on feedback we receive. > > > > > > cheers, > > > > Geoff Pack > > Developer, > > ABC New Media and Digital Services > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
