On 8/26/2009 9:22 AM, David Laakso wrote: > My comments below have little if anything to do with CSS. They are > personal opinion... take them as such, and do with them as will... > Understood. Please don't feel like I don't appreciate them. I'm purely self-taught, and there's a lot that I can learn, especially from people who do this professionally.
>> If it has to do with the issue of serving the correct MIME type (i.e. >> "application/xhtml+xml" vs. "text/html"), I think I've got that >> covered. There's a bit about it on my colophon page: >> >> And if that's NOT it, or I've missed something, I'd love to be better >> informed. >> > 404 > http://www.ronin-group.org/TRG_colophon.html#mime >>> 2/ Check your site in a 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 window. Note >>> the clipping of the stuff at the bottom of the left column in a >>> "short window." >>> >> This is one of those things that I wonder about every so often. I >> don't really track my visitor metrics, but my conclusion wound up >> being that I haven't seen anyone run something as small as 800 x 600 >> in so long that it's just not an issue. >> > Granted. Nevertheless, as a simple example, on a 1680/116.5dpi MacBook > Pro @1024 with a full-sidebar will yield a 640 "content" window... > I never even thought of that. Good point! >>> 6/ Gray on gray is sometimes difficult for some users to read. Have >>> you checked your site with a color contrast analyzer? >>> >> No, I haven't. This is the first I've heard of such a creature. I'll >> look into them. >> > > FWIW, here's one... > <http://juicystudio.com/article/colour-contrast-analyser-firefox-extension.php> > That looks very cool. I'll have to give it a whirl. I didn't realize that the color contrast issue played into accessibility, which I have to admit, I'm vaguely aware of, but haven't paid much attention to in the site development. It's good to have a reminder. Best, michael ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
