Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Tony Crockford


On 7 Sep 2007, at 00:39, Felix Miata wrote:


On 2007/09/06 20:42 (GMT+0100) Tony Crockford apparently typed:


so, what happens if a user has their default font set larger than the
browser default in this case?


Can't happen. Browser default == user default. :-p


You *know* I meant manufacturer browser default...

so what happens if a user has altered the browser default to a larger  
size.


does body: 100% mean that all other measurements are then derived  
from the users, larger font setting?


if so am I safe setting body: 100% and then setting text elements  
using ems?


if i check in a range of sizes (IE smallest - IE largest) on a range  
of screens and the design doesn't break - is that okay?


I'm sure it is.





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Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 7/9/07 (07:50) Tony said:

I've been using CSS for seven years or more and I'm trying to adopt  
best practice in a pragmatic way, which means I can't deliver my  
clients sites with excessively large fonts - they are trying to  
design interfaces that look attractive and create income for their  
business.  I'm trying to ensure the sites they get are as accessible  
as possible, we have to meet somewhere in the middle.

On a side note, I can't help but notice that almost every site that has
been cited as a reference for reasons why default text size should not
be tampered with has a very minimal level of 'design styling'. For example:
http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/2S/font.htm
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020819.html
http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/bigdefaults.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/essence.html

Now, I'm not going to dispute that these are very accessible sites from
a type-size perspective. And, yes, they present their information
without unnecessary distraction. But I can also guarantee that if I took
a 'design' like that of any of those sites to a client, said client
would be out the door and off to my competitors faster than I could say
Accessibility.

Maybe it's just coincidence. But none of those sites telling me that I
can create perfectly nice-looking, commercially viable designs using
default text sizes have actually put their design-money where their
mouth is. *That does not make the points they raise wrong*, but it means
that it feels a bit like having my dress sense criticised by someone
wearing a dirty t-shirt and torn sweat pants.

-- 
Rick Lecoat



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Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Rahul Gonsalves

On 07-Sep-07, at 3:01 PM, Rick Lecoat wrote:


On 7/9/07 (07:50) Tony said:


I've been using CSS for seven years or more and I'm trying to adopt
best practice in a pragmatic way, which means I can't deliver my
clients sites with excessively large fonts - they are trying to
design interfaces that look attractive and create income for their
business.  I'm trying to ensure the sites they get are as accessible
as possible, we have to meet somewhere in the middle.


I have been reluctant to add anything to this discussion, because I  
suspect I do not understand a lot of what is happening in terms of  
the usability studies; I also must admit that the DPI comparisons  
have confused me.


The first point I'd like to bring up, is that, as a 'web-designer',  
one is often asked to create a website, not necessarily for the / 
users/ of the afore-mentioned site, but for the /client/. There are a  
number of ramifications that arise out of this situation, one of the  
first I suppose is that there is a divergence between what would be  
best for the users, and what one has been asked to do. I'm sure many  
of us have been in this situation - I may know that there is a large  
body of information that suggests that one /should/ design using  
default text-sizes as a base - but no amount of convincing is going  
to work with the client. Where there are significant amounts of money  
involved, I don't know whether I have the luxury - definitely not at  
present - to say 'I'm sorry, I can't work with you'.


But none of those sites telling me that I can create perfectly nice- 
looking, commercially viable designs using
default text sizes have actually put their design-money where their  
mouth is.


Try the Chelsea Creek Studio:
http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

I particularly like this one:
http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/site/gustave/index.html

It is possible, and I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to work  
with larger text-sizes and yet arrive at an aesthetic solution.


In summary, to my somewhat incoherent soliloquy:
 - One cannot always design to accepted best practices (in this  
case, default text sizes), where ones autonomy is restricted
 - Designing using these best practices does not need to result in a  
'minimal level of design styling', or an un-aesthetic solution


Do forgive me if I have missed the point completely, I frequently do.
Best,
 - Rahul.


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Re: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Diego La Monica
I suggest to use for the default lang the language which starts the body:
the first word is english or chinese?

And for each section that is in the other language (that not is the default)
you should specify the other language.

I hope it will be hopefull.

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On 07/09/07, Tee G. Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I am working on a bilingual site (chinese/english) that needs to pass
 at least WCAG AA, the site is UTF-8 charset and I didn't use lang
 attribute in the meta because it's a bilingual site.

 and I am getting this error on Priority 3 Verification Checklist:

 4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document.

  * Rule: 4.3.1 - Documents are required to use the META element
 with the 'name' attribute value 'language' in the Head section.
o Note: This rule has not been selected to be verified for
 this checkpoint.
  * Rule: 4.3.2 - The HTML (Root) element must use the 'lang'
 attribute.
o Failure - The HTML (Root) element does not use the
 'lang' attribute.


 What do you propose I should do to make the 'failure' goes away?

 Thanks!

 tee



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Re: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Jixor - Stephen I

I did read about this somewhere, I thought the guidelines touched upon it.

Patrick Lauke wrote:

Tee G. Peng



  
I am working on a bilingual site (chinese/english) that needs 
to pass  
at least WCAG AA, the site is UTF-8 charset and I didn't use lang  
attribute in the meta because it's a bilingual site.


[...]
  

What do you propose I should do to make the 'failure' goes away?



Is every page on your site in both chinese and english, all in one page? If so, as long 
as you're marking up the changes when you move from the chinese to the english section of 
your page, I'd say you can pick one or the other as the nominal language for 
the whole page.

P

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Enterprise  Development
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RE: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Patrick Lauke
 Tee G. Peng

 I am working on a bilingual site (chinese/english) that needs 
 to pass  
 at least WCAG AA, the site is UTF-8 charset and I didn't use lang  
 attribute in the meta because it's a bilingual site.
[...]
 What do you propose I should do to make the 'failure' goes away?

Is every page on your site in both chinese and english, all in one page? If so, 
as long as you're marking up the changes when you move from the chinese to the 
english section of your page, I'd say you can pick one or the other as the 
nominal language for the whole page.

P

Patrick H. Lauke
Web Editor
Enterprise  Development
University of Salford
Room 113, Faraday House
Salford, Greater Manchester
M5 4WT
UK

T +44 (0) 161 295 4779
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 7/9/07 (11:50) Rahul said:

Try the Chelsea Creek Studio:
http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

I particularly like this one:
http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ca/site/gustave/index.html

Yes, both fine designs. (I was simply pulling my example sites from the
list of those that had been proffered up-thread as information sources
about default sizes being best).

It is possible, and I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to work  
with larger text-sizes and yet arrive at an aesthetic solution.

I agree that it should be (and clearly is) possible to create reasonably
aesthetically pleasing [1] designs using default text sizes. I found it
ironic, however, that the sites telling me to use default sizes failed
so spectacularly to provide an aesthetically pleasing solution [2] themselves.

Do forgive me if I have missed the point completely
No, you hit it bang on I think.
Thanks for your views!

-- 
Rick Lecoat

[1] A very subjective judgement call, of course.
[2] Again, that's subjective.



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[WSG] Browser Check

2007-09-07 Thread jcolon82
Browser check for the following site:
http://www.condometropolis.com/buy_orlando_condos.php?Name=action=searchSubmit=Browse+All+Condos!first=yes

I've checked on IE 6 and Firefox 2.0.0.9. One strange thing is that the 
absolutely positioned divs in the relative container aren't were they should be 
in Firefox. Mostlikely Firefox has it right and IE doesn't. How could I fix the 
slight shift in position?

Thanks,
Jorge



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[WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Tee G. Peng
I am working on a bilingual site (chinese/english) that needs to pass  
at least WCAG AA, the site is UTF-8 charset and I didn't use lang  
attribute in the meta because it's a bilingual site.


and I am getting this error on Priority 3 Verification Checklist:

4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document.

* Rule: 4.3.1 - Documents are required to use the META element  
with the 'name' attribute value 'language' in the Head section.
  o Note: This rule has not been selected to be verified for  
this checkpoint.
* Rule: 4.3.2 - The HTML (Root) element must use the 'lang'  
attribute.
  o Failure - The HTML (Root) element does not use the  
'lang' attribute.



What do you propose I should do to make the 'failure' goes away?

Thanks!

tee



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Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Tony Crockford


On 7 Sep 2007, at 00:03, Felix Miata wrote:


Don't what? Don't understand your instruction? Don't believe your  
instruction? Don't let you try to instruct them? Don't look at the  
good example sites you offer them? ? ? ?


yes to all of those.

most real world clients I am aware of are being driven by different  
desires than accessibility.


I have been an accessibility evangalist for many years, but the real  
world is a wrld compromise and conformity.  they believe what they  
want to believe, the see what they see and what feels right to them  
is what they want.


 Do they understand that it's good business to treat customers  
right, which on the WWW means big, easy-to-read text?

http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/top-10/


I have trouble reading that site.

first off, with a window set to 1024x768 on my 30 dell on OS X this  
line:


6. The fastest growing market segment is Americans age 50+. In fact,  
every seven


is over seven inches long, which makes it hard to scan - each word  
becomes discrete letters if you understand me...


if I remove my reading glasses, the text is so large and contrasty  
that I get double vision blurring.  my glasses correct my astigmatism.


so in my case I want text that's readable with my glasses on, not  
text sized so large I can't scan it.


I wonder how many of these studies took into account that most web  
users with poor vision, use some means of corrective device?




body {font-size: medium !important;}

That simplicity cannot work on sites where fonts are set on  
particular elements, or via class ids or names. Anything much  
beyond that one rule is beyond the capability of any besides web  
design professionals accustomed to

routine use of CSS.


I've been using CSS for seven years or more and I'm trying to adopt  
best practice in a pragmatic way, which means I can't deliver my  
clients sites with excessively large fonts - they are trying to  
design interfaces that look attractive and create income for their  
business.  I'm trying to ensure the sites they get are as accessible  
as possible, we have to meet somewhere in the middle.


and talking of UI, why are we fighting for 16px fonts in browsers  
when most UI text is much smaller?




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Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Stuart Foulstone

On Fri, September 7, 2007 11:50 am, Rahul Gonsalves wrote:

 Try the Chelsea Creek Studio:
 http://chelseacreekstudio.com/


The text size may be OK but the lack of contast in the page header
definitely fails accessibilty standards.

Stuart


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Re: [WSG] Font sizing: top down or bottom up

2007-09-07 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 7/9/07 (07:50) Tony said:

and talking of UI, why are we fighting for 16px fonts in browsers  
when most UI text is much smaller?

I believe that the reasoning here draws a distinction between UI
elements and 'content'. UI elements become familiar through their
unchanging nature (every time I pull down the Image menu in photoshop it
looks the same as last time, unless I've upgrade photoshop inbetween).

Content, by contrast, is by nature unfamiliar.

The more familiar the text in question, the less help the reader requires.

-- 
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Re: [WSG] Browser Check

2007-09-07 Thread Joseph Taylor

Jorge,

The site looks good. You might want to start by fixing the 246 
validation errors in your HTML just on that pageno offense 
intended.  The other pages have similar issues too. (Firefox 2 on Mac)


There are a couple nested tag closure issues, which could well be your 
problem with the positioning.


Most of the complaints are about ampersands in your URLS not being coded 
as amp;


Joseph R. B. Taylor
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Sites by Joe, LLC
Keep it Clean, Simple  Elegant
(609) 335-3076
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Browser check for the following site:
http://www.condometropolis.com/buy_orlando_condos.php?Name=action=searchSubmit=Browse+All+Condos!first=yes

I've checked on IE 6 and Firefox 2.0.0.9. One strange thing is that the 
absolutely positioned divs in the relative container aren't were they should be 
in Firefox. Mostlikely Firefox has it right and IE doesn't. How could I fix the 
slight shift in position?

Thanks,
Jorge



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Re: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Tee G. Peng

Patrick, Diego  Jixor, thank you.



Is every page on your site in both chinese and english, all in one  
page?
Some pages contain two languages and that was the reason I thought  
'lang=en' isn't quite appropriate.


I guess I must draw the dice and pick one.

According to WCAG 1.0:
4.3 Identify the primary natural language of a document. [Priority 3]
For example, in HTML set the lang attribute on the HTML element. In  
XML, use xml:lang. Server operators should configure servers to  
take advantage of HTTP content negotiation mechanisms ([RFC2068],  
section 14.13) so that clients can automatically retrieve documents  
of the preferred language.

Techniques for checkpoint 4.3

Is this 'clients' refers to normal browsers (Opera, Firefox for  
example) or Screen reader (including Apple's VoiceOver)? If the  
later, I don't think there is  Screen reader that can speak both  
Eastern Asian language and English (except one make by Indian,  
Japanese or Chinese then there is hope :) I heard Chinese has one but  
only work for PC ). Up till this point, the whole purpose of lang  
attribute  is at fault. Will WCAG2 amend  this or perhaps introduce a  
new attribute for bilingual site?



tee


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RE: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Kepler Gelotte
 Some pages contain two languages and that was the reason I thought  
 'lang=en' isn't quite appropriate.

...

 Up till this point, the whole purpose of lang  
 attribute  is at fault. Will WCAG2 amend  this or perhaps introduce a  
 new attribute for bilingual site?


Hi Tee,

Personally I think it is an accessibility issue to mix two languages on the
same page. I am just curious why you did that. If it is a requirement, you
can identify a particular block as being in a different language by using
the lang attribute on that one block. Then use the lang attribute on the
html tag to identify the main language of the page (
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#changes-in-lang ) .

I currently am working on a multilingual site myself. It is not live but you
can see it at ( http://lafermerie.neighborwebmaster.com ). The links on the
lower right allow you to switch between languages. I am using UTF-8 and
setting the lang attribute based on the currently selected language.

Regards,
Kepler Gelotte




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Re: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Tee G. Peng

Hi Kepler,



Personally I think it is an accessibility issue to mix two  
languages on the

same page.


I am not sure about this, I don't find it an issue at all, due to my  
background it's actually a rather common thing to read/speak two  
different langagues in a single conversation/page. If you ever watch  
Bollywood movie, you will see that it's very common too. Heck! Even  
those Booker prize winners Indian writers have to insert a few Hindi  
here and there. Do French in Quebec do this?


UTF-8 makes it possible to have two totally different languages put  
on one page, and website no longer is a mono-language rule it all,  
based on this logic, I think one really can't argue it's an  
accessibiility issue if a website contains two languages in one page,  
as long as the nature of the site has this needs based on its culture  
and custom preferences.



I am just curious why you did that.


Well, I guess this is arguable if I really need it. I guess I don't  
need to but I have a good reason for doing it - I am redesigning my  
web design service site (+ blog), and I want to target a particular  
audiences that are both English/Chinese capable and comfortable with  
using both and have the preferences to give the business to one who  
is capable of both languages. To do this, I need to demonstrate that  
to them - it's just a matter  how one go about doing it, and yes,  
serving one version for English and the other for Chinese is one way  
to go. However, say, in the home page and other pages I want to show  
blog entries that have English and Chinese articles in certain block,  
it makes more sense to have two languages in one page instead of two  
different pages specifically for English and Chinese.


There is also this possibility that a site needs two languages in one  
page, for instance, a site offers language learning.



If it is a requirement, you
can identify a particular block as being in a different language by  
using
the lang attribute on that one block. Then use the lang attribute  
on the

html tag to identify the main language of the page (
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#changes-in-lang ) .


Thanks for the pointer. This no doubt is a good way.

I currently am working on a multilingual site myself. It is not  
live but you
can see it at ( http://lafermerie.neighborwebmaster.com ). The  
links on the
lower right allow you to switch between languages. I am using UTF-8  
and

setting the lang attribute based on the currently selected language.



Wow!! Powered by Zencart! I know it's not ready for production  
environment, but did you check the Magento?


tee


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RE: [WSG] lack of 'lang' attribute fails WAI

2007-09-07 Thread Kepler Gelotte
 Wow!! Powered by Zencart! I know it's not ready for production  
 environment, but did you check the Magento?

Yes, I did look at Magneto briefly. I like their checkout screen much better
than ZenCart's checkout process, but when I saw it was still Beta I decided
I needed something more stable. 

Regards,
Kepler



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[WSG] XHTML+Voice

2007-09-07 Thread Tee G. Peng

Has anybody done this on your (and client) site yet?

It's showing up on Opera site, so I reckon it's supported for 9.50  
Alpha? And Safri Beta 3 too?


http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/xhtml-voice-by-example/

tee


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Re: [WSG] Browser Check

2007-09-07 Thread Christian Montoya
On 9/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Browser check for the following site:
 http://www.condometropolis.com/buy_orlando_condos.php?Name=action=searchSubmit=Browse+All+Condos!first=yes

Sorry to be off-topic, but is that domain name set in stone? Reading
it left to right can be confusing.


-- 
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Christian Montoya
christianmontoya.net


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Re: [WSG] XHTML+Voice

2007-09-07 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh


On Sep 8, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Tee G. Peng wrote:

It's showing up on Opera site, so I reckon it's supported for 9.50  
Alpha? And Safri Beta 3 too?


http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/xhtml-voice-by-example/


That page doesn't work as described on Safari, seen from here (latest  
WebKit nightly build -OS X) and Safari3.03beta - both OS X and WinXP).


But Mac OS X 10.4 (and esp. Safari) has build in screen reading  
technology: VoiceOver.
Turn VoiceOver on (command F5), and you can have the page read to  
you. See [1] for a quick howto.

No need for special (x)html code.

iCab also has this option (from the View menu).

Firefox and Camino nightly trunk builds will have support for  
VoiceOver in the future (currently you'll need to make a custom build  
from the Gecko 1.9 trunk to enjoy it. Basically, it works, but there  
are still rough edges. In a Camino build, it only works on the chrome  
part at the moment, not on the content part.).


I tried that page in Opera 9.5 alpha, but it didn't seem to make any  
noise. But maybe I'm missing a setting somewhere. I haven't read much  
about that issue, yet.
Opera 9.5a also seem to have basic support for VoiceOver (again,  
chrome only, as far as I could test).


[1] http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200505/ 
voiceover_and_safari_screen_reading_on_the_mac/



Philippe
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Re: [WSG] XHTML+Voice

2007-09-07 Thread Tee G. Peng

Hi Philippe, a quick question before I forgot to ask.
 A bit off-topic: yes I use VoiceOver sometimes; the built-in voice  
options are awful, so far Vicki is the only one I can listen for more  
than 15 mintues. I'd been wanting to purhcase a pleasant voice sample  
but don't know where to look. Anybody knows about this?

Hopefully Leapord will improve.

tee




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Re: [WSG] Browser Check

2007-09-07 Thread jcolon82
Yep, it's set in stone. They have nearly 3k unique visitors per month. I guess 
it's really not affecting the traffic.

Jorge

 Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
 On 9/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Browser check for the following site:
  http://www.condometropolis.com/buy_orlando_condos.php?Name=action=searchSubmit=Browse+All+Condos!first=yes
 
 Sorry to be off-topic, but is that domain name set in stone? Reading
 it left to right can be confusing.
 
 
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