Re: [css-d] Site Check

2009-10-09 Thread JG
While I agree, its ashame that many designers choose the rigid "My size", without thinking about the user, and feel its more important to make the screen look "beautiful". On the other hand, I applaud sites like Yahoo that attempt to keep the control in the hands of the user. Perhaps the only time

Re: [css-d] Divs border

2009-10-02 Thread JG
One thing I wanted to point out is that the text is off when I view it in Mozilla. The copy is not aligned with the background and the bottom portion is misaligned. Also, the copy gets misaligned in IE when you increase text size. I prefer to just color the background in CSS instead of an image, ..

Re: [css-d] Trouble with drop down navigation tabs in IE 6/7

2009-09-29 Thread JG
What about using Yahoo YUI menu? Also, to troubleshoot, I'd get Expression Web Superpreview to see the DOM layout differences in IE 6&8. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Rod Castello wrote: > --- On Wed, 9/30/09, Alan Gresley wrote: > > From: Alan Gresley > Subject: Re: [css-d] Trouble with dro

Re: [css-d] z-index Issue?

2009-09-29 Thread JG
Question: Are the images at the bottom of the page supposed to be cut off? On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:33 PM, wrote: > On this site I have a hover effect on the photos on the right. Works good > in Firefox and IE8 but on IE7 the larger version of the image appears behind > everything else. I have

Re: [css-d] Wonky characters

2009-09-28 Thread JG
try this http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Ellen Heitman wrote: > Here is what I have in the head of my document: > http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> >

Re: [css-d] Presentation Standards

2009-09-28 Thread JG
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040503.html While this is the recommendation, many sites do violate these guidelines, so you can't judge this rule simply by observing what other sites do. The rules established by Nielsen are based on user testing, not "t

Re: [css-d] Screenshot request

2009-09-21 Thread JG
Why don't you download Microsoft Expression Expression Web Superpreview. I like it since you can see a side by side, and it also compares IE7 On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Celeste Mackintosh < celeste.mackint...@wcc.govt.nz> wrote: > Hi there, > > Would anyone be able to do me a big favour? >

[css-d] Firefox Mac css layout issue

2006-07-28 Thread JG
Hi everyone, this is my first post to the list. I've been working on a site where I have a horizontal row of thumbnails for navigation, and they seem to somehow expand (or something) in Firefox. When this happens some of them go vertical, but not usually all...it seems somewhat random how many