RE: [WSG] Right div dropping below left floated div when browser resized

2009-06-30 Thread Kepler Gelotte
> The problem is that when the browser window is reduced in > size, to the point that the table can no longer shrink to fit > inside the available space, the table (but not the whole > right div) drops down so that the top of the table is in line > with the bottom of the left navigation div. This

RE: [WSG] Accessible websites (was: accessible free web hosting account)

2009-06-30 Thread Jens-Uwe Korff
Hi, thank you for your thoughts and feedback. > After all, the few people that do spend any time at all on making their > websites accessible, > probably aren't going to be experts in accessibility, so probably won't do a > very good job of it. Yes and no. If we had no pioneers which inhere

Re: [WSG] Right div dropping below left floated div when browser resized

2009-06-30 Thread Stevio
Thanks Joseph, but I don't know the width however. The right width column varies according to the width of the browser and it's content. Stephen - Original Message - From: Joseph Taylor To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Ri

Re: [WSG] Right div dropping below left floated div when browser resized

2009-06-30 Thread Joseph Taylor
IE6 will drop your content down to a place where it'll fit. You need to do something like this: my_container { min-width: XXpx; _width: XXpx; /* just for IE6 */ } IE6 needs specified width and then it'll behave like it was given a min-width. Joseph R. B. Taylor /Designer / Developer/ --

[WSG] Right div dropping below left floated div when browser resized

2009-06-30 Thread Stevio
I have two divs as follows (no link sorry, web page is protected) - a left div for navigation, a right div containing a header and table (with tabular data). The problem is that when the browser window is reduced in size, to the point that the table can no longer shrink to fit inside the avail

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites

2009-06-30 Thread David Hucklesby
Jens-Uwe Korff wrote: Hi all, I believe making sites accessible is very important. We are all used to ramps near stairs, lifts near escalators, lowered curbs at intersections. We need to get used to "baking in" time into our projects for accessible elements. [...] I agree wholeheartedly. T

RE: [WSG] accessible free web hosting account

2009-06-30 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] > On Behalf Of Craig Henneberry > Sent: Friday, 26 June 2009 1:46 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] accessible free web hosting account > > Andrew Stewart wrote: > > >Most p

Re: [WSG] javascript and accessibility [was: Accessible websites]

2009-06-30 Thread Paul Novitski
At 6/30/2009 01:41 AM, Mathew Robertson wrote: > I like to think that this is where web > development should begin, with JavaScript added to enhance, not to > provide core functionality. Why? Most modern accessibility aids (eg: font increase, JAWS, etc) use an existing browser, which can handl

[WSG] javascript and accessibility [was: Accessible websites]

2009-06-30 Thread Mathew Robertson
> >I found that some of these elements take quite some time to > >integrate. Creating high-contrast CSS can take up to a day (or more > >if you're new to it), non-Javascript states usually more than an > >hour because you also have to edit the script. > By "non-Javascript states" do you mean t

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites (was: accessible free web hosting account)

2009-06-30 Thread Paul Novitski
At 6/29/2009 11:46 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff wrote: I found that some of these elements take quite some time to integrate. Creating high-contrast CSS can take up to a day (or more if you're new to it), non-Javascript states usually more than an hour because you also have to edit the script. By "non-

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites (was: accessible free web hosting account)

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Stewart
On 30 Jun 2009, at 16:46, Jens-Uwe Korff wrote: For an example of a high-contrast version may I suggest to check out the Sydney Morning Herald's Travel section (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/ ). Click on "Low vision" in the navigation bar (We're going to replace "low vision" with "high contra

Re: [WSG] Accessible websites (was: accessible free web hosting account)

2009-06-30 Thread Jim Croft
I think it is pretty good. But one slight irony/anomaly - the 'low vision' link is in pretty small font. Took me a while to find it... time for new glasses prescription jim On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff wrote: > Hi all, > > I believe making sites accessible is very important.