Re: [WSG] HTML5 book(s)

2009-12-22 Thread Samuel Santos
Mark Pilgrim is currently writing Dive Into HTML5to be later published by O’Reilly. A really great resource to learn more about HTML5. -- Samuel Santos http://www.samaxes.com/ http://twitter.com/samaxes On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Palle Zingmark wrote: > If you

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Jeff Reid
- Original Message - From: "Rimantas Liubertas" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09) Regards, Rimantas -- http://rimantas.com/ *** Lis

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> Guys, > Shouldn't this be a separate thread? Maybe there shouldn't be any thread in the first place. On the other hand, my complaint was about "Some links". Anyhow, I won't bother you anymore. My apologies to anyone offended. Have a great holidays and less "Out of office" replies next year. Be

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Jason Grant
Rimantas: HTML5 guys keep saying that HTML5 supports XML syntax, hence us XHTML freaks can use XHTML5 without having to complain about anything. Maybe have a discussion with our friend Bruce Lawson who will essentially tell you the same thing. I think you are being a bit too harsh on our friend R

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Peter Costello
Guys, Shouldn't this be a separate thread? Thx Pete On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Rimantas Liubertas wrote: > > It obviously worked in provoking discussion. > > Where do you see discussion there? Does "keep them coming" count as one? > I am all for "them coming" but I'd like some QA applied t

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> I reckon HTML5 Nazis I thought I was being rude there… > should chill our regarding the XHTML debates as HTML5 > and XHTML are interchangeable terms. How so? HTML5 has XML serialization, but that does not make HTML5 and XHTML "interchangeable" in any way. > Comments like this other guy made j

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> It obviously worked in provoking discussion. Where do you see discussion there? Does "keep them coming" count as one? I am all for "them coming" but I'd like some QA applied to them too. > (And I reserve the right to keep my opinion about the original commenter to > myself ;-) Don't be shy. I

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Jason Grant
I reckon HTML5 Nazis should chill our regarding the XHTML debates as HTML5 and XHTML are interchangeable terms. Comments like this other guy made just add unnecessary negativity to the whole thing. Russ is a legend in his own right and no one should even attempt to cyber bully him. ;-) On Tue, Dec

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Jeremy Cabral
+1 for my weekly dose of "Some links for light reading"! Jeremy Cabral mobile: 0410 319 212

 // skype: jeremycabral On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Jean-Jacques Halans wrote: > Keep em coming Russ! > They are links for light reading after all, not gospel. > It obviously worked in provoking

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Jean-Jacques Halans
Keep em coming Russ! They are links for light reading after all, not gospel. It obviously worked in provoking discussion. (And I reserve the right to keep my opinion about the original commenter to myself ;-) JJ Halans "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss

Re: [WSG] HTML5 book(s)

2009-12-22 Thread Palle Zingmark
If you need (want) to catch up, I would start with this one. :) Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: Next Generation Web Standards, by Christopher Murphy http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430228741 Good luck! /Palle Zingmark http://www.palleman.nu http://twitter.com/palleman On Dec 22, 2009, at 20:10 ,

Re: [WSG] HTML5 book(s)

2009-12-22 Thread David Laakso
designer wrote: O.K., so David Laakso's recent mail made me realise that I need (want) to catch up. I looked online for any html 5 books, and there are a LOT! So, could I please have your recommendations on (recent) books which tell the reader 'how to write html 5' Many thanks, Bob

[WSG] HTML5 book(s)

2009-12-22 Thread designer
O.K., so David Laakso's recent mail made me realise that I need (want) to catch up. I looked online for any html 5 books, and there are a LOT! So, could I please have your recommendations on (recent) books which tell the reader 'how to write html 5' Many thanks, Bob *

Re: [WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread David Laakso
designer wrote: However - there is always a 'BUT' - for my taste it's lopsided! O.K., now tell me you spent hours making the spacing work that way because it's what you wanted! Bob Hours? Hours nothing: it took a lifetime that spacing, Bob :-) . B

Re: [WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread AGerasimchuk
I like the elegancy of the site, but think that Navigation is slightly confusing. I also wasnt' sure where I am - Home or About? You are having two links, but it's actually the same page. Also, you put Gustav Klimt as your first Portfolio item, but I (that was my first impression) thought t

Re: [WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread Christian Montoya
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:13 PM, David Laakso wrote: > I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions on this site. > > I would prefer if "set 1" were expanded by default, and if "set 1" through "set 3" were presented as tabs on the same line, instead of vertically

Re: [WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread designer
- Original Message - From: "David Laakso" I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions on this site. It's very nice - it's clean, the importance of graphic design/typography shows in the design, and it exhumes a sense of proficiency. I notice that

Re: [WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread David Laakso
Chris Price wrote: Looking at the site in Firefox my first reaction is to want to drag it to the left. Somehow being right aligned it feels uncomfortable - I wonder why the white space on the left. -- Chris Price So drag it to a 640 window? Best

Re: [WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread Chris Price
I can see you are an artist. It looks like a website that's been designed by an artist. Looking at the site in Firefox my first reaction is to want to drag it to the left. Somehow being right aligned it feels uncomfortable - I wonder why the white space on the left. I was also a little puzzled wh

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Mohd Huzairy rezuan
Russ, please keep us updated with the light reading links. Thanks for your effort! On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Dory wrote: > I agree... keep sending the links! It is up to us as to what we chose to > read or not. > > Dory > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:06 AM, wrote: > >> >> Russ, >> >> Ev

[WSG] :: makeready ::

2009-12-22 Thread David Laakso
I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions on this site. Best, ~d *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.c

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Dory
I agree... keep sending the links! It is up to us as to what we chose to read or not. Dory On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:06 AM, wrote: > > Russ, > > Even though I have a lot of experience with GUI development and standards, > and have my own opinions on things, I am reading your links everytime yo

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2009-12-22 Thread Peter Larsen
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Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread AGerasimchuk
Russ, Even though I have a lot of experience with GUI development and standards, and have my own opinions on things, I am reading your links everytime you send them out. Any article matters. Please, keep sending those. Thanks! Anya V. Gerasimchuk Web Designer, IT - Web Shared Services UNIFI

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Russ Weakley
Hi Rimantas Why did I post this link? Because the article has an interesting take on HTML5. This does mean that I agree or disagree with the article. I hoped that the article would lead to discussion and debate. I had also hoped that any discussion or debate would be conducted in a respec

Re: [WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Jason Grant
Rimantas, How can you be so sure yourself about what you just posted regarding HTML5 vs. XHTML? Thanks, Jason http://flexewebs.com/semantix On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Rimantas Liubertas wrote: > > Will HTML5 make the Web even more invalid? > >

[WSG] [WSG Announce] Some links for light reading (22/12/09)

2009-12-22 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> Will HTML5 make the Web even more invalid? > Can you provide any reason why you keep posting links to this site? Yes the blog _seems_ to be about web standards, but the posts are just speculation of poor quality and based on the lack