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] SEO vs. Accessibility

2009-05-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] > On Behalf Of David Dixon > Sent: Wednesday, 27 May 2009 10:26 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] SEO vs. Accessibility > > > The thing to remember is that while its doubtfu

[WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-07 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Hey guys, I have just come across a website that looks absolutely fine in IE7, IE6, Firefox and the other modern browsers, however in IE5 none of the content shows up. The HTML/CSS is all valid, but what really made me stop and think is that the site actually complies with the WCAG 1.0 guidelin

RE: [WSG] Fw: The Great Firewall of Australia

2008-11-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I was originally involved in the testing of the Net Alert server based filters from a User perspective. Of course a lot of the information is confidential, but it shouldn't harm to point you to some of the publicly available information: http://www.netalert.gov.au/advice/publications/reports/a_

RE: [WSG] card sort with disabled users (OT?)

2007-10-30 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of lisa herrod > > I think you probably need to work with individual groups in a way that > is appropriate for them, rather than trying to find one way to do it > all. For example, unless you transpose la

[WSG] card sort with disabled users (OT?)

2007-10-29 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
how to achieve this? Thanks heaps. Andreas. Andreas Boehmer User Experience Consultant Addictive Media 323/55 Flemington Rd North Melbourne 3051 Phone: (03) 9386 8907 Fax: (03) 9348 9287 Mobile: 0411 097 038 http://www.addictivemedia.com.au Consulting | Acce

RE: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> On 10/4/07, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whether their decisions were right or wrong in our eyes is not the > point. > > They have got the right to make those decisions because they are a > private > > company. > >

RE: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Breton Slivka > Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2007 10:34 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard > > Target is a business, and they ain't in th

RE: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
What Target offer is an additional service to their clients. They don't have to offer a website, they just do it to make it easier for their customers (and of course to sell more products). If they are being sued for having an inaccessible website, they might as well turn around and take the site

[WSG] vertically aligning objects of unknown height

2007-03-28 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Hi guys, Is there any way to vertically align objects in CSS next to each other if the height of them is not set? This is what I am trying to achieve: http://www.prototype.net.au/boxes.html I want to create a box with an undefined amount of text inside of it and next to the box I want a checkbo

RE: [WSG] Certified Usable

2006-03-20 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Felix Miata > Sent: Tuesday, 21 March 2006 2:41 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Certified Usable > > On 06/03/20 03:31 Craig Errey apparently typed: > > > I'm the managing dire

RE: [WSG] Certified Usable

2006-03-20 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Errey > Sent: Monday, 20 March 2006 7:32 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Certified Usable > > Firstly, to everyone that's taken the time to add a comment > to the thread

[WSG] Certified Usable

2006-03-19 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
help of Microsoft Frontpage. "User-friendly", that's something different. And in my opinion nobody can guarantee the user-friendlyness of a website to all users in the world. Any thoughts? Andreas Boehmer User Experience Consultant Addictive Media Phone: (03) 9386 8907 Mobile: (041

RE: [WSG] Styling Fieldset and Legend Elements

2006-03-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lachlan Hunt > Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2006 4:12 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Styling Fieldset and Legend Elements > > Hi, >I'm looking for a way to style a legend element wi

[WSG] Collapsing columns on liquid design

2006-03-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Hi guys, I am fighting with this little css problem but I am coming to the conclusion that it is impossible to solve. I thought I should check with others though, just to make sure I don't overlook anything: I am working on a liquid design of a website. The design fits fine into 800x600 and start

RE: [WSG] AIMIA Awards

2006-02-27 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Hi Kat, Completely agree with you. I have been member with AIMIA for a couple of years, but to be honest I didn't quite get out of it what I was hoping for. In my opinion they are blowing the Accessibility Trumpet without knowing how to read the notes. Being probably the No.1 association in Austr

RE: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels

2006-01-28 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lachlan Hunt > Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2006 10:16 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels > > Andreas Boehmer

RE: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels

2006-01-28 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bert Doorn > Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2006 1:42 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels > > Rene Saarsoo wrote: > > Well... I agree, that the pr

RE: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels

2006-01-28 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Saarsoo > Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2006 2:35 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels > > Whats so wrong with using good-old table... (skipp

RE: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels

2006-01-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Swabey > Sent: Friday, 27 January 2006 2:29 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels > > > So is the alternative unstructured content? > >

RE: [WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels

2006-01-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
The problem with putting the links into a nested UL is that the list wouldn't make sense anymore in the end. We would have the subitems in nested ULs as well as the links. Links and subitems cannot be treated semantically the same: Item 1 Add Edit Delete

[WSG] The dilemma: tabular data with sublevels

2006-01-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I am tearing my hair out over the decision on how to best format following data: We start with a list of items and subitems: Item 1 - SubItem 1.1 - SubItem 1.1.1 - SubItem 1.1.2 - Subitem 1.2 Item 2 - SubItem 2.1 ... Sounds very much like a collection of LIs, right? Well, the probl

RE: [WSG] IE pushes image out of DIV

2005-12-29 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
tion CSS > definition changed the appding attribute from padding:10px > 10px 10px 10px; to padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;. > > regards, > > bill > > > On 12/30/05, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have overridde

RE: [WSG] IE pushes image out of DIV

2005-12-29 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
tag of the ( e.g. ... > > Hope this helps, > > William Tulloch > > > > > On 12/30/05, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I have been fighting with this problem for a while

[WSG] IE pushes image out of DIV

2005-12-29 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Hi guys, I have been fighting with this problem for a while and simply cannot find a solution for it. If you view http://www.addictivemedia.com.au/clients/abc/inside.asp in IE 6 you will notice that the "Get Adobe Reader" image is pushed under the grey box, while in Firefox it is sitting nicely

RE: [WSG] New logo scheme was talking points for standards

2005-12-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herrod, Lisa > Sent: Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:15 AM > To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' > Subject: RE: [WSG] New logo scheme was talking points for standards > > We work this way because it's best

RE: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Montoya > Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2005 3:40 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] talking points for standards > > On 12/5/05, Ric & Jude Raftis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RE: [WSG] talking points for standards

2005-12-05 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Additionally to the points already mentioned by others, one very good reason for coding in standards is to ensure the website will last a long time. I am sure the organisation you are talking about will not want to create a new website in a few years time. Show them some of the many websites that

RE: [WSG] Font resizing

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
age- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Felix Miata > Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 2:39 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Font resizing > > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:08:40 >

RE: [WSG] Font resizing

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I just realised how ridiculously little the difference is between "normal" and "large" font size on the Sydney Morning Herald. As if that was making any difference to the user. It's fairly obvious that that was only put on there for the show, not to really make any difference. -Original Messa

RE: [WSG] Font resizing

2005-11-09 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
>From my experience there are a lot of people who have got a vision impairment, yet do not use Magnifiers or don't know how to manually change the browser font size. If you think about it - a "vision impairment" could be just caused by old age or even tiredness. Just because somebody has got slight

RE: [WSG] specifying width of

2005-10-24 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
! :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Futter Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2005 2:33 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] specifying width of On 25/10/05 1:59 PM, "Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]" <[EMAIL PROT

RE: [WSG] specifying width of

2005-10-24 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
hen set to scroll or whatever, preventing the content from spilling out across your layout generally. I think. On 10/24/05, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way to specify a max width for content of tags? > Currently the content of my ta

[WSG] specifying width of

2005-10-24 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Is there any way to specify a max width for content of tags? Currently the content of my tags does not automatically wrap when the parent div is at an end - it just keeps on running until it finds the end of the line. I know the idea of the tag is to display the content as it is, but of

RE: [WSG] Is a colon after a form label necessary?

2005-10-12 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McLaughlin, Gail G > Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2005 11:19 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Is a colon after a form label necessary? > > We are establishing Web standards for forms a

RE: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-07 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Alan Trick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 7 October 2005 5:13 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > The greatest issue that I have with usability testing and such is that > they rely

RE: [WSG] Meta Keywords?

2005-10-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Czeiger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 7 October 2005 3:09 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Meta Keywords? > > I'd have to agree with Andreas here. > > Wile for Ranking purposes they're not terribly important, at leas

RE: [WSG] Meta Keywords?

2005-10-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Martin Jopson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 7 October 2005 2:23 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Meta Keywords? > > > During one of Tantek's seminars at WE05, I assumed I was the > last person > in the world to learn that Meta

RE: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Gunlaug Sørtun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 7:09 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > &

RE: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Prabhath Sirisena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 6:59 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > On 10/4/05, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > &

RE: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Prabhath Sirisena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 6:33 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > I am not saying these problems don't exist - of course they > do. But I can

RE: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Katrina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 6:29 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right! > > > > > > If I went and asked my mom "what is the biggest usability > issue" would s

[WSG] Top Ten Web Design Mistakes - yeah, right!

2005-10-04 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Somebody pointed out this article by our friend Jakob Nielsen to me: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html Let's start with this little comment at the beginning: "For this year's list of worst design mistakes, I decided to try something new: I asked readers of my newsletter to nomina

RE: [WSG] WE05

2005-10-02 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Katrina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 3 October 2005 10:35 AM > To: Web Standards Group > Subject: [WSG] WE05 > > "Who has ever seen a div with a class of header? Why not use a header > (eg.) element?" > > Aren't the header tags reserved for text

RE: [WSG] Hiding Headings

2005-09-27 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Duncan Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 1:02 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Hiding Headings > > > Search Engines don't care which part of your layout the H1 is in. > > They will care how close to the

RE: [WSG] Hiding Headings

2005-09-27 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Joseph R. B. Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 12:07 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Hiding Headings > > Your thoughts please: > > Let's say I have the classic 2 column layout with header and > footer.

RE: [WSG] FW: Killersites.com Newsletter - Not another nerd newsletter!

2005-09-26 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Craig Rippon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 7:44 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] FW: Killersites.com Newsletter - Not another > nerd newsletter! > > Just got this from a Killersites.com, what do you think of t

RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Duncan Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 12:29 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review > > Design is how something *works* not how something *looks* (read that > again, slowly).

RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: kvnmcwebn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 10:11 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review > > > > Dreamweaver is not for design. It's for the step > afterwards when you take >

RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Duncan Heal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 9:50 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review > > Howdy > > I've been test-driving the new version of Dreamweaver - I'd pretty > much swo

RE: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review

2005-09-25 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Christian Montoya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 3:33 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] computer arts mag article/review > > Considering none of the top designers use Dreamweaver, I > could care less about a

RE: [WSG] Verb this link (WAS Click here--reference)

2005-09-20 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Damian Sweeney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 21 September 2005 9:07 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Verb this link (WAS Click here--reference) > > This thread has got me thinking. If verbs are not the go in link > text, wher

RE: [WSG] Disappearing conent in middle column

2005-09-19 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 2:03 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Disappearing conent in middle column > > The content in the centre column (i.e. the main content) of > my site template > disappear

RE: [WSG] Click here--reference

2005-09-19 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Christian Montoya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 11:31 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Click here--reference > > You guys are completely off here. Links are supposed to be like this: > > Get < a href="http

RE: [WSG] Click here--reference

2005-09-19 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: russ - maxdesign [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 10:44 AM > To: Web Standards Group > Subject: Re: [WSG] Click here--reference > > > - A website talking about "Amaya" > > - Download "Amaya" > > - The "Amaya" Forum > > - My aunty "A

RE: [WSG] Click here--reference

2005-09-19 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Kevin Arrowsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 3:00 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Click here--reference > > http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere I actually don't quite agree with one of their recommen

RE: [WSG] Web font families

2005-09-12 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Felix Miata [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005 5:08 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Web font families > > Tom Livingston wrote: > > > Off list replies are welcome on this... > > > Anyone have a resource fo

RE: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays standards redesign

2005-09-08 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: John Allsopp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2005 4:46 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays > standards redesign > > Hi all, > > > Now we are getting to the core of it! What we

RE: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays standards redesign

2005-09-07 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Scott Swabey - Lafinboy Productions > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2005 2:49 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays > standards redesign > > This has evolved into an interesting

RE: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays standards redesign

2005-09-07 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Nick Gleitzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2005 11:09 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays > standards redesign > > On 8 Sep 2005, at 10:43 AM, An

RE: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays standards redesign

2005-09-07 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Herrod, Lisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2005 9:48 AM > To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' > Subject: RE: [WSG] Educate the educators (was) Barclays > standards redesign > > There are actually a few excellent teachers at Sydney > Ins

RE: [WSG] Tables and divs and soon

2005-09-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: John Allsopp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 11:41 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Tables and divs and soon > > Andreas, > > > I don't think "using tables is a very good way of raising > the risk of > > i

RE: [WSG] Tables and divs and soon

2005-09-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Kevin Futter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 11:02 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Tables and divs and soon > > On 7/9/05 10:24 AM, "John Allsopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And the location of the ov

RE: [WSG] td != div

2005-09-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> > On 07/09/2005, at 9:31 AM, Kenny Graham wrote: > > > In most of the previous table layout vs css layout arguments I've > > seen on here, people refer to "divs vs tables". Now, I never > > learned table based layouts, and don't understand them (spacer > > gifs, etc). Because of this, I

RE: [WSG] Images as accessible form buttons

2005-09-06 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Ben Curtis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 2:32 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Images as accessible form buttons > > > On Sep 5, 2005, at 11:54 PM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Med

[WSG] Images as accessible form buttons

2005-09-05 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I know we had this discussion once before, but I was hoping to return to it to see if there are any new opinions on this topic. The question I have is what would be the best option to create images as form buttons in an accessible manner? So far I have always tried to use css to assign a backgro

RE: [WSG] Text Size Statistics

2005-09-02 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Tom Livingston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 2 September 2005 11:02 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Text Size Statistics > > On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:44:33 -0400, Andreas Boehmer > [Addictive Medi

RE: [WSG] Text Size Statistics

2005-09-02 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Scott Swabey - Lafinboy Productions > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 2 September 2005 3:59 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Text Size Statistics > > Thanks Andreas and Peter, your clarifications said what I meant ;) > > At t

RE: RE: [WSG] Text Size Statistics

2005-09-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I think what Scott meant was to display information for those people that use old browsers which do not display Web Standards Compliant pages properly. So you create a web standards compliant site, but users with Netscape 4 can go and read why this site doesn't work in their browser. I am not su

RE: [WSG] Suckerfish nav moving page background image

2005-08-30 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Craig Stump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 11:10 AM > To: WSG Group > Subject: [WSG] Suckerfish nav moving page background image > > Hi all, > > I have an odd problem with my page background image "jumping", when > certain nodes

RE: [WSG] accessibility - opening new windows philosophy

2005-08-15 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
We have tested sites with both different behaviours on users and in most cases if the PDF would open in the same window the inexperienced users would accidentally close the window and as a result lose the website they were working with. It seems to be already in the users' minds that a different

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ (Deafness and Con tent Length)

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Herrod, Lisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 2:55 PM > To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' > Subject: RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ > (Deafness and Con tent Length) > > > This is a really interesting thread and I have

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Donna Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 2:15 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ > > On 4 Aug 2005 at 13:55, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Me wrote

RE: [WSG] Accessible/Usable Navigation WAS: New front page for http://abc. net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
dropdown menus. Again, in all cases it was a preference, not a requirement. So more an issue of usability than accessibility, in my opinion. > All the best, > > Lisa Herrod > > > -Original Message- > From: Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Terrence Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 1:43 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Cc: Terrence Wood > Subject: Re: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ > > > On 4 Aug 2005, at 2:55 PM, Andre

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > On 4 Aug 2005 at 12:55, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Me wrote: > > > > > Actually we have done some usability testing with a range > of disabled > > users recently. The site we tested did not have any dropdowns, > > howe

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: John Allsopp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 12:15 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Cc: Tania Lang > Subject: Re: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ > > Frederic, > > > how would you rate http://www.ourbrisbane.com/ whic

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas > Boehmer [Addictive Media] > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:46 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ >>

RE: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/

2005-08-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
From: Gary Menzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 9:35 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ >> For some reason - the layout is quite different between IE and Firefox

RE: [WSG] background images fluid

2005-08-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Can you give an example of what you mean? From: Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 August 2005 8:12 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] background images fluid What is the best wa

RE: [WSG] Clash of nested lists

2005-06-20 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Josh Rose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 20 June 2005 9:48 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Clash of nested lists > > I'm not sure what the page is for, but if you had a > list of say 25 items, and I only wanted 10 of them, >

RE: [WSG] Clash of nested lists

2005-06-20 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Ben Curtis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 June 2005 2:47 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Clash of nested lists > > > > Here the problem though: > > I want to display a couple of icons infront of each of the folders > >

RE: [WSG] Clash of nested lists

2005-06-19 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
her than radio buttons. Radio buttons might make it more user-friendly for users with screenreaders, but for most users the icons will be the better option, I think. However, I will ensure that the ALT tags clearly identify what the link is for. > regards > Terrence Wood. > > On 19 Jun 20

RE: [WSG] Clash of nested lists

2005-06-18 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 10:08 +1000, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > wrote: > > > > Here the problem though: > > I want to display a couple of icons infront of each of the > folders (Edit, > > Delete, ...). So my list actually looks like this: > > &g

[WSG] Clash of nested lists

2005-06-18 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
I am currently working on a web application and I am trying to make it as accessible as possible. Now I am stuck with one problem where I cannot decide as to how to mark things up: I want to display a list of "folders" and "subfolders". - Folder One - Subfolder One - Subfolder Two - Folder Tw

[WSG] the use of reset buttons on forms

2005-06-14 Thread Andreas Boehmer
Hi guys, just wanted to hear what other people's thoughts on this topic are. I have been adding submit & reset buttons to most of my forms all along. But I am getting the feeling that the reset button is not only a waste of time, but in fact fairly user-unfriendly. Seriously: how many people e

RE: [WSG] Accessible form test

2005-06-09 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Erwin Heiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 10 June 2005 3:27 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Accessible form test > > Hi all, > > The new form is here: > > http://www.pixelsandtext.be/tests/newform.html > > I've read Joe Clar

RE: [WSG] alt tags and image captions

2005-06-03 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
more specific you would probably write into the alt tag "Photo of Joe Smith". Depending on the purpose of the photo, you might even have more detail in the alt tag: "Photo of Joe Smith at the last accounting conference". Hope this helps. Andreas Boehmer User Experience C

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-06-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Patrick Lauke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 7:19 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > > > H

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-06-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: discusster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 5:44 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > Hi Andreas, > > This isn't really the "accessible" solution you're looking for, but if > you wan

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-06-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 5:32 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > BUT: use

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-06-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 5:19 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > Making all

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-06-01 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: John Horner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 4:51 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > I'm going to chime in with "why do you want to do this?" too, > I'm afraid. > > Users don't e

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-05-31 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 4:35 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > > -Original Message- > >

RE: [WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-05-31 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Prabhath Sirisena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 4:13 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Submit a form with text links > > Styling form elements is a frustrating and, often, futile effort. > > I think sticking to

[WSG] Submit a form with text links

2005-05-31 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
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RE: [WSG] print css crashing ie6

2005-05-10 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
> -Original Message- > From: Gallagher, Robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2005 4:52 PM > To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' > Subject: [WSG] print css crashing ie6 > > Hi > > I've got a 3-column css page that crashes IE6 when I try to > print or print preview. Can any

RE: [WSG] Can fonts be fixed in firefox?

2005-05-08 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Yeah, I knew they could overwrite my settings with a customised stylesheet, but I didn't realise that just CTRL+ would overwrite stylesheet settings on Firefox. Well, good to know! > -Original Message- > From: James Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 9 May 2005 4:44 PM > To:

RE: [WSG] Can fonts be fixed in firefox?

2005-05-08 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
es. > Recent projects for Glassonion, Freshweb, Cogentis, Ceneka ... > > http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/ - Ramblings Thoughts > http://bookcrossing.com/referral/neerav > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > Is there any way to overcome Firefox' accessibili

[WSG] Can fonts be fixed in firefox?

2005-05-08 Thread Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]
Yes, I know I should use relative font sizes, but for this particular case I require a fixed font size. I want the title of a button to appear in front of a background image that cannot be resized. I haven't used fixed fonts in a long time and realised for the first time today that Firefox seems t

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