[WSG] Digitising services for audio cassettes

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew Ivin
Hi all, I hope that this request is not (too) off-topic. I am trying to track down a service that will digitise the content of audio cassettes, for eventual web publication. Can anyone recommend a good service, preferably Australian based? Thanks very much, -- Andrew andrew.i...@gmail.com

Re: [WSG] Mobile sites

2012-05-15 Thread Andrew Harris
ier above the dedicated site - the stand alone app - but that's another argument altogether :-) And while I've been rabbiting on writing this email Enid has come back and made a similar point far more economically than I. -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com

Re: [WSG] Matthew J Robinson is out of the office.

2011-10-31 Thread Andrew Boyd
st regards, Andrew On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 7:09 AM, wrote: > > I will be out of the office starting  31/10/2011 and will not return until > 09/11/2011. > > I will respond to your message when I return. I have gone tropo! Please > send any urgent requests to Content Services > &

[WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?

2011-09-04 Thread Andrew Harris
here some other sort of trigger that can be used to prompt them to action? After all, this isn't just some business selling widgets, it's a public transport ticketing system! -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com

Re: [WSG] accessibilty: avoid radio buttons?

2011-07-16 Thread Andrew Boyd
it work with a keyboard only? Can you operate it with a screen reader like NVDA with your eyes closed? There's a whole lot more to code-level conformance than those two things, and a whole lot more to WCAG 2.0 conformance than code-level conformance, but if you get those two things right the

Re: [WSG] Accessibility Testing

2011-06-24 Thread Andrew Boyd
There's a range of code level checker options available as add ons for FF, and some web based options. Andrew Boyd faci...@gmail.com http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss On 25/06/2011, at 8:36 AM, Jim Croft wrote: > The Visionaustralia accessibility toolbar looks interes

Re: [WSG] Accessibility Testing

2011-06-24 Thread Andrew Boyd
Hi, It's worth looking at what W3C has to say - see http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/Overview.html - but it depends what your goals are. Do you want to pick up as many code-level issues as possible or undertake a conformance check in accordance with the WCAG 2.0 standard? Cheers, Andrew A

Re: [WSG] Site test?

2011-05-21 Thread Andrew Maben
Looks good on my Touch, except the blue on blue nav is a bit hard to read. The transtions look great! Andrew Sent from my iPod On May 21, 2011, at 5:22 PM, Telford Computer Doctor > wrote: Good morning/afternoon/evening all, First post here, so go easy ;-) Just in the process

RE: [WSG] HTML/CSS reference

2011-04-05 Thread Andrew Cooper
Hey fellow Web Developer also named Andrew! The Ultimate HTML Reference (SitePoint) by Ian Lloyd - http://reference.sitepoint.com/htmlThe Ultimate CSS Reference (SitePoint) Tommy Olsson & Paul O'Brien - http://reference.sitepoint.com/css (this is the one that Russ mentioned) You can

[WSG] HTML/CSS reference

2011-04-05 Thread Andrew Staff
am after a book that I can take with me on my commute and have as a reference when needed at work etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] screen reader friendly and keyboard accessible popup?

2011-02-25 Thread Andrew Boyd
am not sure I get what you are saying. Is the problem that the link text is read twice to the screen reader user? And just out of interest, which screen reader were they using? Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss *

Re: [WSG] HTML5 v. HTML 4.x

2011-01-24 Thread Andrew Cunningham
On 25/01/2011 12:34 PM, Christian Snodgrass wrote: > One word : semantics. > Assuming authors use the element in the same way, and assuming the element has only one semantic meaning possible. -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Libr

Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet

2010-12-18 Thread Andrew Stewart
Is there a js file somewhere that would allow me to just insert the following into my pages: http://cdn.domain.com/ie6.js";> It would then pop up a warning to the user (but only once per session) that their browser was out of date, and give them links to more modern browsers - like what

[WSG] spam in the site...

2010-12-12 Thread Andrew Harris
A query about the http://webstandardsgroup.org/ site. There's a heap of spammy stuff in it... eg: check the resources section! http://webstandardsgroup.org/manage/resource.cfm The decreasing signal to noise ratio just makes the site useless, is anyone maintaining/managing it? -- Andrew H

Re: [WSG] Mobile urls

2010-11-15 Thread Andrew Cunningham
be prohibitive. most common approaches to language support on mobiles devices involves: * jail breaking the device and hacking support into device * using images * using legacy encodings * using pseudo-Unicode solutions (essentially an 8-bit legacy glyph based encoding superimposed over a Unicode block)

Re: [WSG] Mobile urls

2010-11-14 Thread Andrew Cunningham
@flexewebs.com> > +44 (0)7748 591 770 > Company no.: 5587469 > > www.flexewebs.com/semantix <http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix> > www.twitter.com/flexewebs <http://www.twitter.com/flexewebs> > www.linkedin.com/in/flexewebs <http://www.linkedin.com/in/flexewebs> > > ***

Re: [WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

2010-11-10 Thread Andrew Harris
tp and https versions that are cached > even when moving from insecure to secure. I actually expect to see a cached version of each, not a single, shared object. We'll be doing a bit more testing, but at this stage, it looks like a thumbs up for our situation. Thanks again to all who contri

Re: [WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

2010-11-09 Thread Andrew Harris
oh, thank you! On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Mathew Robertson wrote: > works fine. > http://www.no-http.org/ > http://www.webreference.com/html/tutorial2/3.html > cheers, > Mathew Robertson -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://ww

[WSG] lazyweb://schema.agnostic.URLs

2010-11-09 Thread Andrew Harris
e source of the information now, or even whether it's correct usage - can anyone shed some light? or even offer an alternative solution! I'm vaguely thinking there might be an elegant apache solution for serving the right CSS. -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com

[WSG] to submit or not to submit?

2010-09-07 Thread Andrew Harris
hose were all I had on my machine at the time so I haven't done any more tests, but I thought it was curious. Any ideas on what might be the 'standard' behaviour - if one is specified? failing that, how about just a 'desired' behaviour ;-) -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo

Re: [WSG] A question about RTL

2010-08-16 Thread Andrew Cunningham
. Currently the best approach is to use markup correctly, and use bidi control characters as needed. Embedding LTR only text in a RTL block is likely to cause grief, as does RTL text in a LTR block -- Andrew Cunningham Research and Development Coordinator Vicnet State Library of Victoria

[WSG] HTML5 offline storage question

2010-08-08 Thread Andrew Harris
HTML5 designed for this sort of heavy lifting? are there storage limitations? on an iPad? I've found a few examples of the tool in action and read bits and pieces, but it all seems to be about storing small chunks of data, not humunguous great whumps of it. -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowo

Re: [WSG] Re: WSG Digest

2010-07-31 Thread Andrew Boyd
ishes > > John Cowles Hope you're enjoying that holiday, John. This is the 4th email notification that I've received for it. Best, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss

Re: [WSG] Korean fonts

2010-07-08 Thread Andrew Cunningham
tributions so maybe something like: font-family: 바탕, Batang, 은바탕, UnBatang, "백묵 바탕", "Baekmuk Batang", serif; Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: +61-3-8664

Re: [WSG] Korean fonts

2010-07-08 Thread Andrew Cunningham
y help you can offer. > > Cordially, > David > -- > > > *** > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > **

[WSG] that old IE6 thing...

2010-06-29 Thread Andrew Harris
refox (all versions): 23% Blog 2: Audience: Students IE6: 9.8% Firefox (all versions): 40.5% Proving once again, that knowing your audience is key. (and perhaps that librarians are a bit slow to upgrade ;) -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowo

Re: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

2010-06-14 Thread Andrew Stewart
webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Stewart Sent: 11 June 2010 13:16 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS] Mike, Thanks for this, whilst the sites I manage are pretty low-traffic, I too have been seeing IE6 traffic of about 10-15%. By ment

Re: [WSG] IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction [STATS]

2010-06-11 Thread Andrew Stewart
Mike, Thanks for this, whilst the sites I manage are pretty low-traffic, I too have been seeing IE6 traffic of about 10-15%. By mentioning "shoppers" I guess you are running an e-commerce site. I would be very interested to know how your revenue is split across browsers. It seems that IE6

RE: [WSG] HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives

2010-05-17 Thread Andrew Cunningham
xt as distinct from text alternatives. Some of the discussions in the ICT4D area and in other avenues is the need for support or oral rather than literate models for the web. -- Andrew Cunningham Research and Development Coordinator Vicnet State Library of Victoria Australia an

Re: [WSG] Help with mobile MIME type always fails test

2010-04-16 Thread Andrew Harris
x CMS, it's just a matter of adding a line to the beginning of my mobile template, if you are running a CMS you may have a similar setting. I'm going to leave that until Monday when I've got time to back out

Re: [WSG] Background music on web pages

2010-02-28 Thread Andrew Cunningham
dsgroup.org >>> *** >> >> >> >> *** >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ****

Re: [WSG] Background music on web pages

2010-02-28 Thread Andrew Cunningham
On 28/02/2010 12:36 AM, Henrik Madsen wrote: > > 80s Kevin? Mid 90s at the latest. > don't you mean mid-90s at the earliest? -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Project Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: +

RE: [WSG] Progressive Enhancement

2010-02-06 Thread Andrew Cooper
interested in seeing what findings you currently have, if you can send them to me, that would be great thanks. Hope that list helps too. Andrew Cooper > Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:23:49 -0500 > Subject: [WSG] Progressive Enhancement > From: tom...@gmail.com > To: wsg@webstandardsgro

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Andrew Maben
Please let this be the final word... A On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: On 01/02/2010 00:24, Jason Grant wrote: @Thierry Why does Google not care about accessibility? Do they believe in 'Accessibility does not matter!' (rather than with ? at the end). Even large corporat

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Andrew Stewart
Sorry to ask again, but please explain how the site could be made accessible whilst maintaining the same ease of use? On 1 Feb 2010, at 10:31, Thierry Koblentz wrote: From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Stewart Sent: Sunday, January 31

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Andrew Stewart
y are such a poor imitation of the full site, I don't think they really count. Yes they display the same information but not in a usable manner. Andy -- a...@universalsprout.com Andrew Stewart Sydney :: +61(0)416 607 113 London :: +44(0)7900 245 789 www.universalsprout.com :

Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter!

2010-01-31 Thread Andrew Stewart
t the user sees. The real people that should be concentrating on accessibility are people working on creating browsers and operating systems because they can really do something about it. Andy -- a...@universalsprout.com Andrew Stewart Sydney :: +61(0)416 607 113 Lon

Re: [WSG] vegetable page vallidation

2010-01-20 Thread Andrew Maben
Please stop further wasting everyone's time with useless comments. Thank you. Andrew http://www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Stuart Foulston

RE: [WSG] css tutorial

2010-01-14 Thread Andrew Cooper
g in up to date tutorial materials. All the best, Andrew Cooper P.S This is my first reply in the WSG Mailing List! :) > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:35:45 -0500 > From: ch...@cfajohnson.com > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] css tutorial > > On

Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form

2010-01-05 Thread Andrew Maben
jarring than placing it in the middle. Andrew http://www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." On Jan 5, 2010, at 10:52 AM, tee wrote: On Jan 5, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Elias Abunassar wrote: Conduct resea

Re: [WSG] breaks, lists in a form or not, and more or less divs

2010-01-05 Thread Andrew
essly complicated. Though perhaps might be acceptable in the case of concrete poetry. But some thing like this http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/files/2008/12/shape-poem-01.gif can only be presented as an image. Andrew Sent from my iPod On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:40 AM, Jayachandran Kandasamy &g

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

2009-12-23 Thread Andrew Maben
Yes, Russ - you're doing a great [and indispensable!] job. Keep the links coming, please. Thanks, and Happy Holidays, Andrew http://www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." On Dec 23, 2

[WSG] Andrew is out of the office... [SEC=No Protective Marking Present]

2009-12-04 Thread Andrew . Remely
I will be out of the office starting 04/12/2009 and will not return until 08/12/2009. For urgent matters please contact on my mobile phone Help the Starlight Foundation connect sick kids to the joy of Christmas - make a donation any Medicare office or visit www.starlight.org.au _

RE: [WSG] 8 invites for Google Wave [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-12-03 Thread Andrew A. Savelyev
I got 18. Please let me know, if you need one. Best, Andrew A. Savelyev From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Krishna Huliyar Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 1:37 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] 8 invites for Google Wave [SEC

Re: [WSG] developing a web strategy...

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Harris
look up in the Yellow Pages :-) On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Nathanael Boehm wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Just to clarify, considering that there are probably quite a few consultants > and agencies on this mailing list who would be interested in this work - are > you ok with them r

[WSG] developing a web strategy...

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Harris
f web standards, so there's the tie-in! -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com ~~~ <*>< ~~~ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstan

Re: [WSG] [OT] Google search/index/webmaster help

2009-11-01 Thread Andrew Harris
up the little slice of code I needed. Now, the sitemap.xml as well as the kml and gpx feeds are all served correctly as text/xml - did I say how I love this community? - and I've a grudging respect for MySource Matrix too! -- Andrew Harris

Re: [WSG] [OT] Google search/index/webmaster help

2009-11-01 Thread Andrew Harris
onkeys at google is really not an option. Still trying to convince our fine institution of that ;-) -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com ~~~ <*>< ~~~ *** List Guidelines: htt

Re: [WSG] [OT] Google search/index/webmaster help

2009-10-30 Thread Andrew Harris
; > > > *** > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >

Re: [WSG] [OT] Google search/index/webmaster help

2009-10-29 Thread Andrew Harris
ogle doesn't look at the metadata tags, but it makes me wonder. Funny how asking your peers to check your work suddenly makes you aware of basic things you'd missed... yes, my pages weren't valid - but they are now!!! ;-p -- Andrew Harris and...@woo

Re: [WSG] [OT] Google search/index/webmaster help

2009-10-29 Thread Andrew Harris
ply. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Craig Jones wrote: > Hi Andrew, > This is my firts time trying to help... > It doesn't appear that your sitemap is written in xml > The sitemap should look like this > http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 > > http://ww

[WSG] [OT] Google search/index/webmaster help

2009-10-29 Thread Andrew Harris
ts = pathetic!) http://go.unimelb.edu.au/6t6 (1 result = totally pathetic!) Hopefully, it's nothing completely bleeding obvious that will humiliate me in front of my peers ;-) -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com

RE: [WSG] Accessible Image Map Editors [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-10-26 Thread Andrew . Remely
exercise to make it accessible, i.e. use a hill instead of stairs. Andrew Medicare Australia is reimbursing the cost of external breast prostheses. For information and to check your eligibility call 132 011 or visit

Re: [WSG] Re: More than one H1? - ADMIN

2009-10-20 Thread Andrew Newman
More than one H1 on a page: good or bad? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIn5qJKU8VM On 20/10/2009, at 1:09 PM, Russ Weakley wrote: ADMIN Hi all, The conversation has been great, but we are now heading into heated discussion and direct attacks - which is unacceptable. Please remain civi

[WSG] Andrew is out of the office... [SEC=No Protective Marking Present]

2009-10-08 Thread Andrew . Remely
I will be out of the office starting 08/10/2009 and will not return until 12/10/2009. Medicare Australia is reimbursing the cost of external breast prostheses. For information and to check your eligibility call 132 011 or visit our website. _

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Boyd
inance.gov.au/e-government/better-practice-and-collaboration/better-practice-checklists/index.html Others may wish to add to the list above. Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.o

[WSG] legal list numbering

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew Harris
whether this is addressed in html 5. * BTW: I've read lots of legal documents and I reckon the text can mostly be replaced with blah blah blah without affecting their meaning. -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http

[WSG] Re: An Acceptable Dropdown [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-08-23 Thread Andrew . Remely
Interesting example - when I opened this page to have look it took a little time for all of the sub/drop-down menus to get working. So my first experience of this site was the key navigation not working. It did come good so not all was lost! I'll be interested to see the

Re: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility?

2009-08-18 Thread Andrew Maben
Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm How hard can that be? On Aug 18, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Scott Andrews wrote: Dont just auto mail me back. Actually delete me *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgro

Re: [WSG] The of the document

2009-07-23 Thread Andrew Stewart
and effort you spend forming the correct keywords would be better spent improving the quality of your content. Andy -- a...@universalsprout.com Andrew Stewart London :: +44(0)7900 245 789 Sydney :: +61(0)416 607 113 www.universalsprout.com :: websi

[WSG] Re: The of the document [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-07-23 Thread Andrew . Remely
" declaration. I would have thought that it is more important that the declaration matches the encoding you’ve used in the HTML? So if you're going with UTF make sure your page is actually UTF eps. any special characters. If using something like ISO then declare ISO etc. Andrew You can

Re: [WSG] Back to basics! [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-07-12 Thread Andrew . Remely
poking around it turned out to be a CMS spitting out UTF and a phaser expecting ISO characters. Obvious stuff but can be a real pain to diagnose. Andrew You can claim your Medicare rebate at the doctor&#x

Re: [WSG] Back to basics!

2009-07-12 Thread Andrew Cunningham
I just use a modified keyboard layout that allows me to directly type necessary punctuation directly form the keyboard. no messing around with entities or NCRs. Andrew designer wrote: Hi all, Could anyone tell me where there is information regarding character code 'usage' that

[WSG] IE7 scrollbar problem

2009-07-10 Thread Andrew Maben
x27;t think they are a factor. The "Schools" panel has a table contained within a fixed height div with overflow:auto. The "Other" panel, with a paragraph with overflow:auto is fine in IE7. I'd really appreciate any suggestions. (And yes, I know - mea culpa, I fell b

Re: [WSG] utf8 character display problem

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Cunningham
andardsgroup.org *** -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: +61-3-8664-7430 Fax: +61-3-9639-2175 Email: andr...@vicnet.net.au Alt email: lang.supp...@gmail.com http://home.vicnet.net.au/~andrewc/ http://www.open

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 free web hosting account

2009-06-25 Thread Andrew Stewart
Craig, thank you for your response, this is the kind of thing that I am after, however you did quote the most controversial part of me email without the following sentence that slightly moderated it. I do agree that having the web 100% accessible is the goal, but what is the best way of get

Re: [WSG] accessible free web hosting account

2009-06-25 Thread Andrew Maben
use accessibility is mandated by law. Andrew Maben http://www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." *** List Guidelines: http://webstandard

Re: [WSG] accessible free web hosting account

2009-06-25 Thread Andrew Stewart
mention that I am primarily a flex/flash developer creating very visual sites that I doubt would work at all with a screen reader. But unlike every flash/flex developer I have met, I am very interested in accessibility, SEO, and standards. Thanks, Andy -- a...@universalsprout.com Andrew

Re: [WSG] Outlook 2010

2009-06-24 Thread Andrew Stewart
use I hated the lack of cross-browser compatibility, but the issues with email clients are even worse - some don't support background images, or even css. Andy -- a...@universalsprout.com Andrew Stewart London :: +44(0)7900 245 789 Sydney :: +61(0)416 607 113 www.universal

Re: [WSG] website fonts

2009-06-22 Thread Andrew Cunningham
pts for which a user can not set or specify a default font through the browsers user interface. The best you can do is write a stylesheet to override a sites CSS rules. But not all users are able to write their own stylesheets. Andrew -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Manager, Research and Deve

Re: [WSG] OT: Dominos Pizza - Looking for someone who's worked there

2009-06-15 Thread Andrew Boyd
...and if anyone knows who designed the dominos.com.au online ordering system, please let me know. I'd like to have a quiet word with them :) Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd faci...@gmail.com http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss On 16/06/2009, at 10:51 AM, "Mike Kear"

Re: [WSG] returning to scroll position in a table inside a fixed hight div

2009-06-15 Thread Andrew Stewart
mples of progressive enhancement, but I would be really interested if anyone knew of a site that failed because it didn't cater for users without JS or flash. On 15 Jun 2009, at 14:48, Paul Novitski wrote: At 6/14/2009 06:02 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote: If you can improve the user experience

Re: [WSG] functionality without JavaScript [WAS: returning to scroll position in a table inside a fixed hight div]

2009-06-15 Thread Andrew Stewart
I think the point is if you should be spending time developing something with a bad user experience that hardly anyone will use. Yes you could implement a spreadsheet app with tons of page requests, but the user experience would be so bad that people probably wouldn't want to use it. On 1

Re: [WSG] returning to scroll position in a table inside a fixed hight div

2009-06-14 Thread Andrew Stewart
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:05, matt andrews wrote: Here's a number for you: when I added JS usage stats gathering about a year ago to a large site I was working on, I was quite surprised to find that 10% (rounded to the nearest percent) of unique users were not running Javascript. This was one of th

Re: [WSG] valid meta tags

2009-06-04 Thread Andrew Cunningham
" and "lang" and "xml:lang" attributes the "lang" and "xml:lang" attributes can only contain a single language "meta http-equiv='content-language'" can contain a list of languages -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Manager, Research and

Re: [WSG] Browser toolbars

2009-05-04 Thread Andrew Maben
oof way to tell a client his stupid idea is stupid? Without losing the account? Andrew Sent from my iPod On May 4, 2009, at 6:36 PM, Frogspoon wrote: Good morning all, I have a quick question regarding browser toolbars and functionality. I have a client who is requesting a web a

Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread Andrew Cunningham
older browsers is good, but if the text will never be displayed or rendered in older browsers, the exercise in supporting older browsers becomes pointless and meaningless. Andrew Matthew Pennell wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] <mailto:ab

Re: [WSG] IE7 CSS fix

2009-04-02 Thread Andrew Maben
y years I'm getting a bit bored and impatient. + 1 Georg The only good enough is excellent. Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Rick Faircloth wrote: differentiation with superior products or marketing ROFL! (sorry, Russ) Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
te, to restrict the scope of one's calls to action to the site, and leave decisions about the browser environment to the user. As for your second paragraph, apart from affording you the opportunity to offer a completely gratuitous insult, and while broadly true it is entirely irrelevan

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
usive. But there are simple ways to encourage a user to share the site on delicious, facebook, etc. and these provide value to both "vendor" and "customer" - and are not limited to a subset of browsers, and can be standards-compliant. Andrew www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmabe

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
usive. But there are simple ways to encourage a user to share the site on delicious, facebook, etc. and these provide value to both "vendor" and "customer" - and are not limited to a subset of browsers, and can be standards-compliant. Andrew www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrew

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
- naturally if the boss chooses to ignore you then you have to do as you are told. But if you are working for someone who insists on acting against his own interests you'll be out of a job soon enough anyway Andrew ***

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
ilable, is it a much-used feature? I would guess that the answer is "no" in both cases - but by all means prove me wrong! Andrew On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Rick Faircloth wrote: As was mentioned, it's a "call to action". Those who are familiar with marketing

Re: [WSG] add to favorites?

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew Maben
So previously stated arguments against doing it still stand. Andrew Maben www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." *** List Guidelines: htt

Re: [WSG] Testing in IE7 both Win XP and Vista

2009-03-17 Thread Andrew Cunningham
p.org *** -- Andrew Cunningham Senior Manager, Research and Development Vicnet State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: +61-3-8664-7430 Fax: +61-3-9639-2175 Email: andr...@vicnet.net.au Alt email: lang.supp...@gmail.com http://home.vicnet.n

Re: [WSG] RE: [BULK] WSG Digest

2009-03-16 Thread Andrew Maben
elves to be models of tact and good judgement? If you don't like a post - delete it and get on with your life. Thank you. Andrew Maben www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." P.S. Personally

Re: [WSG] RE: [BULK] WSG Digest

2009-03-16 Thread Andrew Duck
Couldn't agree more. Regards, Andrew andrew duck executive director | asia-pacific | quiqcorp.com 155 high street | po box 6363 | christchurch 8011 new zealand p +64 3 341 7692 | f +64 3 341 7693 | m +64 212 934 985 (nz) | e andrew.d...@quiqcorp.com - Original Message -

Re: [WSG] RE: [BULK] WSG Digest

2009-03-16 Thread Andrew Boyd
he Excitement! http://barcamp.org/BarCampCanberra2 Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.

Re: [WSG] Chrome now higher traffic than IE

2009-03-02 Thread Andrew Harris
#x27; site. -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com ~~~ <*>< ~~~ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscrib

[WSG] Semantics: Microformats, RDFa

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Maben
There seem to be some Microformats proponents on the list, but I don't recall much mention of RDFa. I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on their relative merits, both immediately and in the longer term? Thanks, Andrew Maben www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a wel

Re: [WSG] IE and the element

2009-02-24 Thread Andrew Maben
gress from screen to screen, e.g. MacOS's use of a "Continue" button during software installation. If it's a web site provide a consistent, standard *web* interface). $0.02 Andrew http://www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user inter

Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Maben
On Feb 16, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: Use Example A; you can make as visible as you like with CSS. +1 Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Maben
On Feb 16, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: Use Example A; you can make as visible as you like with CSS. +1 Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Maben
On Feb 16, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: Use Example A; you can make as visible as you like with CSS. +1 Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Maben
On Feb 16, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: Use Example A; you can make as visible as you like with CSS. +1 Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] What's the best way to place a link in a document? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Maben
On Feb 16, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: Use Example A; you can make as visible as you like with CSS. +1 Andrew *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] Implication of empty divs

2009-02-08 Thread Andrew Maben
On Feb 8, 2009, at 9:00 PM, Christian Montoya wrote: On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Ben Lau wrote: Hi all, Are there any (seriously) bad implications of having empty DIVs around your HTML document? No. p.s. ignore all the long-winded answers. Agreed. Andrew http

Re: [WSG] friends? - was( Failed A Job :()

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew Maben
spirit) people while traveling, I've come to the conclusion that many people are generous because they are poor, and its corollary, many people are tight because they are rich. Now back to work... Andrew www.andrewmaben.net art.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a wel

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