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

2010-12-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
: Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet - Original Message - From: "Erickson, Kevin (DOE)" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: RE: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet Yes. Thank you Felix! "best viewed" works much bett

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

2010-12-20 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
nal Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Felix Miata Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 3:26 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] disallow IE6 to load the main style sheet On 2010/12/20 13:13 (GMT-0500) Erickson, Kevin (DOE) compos

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

2010-12-20 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
I like the "let it fail gracefully" method. And, using something like , display a message for IE 6 only, "You are using IE 6. Please upgrade your browser to view this site correctly." Kevin -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf

RE: [WSG] Document Formats

2010-12-02 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
[mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Chris Beer Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:15 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Cc: Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Subject: Re: [WSG] Document Formats Hi Kevin You're also touching on accessibility issues there, as well as gov business processes, legal requirements etc et

[WSG] Document Formats

2010-11-30 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hi All, The website I work with receives a lot of documents to be posted that come in the form of Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents. And now, with the release of the latest versions of Ms Office, they are coming to me with an "X" on their extensions. I have information in the footer of all the w

RE: [WSG] Advanced Javascript course (Sydney)?

2010-09-17 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Try Lynda.com. It is sure to get you up and running quickly! Kevin -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jens-Uwe Korff Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:36 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Advanced Javascri

[WSG] HTML5 Periodic Table of Elements

2010-09-03 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
This is too clever, (and maybe even helpful), not to share. http://joshduck.com/periodic-table.html ...hope it is helpful to someone. Kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http:/

RE: [WSG] HTML5 with Chrome

2010-08-31 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
bstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:47 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] HTML5 with Chrome Hi, I found an edgy "Chrome Only", HTML5 development here, http://www.chromeexperiments.com/, called The Wilderness Down an

[WSG] HTML5 with Chrome

2010-08-31 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hi, I found an edgy "Chrome Only", HTML5 development here, http://www.chromeexperiments.com/, called The Wilderness Down and am wondering if this wasteful, at this point in time, to develop an HTML5 site like http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/? If it is, how long is your ETA of when it will be

RE: [WSG] Video Accessibility Help

2010-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hi all, Has anyone heard of Sorenson Communications? They handle free communications for deaf, etc. - http://www.sorensonvrs.com/svrs. From what I can tell, it looks like a good way to try out. Did I mention it's free??? Kevin -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:l

RE: [WSG] @media ordering in stylesheet

2010-08-05 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
No, the last one overrides the ones before it. Kevin -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Jody Tate Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:21 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] @media ordering in stylesheet Hi all,

RE: [WSG] CSS off button

2010-02-04 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
lf Of Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:44 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] CSS off button Thanks Jayachandran! That definitely works but is there a way that it could keep the CSS off when the visitor leaves the page? Using a cookie maybe? Here is the

RE: [WSG] CSS off button

2010-02-04 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
("input.offButt").click(function() { if($("head:has(style)") && $("head:has(link)")){ $("head:has(style)").remove(); $("head:has(link)").remove(); } }); }); Sample for CSS off Hi Kevin Website group - Kevin Thanks, JC On

RE: [WSG] CSS off button

2010-01-25 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
so be skipped. I haven't tested that, but I think it would work. -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 2:27 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] CSS off butt

RE: [WSG] CSS off button

2010-01-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
, January 22, 2010 1:54 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS off button Hi Kevin On 23 January 2010 06:52, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: > Could anyone please tell me if there is a right way to put a clickable > button in a web page that will turn off all CSS? Why do

RE: [WSG] CSS off button

2010-01-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Oliver Boermans Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:54 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS off button Hi Kevin On 23 January 2010 06:52, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: > Could anyone please tell me

[WSG] CSS off button

2010-01-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hello fellow WSG'ers. Could anyone please tell me if there is a right way to put a clickable button in a web page that will turn off all CSS? Thanks, Kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Uns

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

2009-12-23 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
You didn't give up did you Russ??? There is always hope if we choose to see it right? Please keep sending your links and don't let the "bad" apples spoil the whole bunch :) Sincerely! -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Ru

RE: [WSG] Deprecated "start" for lists confirmation

2009-11-10 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
ards, Frank M. Palinkas Technical Writer, Documentation and Localization Core Technologies and Consumer Engineering Opera Software ASA, Oslo, Norway Mobile: (+47) 95 17 61 11 http://dev.opera.com/articles/accessibility/ On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: Th

RE: [WSG] Deprecated "start" for lists confirmation

2009-11-10 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/lists.html#adef-start> . Elliot From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:17 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WS

[WSG] Deprecated "start" for lists confirmation

2009-11-10 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hello, Is the "start" attribute truly deprecated for a list? Is there a better way to do this? i.e. - info info info> Thank you, Kevin **

RE: [WSG] Ordered List Best Practice

2009-09-23 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
8:31 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Ordered List Best Practice If you're using a h3 inside a list, I kind of expect a h2 and a h1 to precede that... Is it really necessary to use a h3 or could you just style an ol or ul in the appropriate way? On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM,

RE: [WSG] Ordered List Best Practice

2009-09-23 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
If you're using a h3 inside a list, I kind of expect a h2 and a h1 to precede that... Is it really necessary to use a h3 or could you just style an ol or ul in the appropriate way? On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: Hi, I have an ordered list that

RE: [WSG] The 'Some Links for Light Reading' posts

2009-09-23 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Thank you Russ! Much appreciated here as well!!! Kevin From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Susie Gardner-Brown Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:03 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] The 'Some Links

RE: [WSG] Ordered List Best Practice

2009-09-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
This sounds like excellent advice. I am going to rethink my naming convention as well as the way this list needs to be broken up. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Kevin -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Paul Novitski

RE: [WSG] Ordered List Best Practice

2009-09-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
dered list(definition list?) of subheadings with nested ordered lists) Just an idea. On Tue, September 22, 2009 3:40 pm, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: > Hi, > I have an ordered list that needs the items to be alphabetized and > have lines in between the items that will be subheadings within t

RE: [WSG] Ordered List Best Practice

2009-09-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Good call. I did this and it works visually and validates. How will this work for screen readers? Anyone??? -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Kepler Gelotte Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:44 AM To: wsg@webstandard

[WSG] Ordered List Best Practice

2009-09-22 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hi, I have an ordered list that needs the items to be alphabetized and have lines in between the items that will be subheadings within the list BUT also need to NOT take a letter. Is there a best practice on trying to accomplish the desired look? (examples below) Here is the code with no validatio

RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
FYI- I did replace align="right" & align="center" with CSS styling. -Original Message----- From: Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:33 PM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms I have two si

RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
FYI- I did replace align="right" & align="center" with CSS styling. -Original Message----- From: Erickson, Kevin (DOE) Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:33 PM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms I have two si

RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
I have two simple forms. Which is better?: http://www.doedev.vi.virginia.gov/z_testing_area/kevin/form_mail_vi/form _mailer4.shtml Code: First Name:

RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Wow! So what is the best practice??? -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Steve Green Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:59 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms -Original Message- Fr

RE: [WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Have you tested it out with any screen readers? I would like to hear about the results. Kevin -Original Message- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Tom Livingston Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:36 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subjec

[WSG] Accessible Forms

2009-08-19 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Good day, When making a form in Dreamweaver it puts in id="same as name" in to every form item. When I take out all the id attributes the form still works. Why are the id attributes being put in by DW and, more importantly, is there an accessibility issue if I take them out? i.e. -

[WSG] IE8 and testing for Accessibility & 508 Compliancy

2009-07-23 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hello, Could anyone please give me information about IE8 and testing for accessibility and 508 compliancy? If anyone has links to this information that would be very helpful too. Regards, Kevin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandar

RE: [WSG] Uppercase Tag Names

2008-10-08 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Hello All, This looks like a really good cause. Please sign the petition to reopen the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas created by the late John Slatin and colleagues here: http://www.petitionspot.co

RE: [WSG] Appropriate postings

2008-08-06 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Thank you!!! I agree 100%. Nothing is better than trying to find information from a well rounded group. That is what makes this list so great! For some one to say they want a newbie level list, tells me they have not thought it through. We should ask those that don't want to participate in a subjec

RE: [WSG] Encoding odities

2008-07-10 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
try this: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barney Carroll Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:27 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Encoding odities Hello all, I've got a problem with character set encoding I'd like to r

RE: [WSG] Accessibility for HTML Email

2008-05-15 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
How about JavaScript? I found this code at http://rickconner.net/spamweb/avoiding.html: