Re: [WSG] XHTML5 polyglot markup and WAI-ARIA, is there a valid way?

2012-07-31 Thread Rob Crowther
all the content as HTML anyway. This is precisely because of XHTML's arbitrary strictness. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/HTML_vs._XHTML#Differences_Between_HTML_and_XHTML Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] XHTML5 polyglot markup and WAI-ARIA, is there a valid way?

2012-07-30 Thread Rob Crowther
to how an XML document would be parsed, but maybe close enough for your purposes depending on what XML you'll be including. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] how to force a cache bypass?

2012-07-20 Thread Rob Crowther
usually be done in the directory's .htaccess file: ExpiresByType text/html access plus 0 seconds This is example was take from HTML5 BoilerPlate: https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/83f4f281866be1cf7f391738c53c448a5ac658e9/.htaccess#L233 Rob

Re: [WSG] which tag to use for link to reference?

2012-07-02 Thread Rob Crowther
under 'POSH usage' on their rel values reference: http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#POSH_usage Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: tabs - was[WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-30 Thread Rob Crowther
On 30/12/2011 12:32, coder wrote: I just wonder what the view of some 'anti-new windows' folk is towards using tabs? I would have thought that tabs are the new 'new windows'?? They're still *my* tabs. I'll open a new one when I want to, not when you want to. Rob

Re: tabs - was[WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-30 Thread Rob Crowther
On 30/12/11 17:32, coder wrote: You just aren't getting this, are you Rob. I beg to differ. We're talking about what you do if you don't know there are options. I provided you links to advice based on research with real users, they advocated against opening new windows because it confuses

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-29 Thread Rob Crowther
On 29/12/11 17:53, Hassan Schroeder wrote: Why should *web apps* be unconditionally constrained from the same context-driven behavior? You ask an interesting question: are we talking about web apps or web sites? Does the answer make a difference? Can a user tell the difference? Rob

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-29 Thread Rob Crowther
new windows at number 9: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] Expected behaviour of links to external websites

2011-12-21 Thread Rob Crowther
, and the context which is important is the user's. Since the designer can't know in what context (or for what reason) the user is clicking on any given link it is the user who should be deciding whether to open the link in a new window or not. Rob

Re: [WSG] Farewell (was : Out of Office)

2011-12-16 Thread Rob Crowther
, why not just do that in the list software itself instead of having several hundred people install identical rules on individual mail clients? Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

[WSG] WSG Passwords

2011-11-03 Thread Rob Howard
, but sometimes software like 1Password is too much of a pain in the bum to use with every website.) Thanks, Rob Howard *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] setting up visualf web developer with iis

2011-05-25 Thread Rob Crowther
/9ded7af2-fcb7-4ed2-b007-e19f971f6e13.mspx Hope that helps. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] why :first-child pseudo-class doesn't work for some selectors/elements?

2011-03-10 Thread Rob Crowther
On 10/03/11 13:17, Anthony Gr. wrote: I think, it's doesn't work but h2 is not a first child element in parent element (div). Yes, the example page contains both positive and negative examples. Rob *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] why :first-child pseudo-class doesn't work for some selectors/elements?

2011-03-06 Thread Rob Crowther
has a red border: :first-child { border: 1px solid red; } In addition, h2 elements which are children of #content and first-child within their parent have white text on a black background: #content h2:first-child { color: #fff; background: #000; } Rob

Re: [WSG] attribute selectors to target external and internal links

2010-10-22 Thread Rob Crowther
with site.com value. And if you put the rules in the opposite order, the site.com one will override the http one, just the same as if you had two rules for h1 or p in your stylesheet. Rob *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] HTM5 Semantic markup overly done?

2010-10-01 Thread Rob Crowther
, publish date etc.). Wrapping a single h* element in a header is technically correct but unnecessary IMO - might be useful if you wanted to attach style rules to it. Rob [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/content-models.html#sectioning-content-0

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-29 Thread Rob Crowther
is added with innerHTML /before/ being appended to the document Thanks. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-28 Thread Rob Crowther
a list of tag names, there's nothing to stop you running that same code before your templating. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-28 Thread Rob Crowther
CSS to section and header elements. It doesn't matter how many elements of any type there are. Can you be more clear about the problem you encountered? Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-28 Thread Rob Crowther
like this is the broken part: $(body).append(sectionsomething/section); If you create the element with other methods, the next line works fine. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-28 Thread Rob Crowther
and figure out what it's doing, but I guess it's wrapping the DOM approach to make it look like innerHTML, and something is getting lost in translation. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] CSS support of HTML5 tags not ready yet?

2010-09-27 Thread Rob Crowther
the HTML5 parser enabled by default, enabling inline SVG and MathML: http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/05/firefox-4-the-html5-parser-inline-svg-speed-and-more/ Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] RE: Fonts in MS Publisher compared to onlineRe:

2010-09-15 Thread Rob Crowther
a subscription, this lets you experiment with some different fonts without paying. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-19 Thread Rob Crowther
.org/TR/html5/content-models.html#annotations-for-assistive-technology-products-aria Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-19 Thread Rob Crowther
the parts of HTML5 that work across browsers and are completely backwards compatible, but some of us enjoy a bit of head scratching now and again :) Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Getting my feet wet in HTML5

2010-08-18 Thread Rob Crowther
for backwards compatibility reasons. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***

Re: [WSG] Yes or No? HTML5 FOR WEB DESIGNERS

2010-08-18 Thread Rob Crowther
the hgroup would give it this meaning rather than classing the entire header as mere header. No, it's header that would give that meaning, Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] HTML5 offline storage question

2010-08-14 Thread Rob Crowther
Rob Crowther wrote: Or, as you say above, does the user have to visit each page? I'll have some time this afternoon so I'll probably just try it myself :) Just wanted to confirm: I tested this last night in Firefox 4.0 beta - any manifests linked to in pages downloaded by another manifest

Re: [WSG] HTML5 offline storage question

2010-08-13 Thread Rob Crowther
above, does the user have to visit each page? I'll have some time this afternoon so I'll probably just try it myself :) Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] HTML5 offline storage question

2010-08-12 Thread Rob Crowther
themselves have manifests? I wrote an article way back you might be interested in - http://www.thecssninja.com/javascript/how-to-create-offline-webapps-on-the-iphone Thanks for the article. Rob *** List Guidelines: http

Re: [WSG] HTML5 offline storage question

2010-08-09 Thread Rob Crowther
isn't what you're after to store large amounts of binary data. Offline Resources may be up to it, it's not clear to me what the limits are and I can't find any definitive documentation anywhere, but it's a whole different approach[3]. Rob [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/webstorage/ [2] http

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

2010-05-18 Thread Rob Crowther
like the date fields. Also may be useful: http://www.modernizr.com/ Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] NVDA-screen reader software for windows

2010-03-12 Thread Rob Crowther
for testing, however: http://webaim.org/blog/jaws-license-not-developer-friendly/ If you read through the comments, there's a lot of links to alternatives. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] NVDA-screen reader software for windows

2010-03-12 Thread Rob Crowther
/ He also has a number of articles on ARIA and other accessibility topics. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh

Re: [WSG] NVDA-screen reader software for windows

2010-03-12 Thread Rob Crowther
Lorrie Laskey wrote: Do screen readers exist for Linux operating systems? Just came across this tutorial for Orca: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9978 Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] NVDA-screen reader software for windows

2010-03-11 Thread Rob Crowther
Lorrie Laskey wrote: Do screen readers exist for Linux operating systems? Yes, there's Orca for GTK/Gnome: http://projects.gnome.org/orca/ Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

Re: [WSG] First stab at html5

2009-12-31 Thread Rob Crowther
for navigation elements. But http://html5.validator.nu/ thinks both pages are OK, and they look the same in Firefox 3.5 and IE7, so it seems to be good. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

Re: [WSG] RE: More than one H1?

2009-10-16 Thread Rob Crowther
A discussion of the impact of this on accessibility in the comments to this blog post: http://www.iheni.com/html-5-to-the-h1-debate-rescue/ Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

Re: [WSG] SEO and headers order

2009-04-15 Thread Rob Enslin
, heavy and bloated code where important tag info is burried way down the page, can impact on indexability - stuff that's simply not best practice. -- rob // Rob Enslin // twitter.com/robenslin On 15 Apr 2009, at 06:21, Caleb Wong carbon.ca...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a SEO question

Re: [WSG] 3-Col Issue Javascript Heavy site

2009-03-05 Thread Rob D
Have you tried giving the center col (#content) a percent width like - width:70%; haven't tried it - just a thought On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Kristine Cummins des...@kristinecummins.com wrote: Hi All: I am developing a community calendar that is ran by javascripts that pulls from

Re: [WSG] positioning help needed

2008-12-10 Thread Rob D
Hi Kevin, I'm not sure if this will help but I always use .brclear { font-size: 1px; line-height: 0; clear: both; height: 0; } after the last floated object on a page. This has fixed footer floating issues for me before. hope it helps Rob On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:03 AM, kevin mcmonagle [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] positioning help needed

2008-12-10 Thread Rob D
So its... br class=brclear / On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Rob D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin, I'm not sure if this will help but I always use .brclear { font-size: 1px; line-height: 0; clear: both; height: 0; } after the last floated object on a page. This has fixed footer

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-21 Thread Rob Enslin
) whether this is actually good web standards practice (or outdated with little value) Thanks again, -- Rob 2008/11/21 Ben Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you think it's a service I should be paying for? Although not expensive, I'm wondering why the 'functionality' needs to be highlighted

Re: [WSG] Text-only version

2008-11-20 Thread Rob Enslin
Hi Patrick, Appreciate the feedback - thought as much, but always worth checking with the pros. Best, --Rob On 20 Nov 2008, at 20:39, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob Enslin wrote: I'm involved in a CMS-based website project where the supplier has provided me

Re: [WSG] CSS font-size-adjust

2008-10-21 Thread Rob Schumann
the complete picture (verdana and tahoma share the same aspect ratio, but differ significantly in x-width). http://www.webspaceworks.com/resources/fonts-web-typography/43/ Hope these may be of some use... Cheers Rob *** List Guidelines

Re: [WSG] CSS font-size-adjust

2008-10-21 Thread Rob Schumann
Hi Christian, Christian Montoya wrote on 21-10-2008: Thanks Rob, I think that just about answers all my questions. Would it be possible for you to update your tables with the Vista fonts? I've updated the aspect-ratio/x-widths article to include the 6 'C' fonts of Vista http

Re: [WSG] CSS editors

2008-10-20 Thread Rob Enslin
Don't know about 'best' but I use Dreamweaver. Rob 2008/10/20 Gicela Morales [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone, I've just migrated form PC to a new macbook :-) but was wondering about the best xhtml/css editors for macs around that people can recommend? I can see that BBEdit is still around

Re: [WSG] .NET sites which are XHTML 1.0 strict

2008-10-09 Thread Rob Crowther
you the extra effort. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] Dev. For Mobile Browsers

2008-09-13 Thread Rob Crowther
James Jeffery wrote: Anyone got any good resources on developing for mobile browsers? Try http://dev.mobi/ Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Google chrome...

2008-09-04 Thread Rob Crowther
in a browser, the possibility of seeing exactly how much memory and CPU power an individual website is using up (right click on the window bar and select Task Manager). Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Code for Firefox, hack for IE

2008-09-01 Thread Rob Enslin
the least compliant? I'd be interested if anyone can 'validate' this argument as I'm sure a lot of designers are of the same opinion. Rob 2008/9/1 David McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, For a while now, I've been operating on the principle Code for Firefox, hack for IE. That is, writing CSS

Re: [WSG] Question about accessibility

2008-08-27 Thread Rob Enslin
navigation (one image one css) and run a performance test. Show the results and hopefully convince your client to choose wisely? Only a thought. Rob 2008/8/27 Jason Pruim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good Morning everyone! I have a client that wants me to write his navigation mostly as a picture and then use

Re: [WSG] Tables for product=price list

2008-08-11 Thread Rob Enslin
other views... Rob 2008/8/11 James Jeffery [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is the current mark-up h3Body Art/h3 table captionBody Art Price List/caption thead tr thProduct/th

Re: [WSG] Tables for product=price list

2008-08-11 Thread Rob Enslin
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Re: [WSG] Re: ARIA

2008-08-11 Thread Rob Crowther
changes performed with JS to assistive technologies? If JS is turned off then there's no in page updates and regular WCAG applies? Does ARIA have benefits even to 'static' HTML apps? Rob *** List Guidelines: http

[WSG] IE6/7 behaviour

2008-06-24 Thread Rob Enslin
' for it? Code CSS snippet: body { margin: 0; padding: 0; } #wrap { width: 832px; margin: 0 auto; } The page: http://www.servicemanagement.co.uk/new.htm Many thanks in advance, Rob -- Rob Enslin Blog: http://enslin.co.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/robenslin

Re: [WSG] IE6/7 behaviour

2008-06-24 Thread Rob Enslin
Hi @Gonzalo - fantastic! Thank you. Rob [Moleskin note book where are you?] 2008/6/24 Gonzalo González Mora [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Rob Enslin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, if this is off topic I apologise in advance. I have a slight issue with IE (surprise

Re: [WSG] IE6/7 behaviour

2008-06-24 Thread Rob Enslin
Hi @James and @Gunlaug, Points noted on the page declaration issues. Thanks. Rob 2008/6/24 James Pickering [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The combination of declarations you have now is a somewhat new one - to me at least. An XML declaration has no place

Re: [WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-20 Thread Rob Enslin
Joe wrote: PS: the subject should really be htm vs html, no? or am I missing something? Yes - should have been htm vs html. And, I don't feel comfortable revealing the CMS vendor as we currently have a *great* working relationship and don't want to upset that ;-) [sure you understand] Rob

Re: [WSG] html vs. html - neither.

2008-06-20 Thread Rob Enslin
as a web page. Rob 2008/6/20 Dave Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I must say that I find it quite alarming that any professional web developers believe that a CMS must produce URLs for dynamically generated pages (not files) which say .htm or .html on the end. My colleagues and I have adopted sites built

Re: [WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-19 Thread Rob Enslin
Many thanks for all the input. Now for the fun part... go back to the CMS vendor who made the claim and ask for some proof ;-) Have a great day/night. Rob 2008/6/19 Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting Patrick Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jonathan D'mello To go off on a tangent

Re: [WSG] Firefox 3 candidate

2008-06-18 Thread Rob Crowther
switch to get the dialogue for creating new profiles the first time. Obviously, adjust all the above for file extensions and paths appropriate to your platform. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

[WSG] html vs. html

2008-06-18 Thread Rob Enslin
) Is this true? Any thoughts? Cheers, Rob -- Rob Enslin Blog: http://enslin.co.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/robenslin *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] MA in web development

2008-06-12 Thread Rob Crowther
lectures available. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

[WSG] Wiki's and standards

2008-06-05 Thread Rob Enslin
Clearspace and have any comments? 2. Any standards-related issues when rolling out a corporate Wiki solution? 3. Any other favoured Wiki software they could recommend and why? Any thoughts, comments or ideas would be great. best, Rob -- Rob Enslin Blog: http://enslin.co.uk Twitter: http

[WSG] Tag for quotes

2008-05-20 Thread Rob Enslin
latest solutions to the market!/citebr / TECHNOGYM UK LTD/p Any help most appreciated. Thanks, Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help

Re: [WSG] Tag for quotes

2008-05-20 Thread Rob Enslin
That's pretty clear. Many thanks Robert, David and Rahul. 2008/5/20 Rahul Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 20-May-08, at 8:43 PM, Rob Enslin wrote: Please could someone help me decide which is the most appropriate tag to use with quotes? The most appropriate tag to use is the blockquote

Re: [WSG] The Problem of adjacent links

2008-05-09 Thread Rob Kirton
Darren I'd be highly surprised if a screen reader manages to read CSS. Most struggle with HTML -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others : http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton 2008/5/9 Darren Lovelock [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The content:after pseudo

Re: [WSG] selectutorial

2008-04-17 Thread Rob Kirton
to allow for cross bowser support Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others: http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 17/04/2008, kevin mcmonagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, My friend wants to learn about css so i told him to do the selectutorial

[WSG] Rogue text appears in IE6.

2008-04-03 Thread Rob Enslin
for this? -- Rob Enslin http://enslin.co.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] Rogue text appears in IE6.

2008-04-03 Thread Rob Enslin
Thanks Gunlag and others for their replies - appreciate it. I've removed all the comment tags (that I can through our CMS) and hey presto it's fixed (a great result!) Have a great day, Rob On 03/04/2008, Gunlaug Sørtun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob Enslin wrote: I've recently built

Re: [WSG] Rogue text appears in IE6.

2008-04-03 Thread Rob Enslin
solved. Ted -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Rob Enslin *Sent:* Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:15 PM *To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org *Subject:* Re: [WSG] Rogue text appears in IE6. Thanks Gunlag and others for their replies

Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of x html

2008-03-27 Thread Rob Kirton
Michael I would recommend that you use target=_new and then use XHTML transitional DTD -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others: http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 27/03/2008, Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read how

Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of x html

2008-03-27 Thread Rob Kirton
Andrew of course you are right there, however if the brief says so -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others: http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 27/03/2008, Andrew Maben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 27, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Michael

Re: [WSG] Semantic markup for a person's name or business name

2008-03-26 Thread Rob Crowther
use of microformats (they were the originators of several of them): http://kitchen.technorati.com/search Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Hanging indents

2008-03-21 Thread Rob Kirton
work carried out on the site. remember you've also got the print style sheets to contend with. This approach also means that the document will always appear the way they intend, irrespective of screen width etc. just my two penny worth.. -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http

Re: [WSG] Experience with Adobe Contribute

2008-03-02 Thread Rob Crowther
stylesheets. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] form problem

2008-02-25 Thread Rob Unsworth
textarea name=comments rows=6 cols=35/textarea --Cols now 35 /p -- Regards, | Lions District 201 Q3 Rob Unsworth | IT Internet Chairman Ipswich, Australia| http://www.lionsq3.asn.au

Re: [WSG] form problem

2008-02-24 Thread Rob Unsworth
organizationChristian Organization:/label input name =christian id = christian type=text/ The best way to check if you have it right is to click on the field name the cursor should start blinking in the input field. -- Regards, | Lions District 201 Q3 Rob Unsworth

Re: [WSG] Lists CSS

2007-12-27 Thread Rob Unsworth
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Jixor - Stephen I wrote: I thought there was a browser that used margin on lists also? IIRC, IE uses margins and Firefox uses padding. -- Regards, | Lions District 201 Q3 Rob Unsworth | IT Internet Chairman Ipswich, Australia| http

Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

2007-12-17 Thread Rob Crowther
Michael Horowitz wrote: In the free market their tends to be high and low quality products It's not a free market, it's a market for lemons. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe

Re: [WSG] Opera files antitrust against MS: standards one part

2007-12-16 Thread Rob Crowther
for lemons, the general effect of a free market seems to be to lower quality to the lowest level allowed by law. Where does the impetus for high standards come from in your imagined utopia? Rob *** List Guidelines: http

[WSG] Weird feature in Opera

2007-11-17 Thread Rob Mason
. Opera displays the image as intended, but also repeats 50px or so of the same image again, about half way up the page. So the question is: is this a school boy mistake I'm making or is there something else going on? Thanks in advance. -- Rob Mason t/a Sponge Project www.spongeproject.co.uk [EMAIL

[WSG] Idiot's guide to JavaScript

2007-11-13 Thread Rob Mason
on or offline will do. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance Rob -- Rob Mason t/a Sponge Project www.spongeproject.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http

[WSG] CSS help

2007-11-01 Thread Rob Enslin
an already helpful discussion forum most appreciated. Thanks, Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] CSS help

2007-11-01 Thread Rob Enslin
@...James, Bruce, Georg and Mike thanks. Plenty reading tonight - this info should get me going. Cheers, Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] Re: worst site I've seen lately

2007-10-29 Thread Rob Mason
My eyes, my beautiful eyes...it burns. -- Rob Mason t/a Sponge Project www.spongeproject.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] accessible calendars? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2007-10-27 Thread Rob Mason
Smashing Magazine have done an article on loads of different types. Most should be easy to make accessible: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/23/online-calendars-and-date-pickers/ Rob -- Rob Mason t/a Sponge Project www.spongeproject.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED

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

2007-10-04 Thread Rob Crowther
and value his 'expertise'. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] Web Developer toolbar for firefox 2.x

2007-08-27 Thread Rob Crowther
/web-developer/ But you will need to add the site the 'exceptions' for being allowed to install software. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Re: [WSG] When is invalid CSS okay?

2007-08-23 Thread Rob Crowther
major desktop browsers'? Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Rob Kirton
need to realise that most users will only develop to a certain degree, to be tech savvy. We as an industry must make things easier. Browsing the web should be no more diffcult than switching TV channels, ahem looks down at incredibly complex remote control :0) -- Regards - Rob Raising

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-07 Thread Rob Kirton
of classes for such people. Maybe one day the browser vendors will catch on. -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others: http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton Personally, I wouldn't complain about that, but I would suggest that increase/decrease text

Re: RES: [WSG] HELP with CSS

2007-07-28 Thread Rob Crowther
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Re: [WSG] Re: please avoid forcing people to open pdf in browser!

2007-07-20 Thread Rob Crowther
to be made that PDF isn't a 'web technology' I don't think this is it. Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] Re: please avoid forcing people to open pdf in browser!

2007-07-20 Thread Rob Kirton
production process. -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking in with others: http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton On 20/07/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saying that PDF's are needed by Government Websites is a very circular argument for allowing them

Re: [WSG] To target or not

2007-07-13 Thread Rob Kirton
In such circumstances It is best to use transitional doc type than to get too anally retentive about having to have a strict doc type. The user doesn't care a hoot about doctype, though they are very interested in the experience and usability of a site -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards

Re: [WSG] Re: Microformats was [ Is this a good use of dl ]

2007-07-07 Thread Rob Crowther
://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-examples-in-wild So what's it all about? I suggest you have a look at the Operator extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4106 (And by 'have a look' I mean install it in Firefox and visit a few websites linked to from the microformats site ;) ) Rob

Re: [WSG] Dutch guild of front-end developers in the making

2007-07-03 Thread Rob Crowther
programmes that already exist in management and other parts of IT? Rob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: [WSG] Page Structure

2007-06-27 Thread Rob Kirton
, is if is somebody who is taking on the traditionally expensive job of building a brand and expecting most searches on that. Of course there is Viral marketing and your not doing too bad a job on that front at the moment :0) -- Regards - Rob Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk Linking

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