is
rounder than 0, but if you don't have one of each to compare, it can
be very hit-and-miss. I'm sure there must be many other situations on
and off the web where usability is impaired in this way.
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with no need to touch the menu - useful if you're using includes for
the menu. Al's method involves adding the id to the menu itself. It
is your call, whatever works best for you. (You can get either to
work with your particular menu.)
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in its own
table row, because then I can't keep the list.
Or do I need to actually type into the content the list numbering
(instead of using an ol) just to get the same visual effect? :-\
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/resources/tables.cfm#very , as it
demonstrates that accessible tables needn't be meagre and can, in
fact, contain quite a lot of structured information.
Thanks Joshua, a great resource! But unfortunately those pages don't
discuss lists in tables at all. :-(
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it should be a data table. At the moment it's a
layout table pretending to be a data table but there is a direct
relationship between the data in each column and the column headers
are, IMHO, necessary.
Thanks for your reply... it makes it easier!
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Hi Lea,
I am very relieved to have now got the point that the numbering
should be part of the content. Doesn't that make (my) life so much
simpler? :-D
Thanks for taking the time to help.
Vicki. :-)
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both) if you want
further information. (That way we can keep such discussions off the list so
that the 2000 subscribers who are not in Perth aren't unnecessarily annoyed.)
It will be nice to meet you there.
Vicki. :-)
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and Jesse
Rodgers Dreamweaver Task Force members so they can continue working with MM on
the standards issue.
Vicki. :-)
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on the behalf of those who can, means the world
to those who can't.
Vicki. :-)
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that certainly can be done with CSS. The second project in Eric Meyer's More
Eric Meyer on CSS uses a CSS to style a photo collection in a grid pattern.
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getting out there
amongst people who are in a position to change things is one potentially
effective method.
Vicki. :-)
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/index.htm
Like all PVII offerings, it works in all modern browsers.
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wrong with Javascript that I can see, as long as the site degrades gracefully
without it.
But to each their own. :-)
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Hope Stewart wrote:
Safari gives you the option of adding text-resize icons to tool bar.
Win/IE does too, at least IE6 does... I used to have it there in my PC days. :-)
I agree this seems like a good way to let people know this function is
available.
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Patrick Lauke wrote:
I'd say not *after* the link, but *as part of* the link. If a user
is tabbing between links, they will not get to the text after
the link itself.
Good point, Patrick! Thanks.
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(in the background as opposed to multimedia content) where possible?
To clarify, I am not saying perhaps we should give attention to visual
communication to the exclusion of actual content, but in addition to...?
What have others found, regarding usability across cultures?
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Might be a propagation thing. Try http://69.93.55.164/ for the new site.
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on an international
or multicultural site, an explanation of why certain terminology was
used might be appropriate given the strong objections some sectors can
evidently have about what they are called.
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but don't want to offend
anyone!)
Just my 2 cents plus GST!
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as a user...
Large sites without dropdowns/flyouts can certainly allow users to go
from A to B easily. But they don't always.
(Or better yet make a sitemap page :)
Site maps *shouldn't* be an or. :-)
(My own sites are in dire need of updating in this regard!)
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Looks perfect to me in Safari 2.0, OS 10.4.2.
Vicki. :-)
Kay Smoljak wrote:
Could someone with a Mac please check the test page?
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We all do, really. I am at home, and don't have the research here,
but current statistics show that 97.4% of all devices accessing web
content are running on Windows. Every one of these machines has IE
on it. Really, are we mad to develop for anything else? Discuss.
I realise you said
Rick Faaberg wrote:
Is there something wrong with go to whatever section?
It's been said that go to could imply to someone using a screen
reader that the link will take them to another page. You might prefer
to say Go to ... on this page.
Joe Clark had an entry in Axxlog a while back
Like most dial-up users who do have Flash installed, I don't want to
*ever* sit (and sit, and sit, and sit) through a Flash intro and want
to be able to clearly see the link that says to skip it - please
don't hide it behind the Flash movie! Best not to take usability
choices away from
Hi Kay et al,
Coming in late here. I couldn't find the original post so am not quite
clear about the new common badging apparently to be released? Will
that change the Office of the E-Govt design guidelines which say at
http://www.egov.dpc.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=guidelines.design
Natalie Buxton wrote:
Why do organisations (be they private or public) continue to blame a
CMS for things like poor validity and accessibility? Choosing a CMS
that comforms the the requirements of well-formed valid (X)HTML and
CSS, as well as good usability and accessibility should surely be
Hi Lawrence,
I've found there's no ideal solution to this. Seems you have to
sacrifice a browser or two whichever way you choose to go - up to you
to choose the lesser of the evils! A few examples of the various
solutions and how to implement them are on the CSS-Discuss email list
wiki:
LOL. yes, in retrospect what I said wasn't *quite* right, was it? Haha.
Vicki. :-)
Mordechai Peller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vicki Berry wrote:
Seems you have to sacrifice a browser or two whichever way you choose to go
There's no need to sacrifice a browser, just the effect
Oh I'm with you there, Andy! I realised after I sent that email that
I could have put that better. I agree that the rate you charge is in
many ways a reflection of your knowledge and experience, and that
knowledge and experience can lead you to put in more effort in some
ways.
I still think,
My previous employer has advertised for someone to fill my old job and
apparently it's not looking hopeful. They want someone who can hit
the ground running but I think it really is a case of what Kay was
saying - you have to expect to train people. But the job description
was based around my
I rarely even mention web standards to clients anymore unless they are
govt or govt agencies. I agree that as someone paying a builder to
build a house for me, I don't need to know the pros and cons of a
certain type of mortar - just do the job and do it so it gets me the
result I want!
My pitch
Hi all,
I have a client who wants some audio-visual content on his site. He
wants to stream interviews etc like a radio channel - but not live, at
this point. There will also be some video clips. (All of these will
be downloadable, and not play automatically.)
The client represents a local
Hi Kim. :-)
Your sliding doors look fine in my MacIE5.2, OSX 10.3.5.
The icons in the content area, however, take on a stepped effect (like
formatted nested code, for example - as if there's increased
indentation before each one for the first three, then goes back to
left alignment for the
Adding float:left to ul.navlist in Firefox fixed it
Vicki. :-)
Jim wrote:
I am having a problem with this sample rollover at
http://www.barricksinsurance.com/button.html .
It shows up fine with 4 rows across and 4 rows down on IE but it shows 5
rows across on Firefox.
Has anybody any
Here is a DW extension that strips out the whitespace to solve this issue:
http://www.dwfaq.com/store/detail/?id=faqStrpLWS
It automatically strips the whitespace, you don't have to do anything
once it's installed, though it can also be run manually.
And it's free. :-)
Vicki. :-)
Jim
Hi Kay,
I have just joined the group and hope it's ok to just jump in
The site looks good!
On your sample page, the menu performs well. I'm at work on a PC at
the moment (use a Mac at home) and I viewed the page in Firefox, Opera
7 and IE6 and in all cases it drops down not up!
Hope this
Hi again,
Just one more thing - I was looking at the source code and wondering
at the use of all the meta / tags which I haven't seen before - so
sent the page to the W3C validator and it picked these tags up as
being invalid. There were some other errors too. Whatever problem
you are seeing
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