Re: HTML AutoLayout

At 13:24 03/01/22 -0500, Tex Texin wrote:

>The recommendations need some discussion. I thought the list was good
>but then reading the article raised some questions for me. Perhaps it
>needs a detailed review.
>
>1) Wasn't Terry Farrell the actress that played Jadzia Dax on Star Trek?
>Can we trust a Trill? ;-)
>(Sorry I couldn't let it pass.)
>
>2) The argument for putting controls in a separate cell- is that
>Microsoft specific ? (points 3 and 5)
>
>3) I agree with not using absolutes. But I notice the new
>recommendations (not these that Russ offered, but others) for table-less
>web pages and using DIVs instead, seem to make heavy use of specific
>pixel values or sizes to accomplish their goals.

I'm not sure this is true. The W3C home page uses some 1px values
for margins, but otherwise only % and em as units.


>I find it very
>anti-i18n and anti-accessibility.

Anti-i18n yes. But I don't understand anti-accessability.

Regards,    Martin.


>I also find it very hard to do simple
>things, like put an image next to centered text. (I don't understand why
>CSS has left, right and no center, except on a background.) There are
>many web pages sprouting up telling people how to use the new technique.
>Perhaps we need to tell people how to work with DIVs in an i18n friendly
>way (if its possible).
>
>tex
>
>Russ Rolfe wrote:
> >
> > This E-mail is to fill one of my action items from last weeks 
> (16-Jan-2003) teleconference.
> >
> > Here is a list of 10 rules to follow to allow HTML pages to change 
> their layouts automatically depending on what language is being displayed.
> >
> > Rule 1: Never Use Absolute Positions
> > Rule 2: Dialog Boxes Should Use the Available Width and Height
> > Rule 3: Each Control Should Be in a Separate Cell
> > Rule 4: Allow Wrapping Text
> > Rule 5: Separate Check Boxes and Radio Buttons from Labels
> > Rule 6: Leave Room for Growth and Avoid Fixed-Width Items
> > Rule 7: Methods for Sizing Buttons, List Boxes, and Group Boxes
> > Rule 8: When to Set Height
> > Rule 9: Do Not Use Left or Right Align
> > Rule 10: Avoid Inline CSS With Values that International Needs to Change
> >
> > To read more about this in detail you can visit our Microsoft on this 
> issue at:
> >
> >    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/intranet/build/hal.asp
> >
> > Also, this is located, along with demo files, on the companion CD to 
> Developing International Software -- 2nd.
> >
> >    http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/DIS_v2/default.asp
> >
> > Let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > Regards, Russ (rrolfe)
> > One of the World-Ready Guides (wrg)
> > Are you World-Ready?  http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev
>
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Received on Thursday, 23 January 2003 19:49:49 UTC