- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:57:18 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Matthew Smith <matt@kbc.net.au>
- cc: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Matthew Smith wrote: two comments. . change the subject line, I deleted it and had to go back and find it when I realized it wasn't actually spam . WAHOO a real weather report type of software that actually works on Lynx. (I love open source!) one minor suggestion,.is there any way to seperate the temps by a couple spaces at least, they just run together. readable but awkward. Bob who really didn't need to know how warm the dog was. ;8*}}}} > I have been working with some software that generates weather reports from > various data held in a MySQL database. The software produces a static HTML page > that may be uploaded to a web server. > > The HTML produced by the software was rather haphazard and messy, so I have been > re-writing the appropriate parts of the software to generate valid XHTML 1.0 > strict, formatted with valid CSS, that is as accessible as possible. > > Having run the code through the W3C HTML and CSS validators and then through > AccessValet and Bobby, I believe that I have something which has the beginnings > of being accessible. I respectfully submit the following for your consideration: > <http://www.mss.cx/current_weather.html> > > One of the major stumbling points was the automatic refresh. We've been through > that one on this list recently and I have found a reasonable solution, but only > for pages generated on-the-fly. I have applied a very simple JavaScript > solution to this static page. If JavaScript is not there, you don't get an > auto-refresh facility. If JavaScript is there, you have the means to turn > auto-refresh on and off. > > Comments on this technique and the page in general would be appreciated. As the > original software is Open Source, I will re-release it as such when I've > finished working on it. > > Cheers > > M > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONFIGURE YOUR E-MAIL TO SEND TEXT ONLY, see http://expita.com/nomime.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve Neither liberty nor safety", Benjamin Franklin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail accessys@smartnospam.net NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems, engineers NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil right *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# THIS message and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be privileged. They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity named
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