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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 3:10AM
Subject: Re: Microformats (was: address tag)
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Patrick Lauke wrote:
> (considering that Vista users can also subscribe, as far as I know,
I tried it last night and nothing happened but maybe I was doing
something wrong. What should happen when I click the 'subscribe' link
on Alastair's events page?
> with their new calendar widget thing)
Get the terminology right old bean... that's 'GAdget' not 'WIdget'...
heaven forbid that MS should use a commonly used word for their shiny
new widgets... I mean gadgets :-)
Penny
From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 3:30AM
Subject: Re: Microformats (was: address tag)
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> I tried it last night and nothing happened but maybe I was doing
> something wrong. What should happen when I click the
> 'subscribe' link on Alastair's events page?
I depends on your set up, at work (Win XP, FF & Outlook) I get a browser
pop-up saying "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because
the protocol (webcal) isn't associated with any program."
If I use 'http' instead of webcal, it tries but fails to open in
Outlook.
It works fine with Thunderbird/Sunbird, but I don't have those installed
anymore.
At home (OSX, FF/Safari and iCal), it would open the calendar in iCal.
I was hoping the same would happen with Vista, but I guess there is
another hurdle there.
Kind regards,
-Alastair
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From: Penny Roberts
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 4:40AM
Subject: Re: Microformats
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Alastair Campbell wrote:
> > I tried it last night and nothing happened but maybe I was doing
>> something wrong. What should happen when I click the
>> 'subscribe' link on Alastair's events page?
>
> I depends on your set up, at work (Win XP, FF & Outlook) I get a browser
> pop-up saying "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because
> the protocol (webcal) isn't associated with any program."
I got that when I tried at work (XP, FF & TB).
> It works fine with Thunderbird/Sunbird, but I don't have those installed
> anymore.
Oh... I have Thunderbird at work and at home. Do I need to have an
extension for it to work?
> At home (OSX, FF/Safari and iCal), it would open the calendar in iCal.
> I was hoping the same would happen with Vista, but I guess there is
> another hurdle there.
I'll try again tonight and this time I'll (try) to remember to write
down what happens and let you know. Does anyone else want to know what
happens? If not I'll contact Alastair off-list.
(I may just be doing something wrong: I only got my shiny new PC on
Monday (#Happy Birthday# to me...) so I'm still playing around with Vista.)
Penny
From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 5:50AM
Subject: Re: Microformats
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> I'll try again tonight and this time I'll (try) to remember to write
> down what happens and let you know. Does anyone else want to
> know what happens? If not I'll contact Alastair off-list.
Thanks that would help. Probably best off list, although we can report
back if anyone's interested.
> I only got my shiny new PC on
> Monday (#Happy Birthday# to me...) so I'm still playing
> around with Vista.)
Happy Birthday :)
One thing to try would be copying the address, and seeing if there is an
'import' or 'subscribe' option in the calendar app. I'll have a look and
see if there is any MS documentation on it.
Cheers,
-Alastair
From: Cheryl Wise
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 11:40AM
Subject: Re: Microformats (was: address tag)
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What you think Apple would like it if Microsoft "appropriated" the same name
for similar features?
Cheryl D Wise
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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 11:50AM
Subject: Re: Microformats
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Cheryl Wise wrote:
> What you think Apple would like it if Microsoft "appropriated" the same name
> for similar features?
Well, the term "widget" is fairly common, and already in widespread use
before Apple's dashboard thingy. I seem to recall that Konfabulator (now
Yahoo! Widgets) got there before Apple, and even before that the term
and functionality was already available in one of the
Stardock/Windowsblinds shell replacements for Windows and certain Linux
display managers...so yeh, widgets != Apple...but I digress :)
P
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From: Shawn Henry
Date: Wed, Feb 21 2007 12:20PM
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> My name is Tim and I am a beginning web designer that wants to start off by being accessibility
...
> Is this the right forum to get started or could you all suggest another mailing list that I can join
Hi, Tim,
There are lots of good resources on the Web to help you getting started with accessibility. I'm guessing since you're on the WebAIM list, you've seen the resources from WebAIM at http://www.webaim.org/
Here are some introductory resources from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI):
* Introduction to Web Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
* Essential Components of Web Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/components.php
* Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site
http://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/improving.html
* And many others available from the WAI Web site at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
In addition to the WebAIM list, you might be interested in the W3C WAI Interest Group (WAI IG) mailing list. You can join the WAI IG mailing list and post questions by following the instructions under:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IG/Overview.html#Uselist
You can also search the WAI IG list archives through:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/
Welcome to the Web accessibility community! <grin>
~Shawn
Shawn Lawton Henry
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From: Andy Mabbett
Date: Sat, Feb 24 2007 10:20AM
Subject: Re: address tag
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In message <005401c75540$b2281e30$888f40ab@Piglet>, John Foliot -
Stanford Online Accessibility Program < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > writes
><style>
> vevent abbr.title{display:none;}
></style>
>
>"Confusing" tool-tip gone.
Not in FireFox, it seems.
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