Re: current example for Re: Cognitive Disability

I've always wondered if those faux "You have 1 email waiting" pop-up and
banner ads actually worked.

The question is: Are they successful in grabbing new customers, or merely
frustrating users?

How do your students respond when they click on the fake "Ok" button?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Chetwynd" <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
To: "Terje Bless" <link@pobox.com>; "Al Gilman" <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
Cc: "W3C WAI IG" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: current example for Re: Cognitive Disability


> many pages have a totally spurious banner
> You have 1 email
> or similar.
>
> My students assume this is TRUE, and have difficulty believing me.
> Of course they can take literally years to remember this.
> That is ones that can read.
>
> They are easily distracted, and this makes searching very slow.
> They often have a dozen windows open, and don't realise....
> tx
>
> jonathan chetwynd
>
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directory
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> learning difficulty get the most from the web"
>
>