Re: on the future: was: Re: forms problem from Jim Ley on 2002-01-15 (w3c-wai-ig@w3.org from January to March 2002)

From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:31:47 -0000
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Message-ID: <00b301c19dd1$5f14aa00$ca969dc3@emedia.co.uk>

"Harry Woodrow":
> 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, do not
cause
> pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window
> without informing the user. [Priority 2]
> For example, in HTML, avoid using a frame whose target is a new window.
> Techniques for checkpoint 10.
>
> This is the actual text of the guidelines.  From this I read that
popups and
> changes to the current windows are acceptible providing that the user
is
> informed of what happens.

Surely though any content in a popup or spawned window is innaccesbile to
those browsers which have turned off spawned windows?

Jim.

Received on Tuesday, 15 January 2002 09:33:28 UTC