- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:59:53 -0400
- To: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
- Cc: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>, "Leonard R. Kasday" <kasday@acm.org>, Kelly Ford <kford@teleport.com>, Janina Sajka <janina@whosoeverwill.com>
Aloha, again!
On second thought, I do think that the second technique for
my proposed Checkpoint 10.x does need to be a checkpoint, in
which the accessibility issues presented by what I -- for
lack of a better term -- call "forms without user-addressable
SUBMIT mechanisms", is addressed. Note that what I consider
optional terminology is demarcated by braces. (NOTE: The
reference for this proposal is the 11 August 1999 draft.)
CHECKPOINT
If the submission of a {single field} form is achieved
via a script or an HTML4 event handler, prompt the user
for confirmation before submitting the form content.
TECHNIQUES:
1. Allow the user to configure the user agent. Choices
should include:
"Never Submit Without Asking"
"Always Submit Without Asking"
"Prompt Before Submitting Form Content"
The default setting should be: "Prompt before submitting
form content", so as to allow the user to decide whether
or not HTML4 event handling will occur automatically.
2. Configuration can be determined by prompting the user
the first time an event handled or script-driven FORM is
encountered. Choices should include:
"Submit"
"Do Not Submit"
"Never Submit Without Asking"
"Always Submit Without Asking"
"Always Prompt Before Submitting Form Content"
If the user chooses "Prompt Before Submitting Form
Content", this prompt could be recycled in an abbreviated
fashion. The prompt should include
"Submit "
"Do Not Submit"
and (if possible) enable the user to save his or her
choice as the default setting (a "Do not ask me again"
prompt).
Gregory
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President, WebMaster, & Minister of Propaganda,
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