RE: Distractions - always negative?

Hi Tony,

You raise a very valid point.

Neil
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From: Anthony Doran [t.doran@texthelp.com]
Sent: 30 April 2015 14:41
To: public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org
Subject: Distractions - always negative?

Hi All,

   Just wanted to kick about an idea - is distraction always negative? For example if a site features some additional AT, say TTS or symbol support, they may wish to have an animation or something to draw your attention to it - or if they have active help they may have a help pop-over.

   These things are distracting, and take focus from content consumption but do so for a positive reason.

   So is distraction always a negative thing?

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