- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:41:36 +1100
- To: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- Cc: Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>, Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, david.bolter@gmail.com, faulkner.steve@gmail.com, jbrewer@w3.org, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>, laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com, mike@w3.org, public-html-a11y@w3.org, w3c-wai-pf@w3.org, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:31 AM, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca> wrote: > Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: >> >> Basically, I think what we need is a kind of "overlay"-functionality >> for the document/fragment linked to. As soon as the link is activated, >> that document/fragment becomes the new document temporarily with a >> simple means to return to it. The best visual rendering of this that I >> can think of are "overlay" or "popup" or more generally a "modal >> window". > > Approximately a year ago I asked a friend of mine to knock together a proof > of concept of a similar idea I had back then. Cost me a bottle of Port, but > was well worth it to me (yes folks, JF pays up for work done, even if the > currency is more liquid than most) > > See Dirk's example here: > http://blog.ginader.de/dev/jquery/longdesc/examples/webaim/index.php > > There are some keyboard issues, but it's on GitHub so if anyone wants to > take a stab at cleaning it up, have at it. I like it. That's exactly what I was thinking about, too, with a few variations on the idea with the indicator disappearing after a few seconds, the link not being in the DOM but in the context menu, and the overlay being modal. But other than that, the idea is the same. I would suggest providing such a implementation recommendation as part of the spec. Cheers, Silvia.
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