- From: Web Security Context Working Group Issue Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:55:37 +0000 (GMT)
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ISSUE-210 (Warning Fatigue): Add section 9.5 - Warning Fatigue [wsc-xit] http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/track/issues/ Raised by: Johnathan Nightingale On product: wsc-xit 9.5 Warning Fatigue Requirements in this document often involve warning [ref 6.4.3] and danger [ref 6.4.4] messages when warranted by conditions in the user agent. However, it is important to be aware, when developing user interfaces, that users will habituate to over-frequent warnings, weakening the impact of the messages and their ability to interrupt the user's task flow. User agents are advised to constrain the number of warnings and errors presented to the minimum required to satisfy these and other security guidelines. It is also recommended that user agents phrase options in these messages in terms of the action taken (e.g. "Ignore this warning," "Trust this site") rather than using generic labels (e.g. "OK", "Cancel").
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