- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:19:10 -0400
- To: "Leonard R. Kasday" <kasday@acm.org>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
- Cc: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
This or a related issue has been addressed in the UAAG, I think. Try UAAG Guidelines 3, 4 and 9. In particular note the resolution of Issue No.224. http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#224 HTH Al At 05:28 PM 2000-07-21 -0400, Leonard R. Kasday wrote: >Dear WCAG > >where it says in 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] > >Does this mean > >a. Do not cause popups to appear, period or >b. Do not cause popups to appear without informing the user. > >For example, if a popup springs up and the first line says "... Sorry to >interrupt you but I'm a new popup, ." (We might want to make the line >invisible by the usual tricks). > >is that OK, since you've informed the user? > >in other words it depends on how you parse the sentence: > >a. do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and (do not change the >current window without informing the user) >vs. >b. (do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the >current window) without informing the user. > >Personally, I hope the answer is (b) cause popups are actually useful at >times. If it is (b), we have another tweak in AERT 10.1.... > >Len >-- >Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. >Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and >Department of Electrical Engineering >Temple University 423 Ritter Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19122 > >kasday@acm.org >http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday > >(215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY) > >The WAVE web page accessibility evaluation assistant: >http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/ >
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