Re: popup question

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
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>
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