- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:04:47 -0400
- To: Adam Victor Reed <areed2@calstatela.edu>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Even if you had a guideline, I'm not sure Dell couldn't establish an undue hardship for the reasons they give. But I can see where it is a disability issue for people with very slow reading and/or physical reaction time ... Puts you off of buying from Dell ... Anne At 01:19 PM 5/26/01 -0700, Adam Victor Reed wrote: >The page which contains the timeout that prompted me to attempt a >revision of Guideline 2.4 is now > >http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfb/default.htm > >The text announcing the time-out is: > > "Due to the high demand and limited quantity of our available > products, your selection(s) will be removed from your cart > after 15 minutes of inactivity." > >I have re-written my proposed update of Guideline 2.4 to reflect >discussion on the list. > >2.4 Do not limit the time that a user may need to understand or >interact with your content. > * Avoid demands that the user respond within a preset period. > * Use automatic refresh and delayed redirection only when > necessary to bring superceded content up to date. > * Content must cooperate with user agent mechanisms for > preventing motion (including flicker, blinking, flashing, > self-scrolling etc) and for control of the rate at which > it occurs. Note that flicker effects can cause seizures in > people with photoepilepsy. >-- > Adam Reed > areed2@calstatela.edu > >Context matters. Seldom does *anything* have only one cause. > > Anne Pemberton apembert@erols.com http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.geocities.com/apembert45
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