- From: Matt May <mcmay@bestkungfu.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:04:37 -0700
- To: "Thanasis Kinias" <tkinias@optimalco.com>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> The meta refresh is a slick trick and it's easy to implement. Designers will > howl if WCAG says not to use it -- I know, I've heard them at training > sessions. But there are other ways of doing the job without introducing > accessibility problems. Given that this is the most common way around server redirects, and these redirect pages don't present content themselves and endeavor to avoid excess user interaction, I don't consider this to be a problem with accessibility. If the page being refreshed contained words intended for the user to read (e.g., splash pages), I would have different thoughts, but the text on redirect pages is usually nothing more than a safety net. If necessary, it's possible to require ACSS not to speak the redirect text to avoid disorientation. But the fact is that it is unprofessional and as a result unacceptable for many content providers to require an unnecessary clickthrough. - m
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