- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 17:06:33 -0500
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: Lisa Seeman <seeman@netvision.net.il>, WAI <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Charles,
Doesn't the Stop button stop all everything on the page? If so, what is
the problem? Does stop not exist or work the same way in all browsers?
Anne
At 10:25 AM 3/8/01 -0500, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>How about a user agent requirement - "make the page sit still"? (It's in
>there already, and is in fact often possible in current browsers.
>
>Charles McCN
>
>On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Anne Pemberton wrote:
>
> Lisa,
>
> If it ever gets to the point where "in reality *many* students" will
> *have* to take meds to deal with ants crawling across the screen, I will
> leave the education field! Children are being overdosed with "meds" in
> schools now!
>
> Yes, find a way to turn off distractions, but that means the ability to
> turn off *anything* on the screen that is distracting, including the text
> ... But "do not use" isn't fair to the many users who enjoy the animations
> ... Remember that what is "distracting" to one person is the very thing
> that makes a page a memorable experience to someone else, and may be
> exactly what someone else needs to get the meaning of the page.
>
> Anne
>
>
> Anne Pemberton
> apembert@erols.com
>
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>
>
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