- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Paul Adelson <paul.adelson@citicorp.com>
- cc: "'Web Accessibility Initiative'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I'm not even sure when those things happen. I just know that when there are no obvious textual ways to deal with what is on the screen, things go hay wire. for instanc, the wattermark of geocities opened in a ew window or at least I figured that is what happened because closing that window, gave me the site I was seeking. the window only said "here's a message from one of our sponsors. this is with jfw 3.2 and netscape 4.05. As I indicated I don't now what's going on behind the scenes. flashing text for instances causes problems for navigation because the navigation aids want to go to them, anything that pops up over the page will be useless and render the page useless because it will be jumbled. anything that has no directional text ellements in it and is off to the side will be missed entirely. this is a user looking at the display or trying to who doesn't know what the cause of the problems is. I guess if we had some specific examples saying go to this url for this behaviour etc, I could use my combination and throw in ie for good measure because I use it too and it is popular and good at getting at sites, and report back. I'd hope though that someone will tell us more specifically how these things naming names affect access. On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Paul Adelson wrote: > Thanks, David. > > Any chance I could get more specific info on the problems each condition > creates? > * Pop-up Confirmation boxes > * Spawning new browser windows > * Spawning specifically sized browser windows (e.g. 640 x 480) > * Spawning browser windows without standard toolbars etc. > > Perhaps the answers seem obvious to people with more experience, but I'm still > a beginner to all this and I'd like to understand the problems as much as > possible. > > -- Paul > > David Poehlman wrote: > > > they're all a pain in the neck. I have to close the darn window because > > it is useless to me. > > > > On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Paul Adelson wrote: > > > > > Microsoft's 16 July 1998 SBN Wire (Site Builder Network) includes hints > > > on creating confirmation boxes (ok/cancel pop-ups). > > > > > > Do pop-up boxes create accessibility problems, and if so are there > > > recommended alternatives? > > > > > > Along the same lines, what about the growing number of links that open a > > > new browser window when you click on them, or the ads that pop up in new > > > windows with no warning? > > > > > > Many of the ads pop up at a specific size, and have all of the standard > > > browser navigation buttons hidden (in netscape at least). Does this > > > present any special accessibility problems? How important are the > > > browser's standard navigational controls to accessibility? > > > > > > -- Paul > > > > > > > Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s > > touching the internet > > voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 > > poehlman@clark.net > > ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman > > http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman > > Dynamic solutions Inc. > > Best of service for your Small Business network Needs > > Http://www.dnsolutions.com > > > Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s touching the internet voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 poehlman@clark.net ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman Dynamic solutions Inc. Best of service for your Small Business network Needs Http://www.dnsolutions.com
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