- From: Christopher Atkinson <cwa@pipeline.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 23:23:14 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Thank you for the clear statement of what is wrong with popup windows. Would I be correct if I concluded that the corollary of your statement is that when the user *wants* to change focus, popups are okay? As an example, I have an <A> link with the text "Site Contents". OnClick or onKeyPress it opens a popup window containing a list of links to pages in my site. Focus passes to the popup (which should not annoy the user, since site contents is what he or she wants). OnClick or onKeyPress, the main window's "location.href" is changed to the selected link, focus shifts to the main window and the popup closes down. Again, the user should not be annoyed, since navigating to the selected page is what he or she wants. Or are all popups irremediably nasty, and I am just deluding myself because I want to play with JavaScript? Regards,
Received on Thursday, 6 April 2000 23:30:32 UTC