- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:35:15 -0500 (EST)
- To: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
iCab allows the user to block scripts from opening windows, either in general, or scripts from specific sites. It is simple to do, but took me a long time to find it. Cheers Chaals On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Jim Ley wrote: <David.Cobb@rnib.org.uk> > Just to re-iterate what was originally mentioned regarding pop-ups... > > Checkpoint 10.1 states '... do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear > ...' > Surely this implies that we shouldn't be using pop-up windows at all!? > > I understand that this is one guideline that is 'until user agents allow', > if future browsers enable users to disable spawned windows, then having any > content in a pop-up window is not a feasible solution? Opera, Mozilla, Konquerer, IE* all currently allow the user to do that - so is it feasible now? Jim. * IE takes slightly more effort than the other 3 -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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