- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:00:53 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- cc: Jon Hanna <jon@spinsol.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Al Gilman wrote: > Yes, it is important to recognize that this case exists, where the function is > a genuine continuous-parameter function. Map sites are a staple of web usage > today. And indeed for several years: my own 1995 work at ESA offering a query interface to order satellite data remains unchanged today. Manipulating geographic data was probably also the first application in which we saw a range of sensible applications of JAVA on the client side. > There is a collection of techniques that could relate here. > > 1. The notion that the (0.0) coordinate value in a map request should be > treated as potentially a request for a pointerless access mode. I have to disagree with this. Even if we can rely on browsers supporting submission-with-(0,0), it is totally counterintuitive for users to think "I can't use this map, so I'll submit it anyway". Any alternative solution must be presented *before* this point! -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the mark of Quality on the Web. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>
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