- From: Info at ATutor <info@atutor.ca>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:57:10 -0500
- To: yoan SIMONIAN <yoan.simonian@snv.jussieu.fr>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Thank you Yoan. Here's some evidence. Are popup windows really innaccessible if they are opened with a warning? I think not. Even WCAG 1.0 realizes this. I don''t know if I agree with the _blank opening of new windows though. This can result in mutliple windows being opened, and they can create confusion, which is what I think others are really trying to argue in their "dislike" of popups. Opening all new windows in the same popup reduces the chance a blind user will become lost in a desktop full of windows. greg yoan SIMONIAN wrote: > On my experience working on BrailleNet(France) with blind people, new >window is not a real problem if somewhere on code developper take time to >say that the link open in a new window. >Pop-up windows have more problems because they use scripts and a lot of >people don't accept scripts (there is some solutions about that i think). > >For us, two solutions can be made : >1. Write directly on link that the link will open in a new window. >2. On link title attribute specify for example: title="Visit W3c Website >(New window)" > >Users i know, say to us that with this warning they don't have problems with >new windows. > >And on my own opinion new windows on HTML "_blank" is HTML valid so can't be >forbiden just adapt to make it more accessible > >yoan SIMONIAN >###########o0°Association BrailleNet °0o ###### >cellule accessibilité >9 Quai Saint-Bernard >75 252 PARIS Cedex 5 >tel : 01 44 27 26 25 >http://www.braillenet.org/accessibilite >http://www.accessiweb.org >################################################ > > >-----Message d'origine----- >De : w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] De la part >de Jon Gibbins >Envoyé : mardi 18 novembre 2003 18:46 >À : info@atutor.ca; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > > > > What about opening a help window? > >Is it possible for a browser to detect the use of a screen reader? Or other >assistive technology? > >If it could, wouldn't it make life easier for designers? An alternative text >description of such things as help windows (or complex images like >maps) could be sent to the screen reader in place of the object. Could >Javascript be used to open a help window, or, alternatively, send some text >to the screen reader if one is detected? > >.j > >PS :: Coincidence? Have been looking at Atutor today and forwarded >information to a friend. > > > >
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