- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:11:13 -0500
- To: nir dagan <dagan@upf.es>, charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Would you be willing to write up a short description of the problem and your view of the options available to solve the problem of pop up windows. Send it to the list and then I will then add it to the issue list page. Thank you, Jon At 11:35 AM 7/21/98 +0200, nir dagan wrote: >This is in response to an (eclosed below) message to the GL list > >I think that pop up windows should go to User >Agents too, not only to authoring guidelines. > >What I do to avoid them is that I turn off JavaScript and Java. > >It would have been better if browsers could have been configured >to disable/customize particular scripting functions. > >I suspect though that this can be put in a User agent guidelines, >only after there is a DOM spec. recommendation. > >Regards, >Nir Dagan >http://www.econ.upf.es/%7Edagan/ > >> >> An interesting point raised on the IG list - pop-up windows throw people >> out of context. Which is hell for navigation. >> >> DaveP said that his approach was to immediately close them down (my usual >> approach) as the only way to cope with them. >> >> We should add them in section C - they are control devices. I think they >> are a no-no for accessibility (P1) although it could be argued that since >> they are just an annoyance (making everyone equal) and can be shut down >> they are only a P2 no-no. >> >> Charles McCN >> >> > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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