- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:14:51 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- cc: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, allan_jm@tsb1.tsbvi.edu, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
I thought a tooltip spawned a little window too. Charles On Fri, 21 May 1999, Jon Gunderson wrote: Response in JRG: >4.4.12 [Priority 1] > Allow the user to turn on and off support for spawned >windows. > >What is the difference between the accessibility barrier created by >a tool tip and one created by an opening browser window? JRG: A spawned window puts someone in another instance of the browser, this is an orientation and control problem. A tooltip does not create another instance of the browser, but could obscure information or be confusing to a person with visual impairment. 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 --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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