- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 19:39:51 -0400
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- CC: WAI User Agent Working Group <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Thanks Ian! a couple of things below their snipps. > > IJ: I agree that could be a problem, but the same might be > said for scripts that are turned off but that perform > some vital function. Authors shouldn't write pages that > way. > > I've just written a proposal to delete this checkpoint > in any case since I believe it's intention is covered > by a later checkpoint. Refer to [1] > > [1] > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999JulSep/0185.html > I believe you meant: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999JulSep/0212.html thanks, this may spawn some doubt as to controlability as has already been discussed. Thanks! > IJ: I see your point. What about something like this: > > Allow the user to configure the user agent for notification > of specific types of changes from a predefined set. > > Thanks again David, That sounds much better and accomplishes what I perceive to be the purpose. I'd be interested in discussion on this to sort of flesh it out. Thanks again Ian. ---end of snipps and comments--- Ian Jacobs wrote: > > David Poehlman wrote: > > > > I've attached a document containing comments and commented portions of > > the aug 9 draft <text version> of the ua guidelines for archiving and > > review. > > Hi David, > > Thank you for the very useful comments. I'm taking into account > almost all of the editorial suggestions. For the comments about > content, my replies below preceded by IJ. Your comments > are preceded by *dp*. > > Question 1) > > 5.3 Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of video. [Priority 1] > Techniques for checkpoint 5.3 > *dp* <question> what is the justification for this? > > IJ: I believe that the idea here is that video may be distracting > and that some users may want to turn it off. There may also > be bandwidth issues and one would want to turn off video in order > to get, say audio or captions more rapidly. > > Question 2) > > 5.11 Allow the user to turn on and off support for spawned windows. > [Priority 1] > *dp* <question> What happens if a window is not > spawned and that action predicates something that > must be done by the user such as filling a form? > > IJ: I agree that could be a problem, but the same might be > said for scripts that are turned off but that perform > some vital function. Authors shouldn't write pages that > way. > > I've just written a proposal to delete this checkpoint > in any case since I believe it's intention is covered > by a later checkpoint. Refer to [1] > > [1] > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999JulSep/0185.html > > Question 3) > 5.12 Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of frames. [Priority > 2] > *dp* <question> similar to above? > > IJ: Refer to issue 76 [2] > > [2] > http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#76 > > Question 4) > 5.13 Allow the user to turn on and off author-specified page forwards > that occur after a time delay and without user intervention. > [Priority 3] > For example, when turned off, offer a static link to the > target > resource instead. > *dp* <question> is this not a wcad issue with > regard to what is rendered or can the ua make this call? > > IJ: I believe that it's a UA issue. > > Question 5) > > 10.3 Allow the user to configure the user agent for notification of > certain types of document changes only. [Priority 3] > *dp* <Lang> This is unsettling to me. I feel it should be > differently put because it doesn't convey exactly what is meant or what > I percieve it to mean. I'd like this to allow me to have the > opportunity to pick one or several from a list of things I want to be > notified about? It has something to do with the word only. > > IJ: I see your point. What about something like this: > > Allow the user to configure the user agent for notification > of specific types of changes from a predefined set. > > Thanks again David, > > _ Ian > > -- > Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs > Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet: mailto:poehlman@clark.net Voice: 301.949.7599 ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://poehlman.clark.net Dynamic Solutions Inc. Best of service for your small business network needs! http://www.dnsolutions.com ---sig off---
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