Re: checkpoint 8.2

thatch@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Here is 8.2:
> 
> Keep track of the user's point of regard in each view and restore
>  it when the user returns to the view.
> 
> The link to "point of regard" at 8.2 is broken. 

I'll fix it.

> There also should be a link to "view." 

I'll add one.

> I think this (too) is too abstract.  The
> important idea is that when you move back to where you have
> been, the "point of regard" should be maintained.

Indeed, the whole idea of "return to the view" implies a history.
So, I propose the following simplification (I hope simplification):

   For user agents that offer history mechanisms, when the user
   returns to a previous view, restore the point of regard in the
   viewport.

And this note:

   For example, when users navigate "back" and "forth" 
   among views, for each view they should find the
   viewport position where they left it.

>  The
> standard back and forward buttons of a browser are typical
> examples of changing views, I think.

So change the note to:

   For example, when users navigate "back" and "forth" 
   among views, for each view they should find the
   viewport position where they left it.


> For a user agent that is presenting content for people who are
> blind this is an especially important feature. I wish it would be
> reworded so an average user agent developer could tell what
> it was saying!

Let me know if this helps.

 - Ian


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Received on Friday, 27 August 1999 00:28:23 UTC