- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:55:44 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- CC: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@ACM.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > > In Australian english the default for whether is whether or not. I would not > change this, but that might just be becuase of language differences. I agree with Charles. - Ian > Charles (I am slowly learning the differences between Australian and American > English but there is still a way to go) > > On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Harvey Bingham wrote: > > At 2000-04-14 18:29-0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: > >... > > > ><OLD> > > 4.15 Allow the user to configure how the focus changes. > ></OLD> > > > ><NEW> > > 4.15 Allow the user to configure whether the focus > > moves automatically to a viewport that opens without > > an explicit request from the user. > ></NEW> > > "whether" dangles without an alternative. I prefer the following with > qualification. [I believe the default should not be to move focus > automatically (and without alerter) as that is disorienting, without > means to get back.] > > >... > > 4) Should this checkpoint be expressed in the negative > > instead? "Allow the user to configure the focus behavior so that > > it does not automatically move to a viewport that opens without > > an explicit request from the user." > > I think that should be reversed, so the default is don't move. Also the > user configuration then would need to substitute some alternative means to > alert the user of the new viewport. Do we need/have a means to step through > multiple viewports? Is notice provided whenever viewport change is made? > > Regards/Harvey > > > > - Ian > > > -- > Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI > Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 > Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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