- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:30:26 -0600
- To: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Cc: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Response in JRG: At 07:46 AM 1/20/00 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: >I'd like to see what Ian comes up with for 1.5 which I know is about >redundancy, but this important implication must not be missed and also >I'd like possibly to see checkpoint 4.15 have wording that includes >system messages. I don't see anything here that would indicate that >system messages are covered because they may not have anything to do >with "view port" unless specifically stated in the checkpoint. > JRG: Ian is making a proposal to add system messages to Checkpoint 4.15. Checkpoint 5.2 states that AT must have read/write access to user interface controls, so system messages should be accessible to AT. >This is why when the issue of system messages came up gregory and I >felt that it was important to note. I'll tell it this way. I think >of a view port change as when you are following a link or have >submitted a form and something happens. In the case of system >messages such as a security question or download complete or do you >want to install this now message comes up, this is done possibly after >a delay and you are doing something else during the time before it >happens. As long as it is well documented and developpers can >understand that system messages that cause or currently cause a change >of focus need to be configurable not to do that, I am happy. JRG: I think part of Gregory's current action item is to explain the problem and possible solutions to the pop up windows issue. Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services College of Applied Life Studies 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 WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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