Re: finishing up MS04

Partial regrets this week – will be late and have to leave early

Cheers,
Kim

Kim Patch
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On Sep 3, 2014, at 4:01 PM, "Richards, Jan" <jrichards@ocadu.ca> wrote:

> Hi Jeanne,
> 
> Oh right, that threw me off...
> 
> So are you thinking we should go back to?:
> 
> Retracing a navigation step is important for users with cognitive issues that involve memory and attention. This is also important for users whose means of input is not 100% accurate, such as speech input users or users with fine motor challenges. It is also beneficial for users for whom navigation is time consuming, tiring, or painful, because it allows them to avoid having to re-enter long URLs. 
> 
> -Jan
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> ________________________________________
> From: Jeanne Spellman [jeanne@w3.org]
> Sent: September-03-14 3:51 PM
> To: Richards, Jan; UAWG
> Subject: Re: finishing up MS04
> 
> I disagree. Although logout isn't an accessibility problem, browsers
> typically give an error message that the content is no longer available.
>  But there are authors that do set up their "checkout" pages so that
> you cannot use the back button. It is sloppy coding, and I hate to give
> them an "out" that the content is no longer available.  It should be
> available. However, that is not the browser's problem.
> 
> Maybe I should take out the part about authors coding. It's not relevant
> to user agents.
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/3/2014 10:51 AM, Richards, Jan wrote:
>> I might add a further sentence:
>> 
>> An exception can be made when the content on the previous page is no longer available (e.g. when the user has selected a link to logout).
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Received on Thursday, 4 September 2014 16:49:32 UTC