- From: David Bolter <david.bolter@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:09:43 -0500
- To: Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@utoronto.ca>
- CC: "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, earl johnson <earlj.biker@gmail.com>
Joseph Scheuhammer wrote: > David wrote: >> One guess is that if the user is experimenting with Control+W to see if >> it works... they'll close their window if the DHTML author hasn't >> implemented swallowed that event (since it bubbles). >> > > That's an argument to make sure that the event *is* handled. > > If the user is presented with a user interface that has a close box, > the most likely keystroke they'll make is one they are familiar with > -- "experimenting" as you say. > > I don't see how advising implementors to use a different keystroke for > "close" solves this problem. > It was just a guess ;) Is anyone on this list collecting user data on Web2.0 Ux that could inform this thread? cheers, David
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