- From: Lloyd Wood <l.wood@eim.surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:52:42 +0100 (BST)
- To: Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com>
- cc: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>, Daniel Terry <rrowv@usa.net>, <www-validator@w3.org>
On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > Many users (myself and, apparently, Liam included) find such behaviour > to be obnoxious. Don't force me to endlessly proliferate browser > windows -- I'm quite capable of right-clicking if that's what I want. Mozilla preferences: advanced: scripts and windows. uncheck 'Allow webpages to open a link in a new window' technology providing solutions for problems technology creates. > If you are in the United States, you also have Federal civil rights > legislation (the Americans with Disabilities Act) to consider. Forcing > the opening of new browser windows is disorienting and confusing to > blind users relying on screen readers, Braille displays, and similar > adaptive technology. Using such a technique unecessarily is illegally > discriminatory against people with disabilities. arguably free markets in action: small userbase, few providers, not much competition in adaptive technology. L. <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@surrey.ac.uk>
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