[Gllug] Odeon website

[Richard Turner]

Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 01:45:44PM +0100, Richard wrote:
>> 10.1 - Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, do
>> not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the
>> current window without informing the user.
>> 
>> It's quite probable that a pop-up window will appear somewhere that
>> he couldn't see it and thus, to him, the link appears to do nothing.
> 
> In the case of a web application, as opposed to a more general-purpose
> website, it would be reasonable to use pop-ups and targetted links but
> to offer the option to turn them off.  Our webmail does this and the
> one staff member with severe sight problems has no complaints: he
> likes the flexibility, especially since he has the option for the
> pop-ups to remember where they were on the screen when they were last
> closed and re-appear in the same place.

Yeah, I quite agree.  Web applications are a different school of fish of
course: they tend to be built for a specific user set and the specific needs
of those users can be considered when the application is designed.  I'm not
against pop-ups per se, I just believe that they need to be used with
caution if they are to be used at all :o)

Richard.
-- 
"Racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning..."


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