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More On Popups

Published: July 22nd 2005

WAI Checkpoint 10.1 states:
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.

Yes, we all know about this one. Don’t spawn a new window unless you really have to and, if you feel compelled to [...]

Popups

Published: July 14th 2005

I’ve just come across another reason why popups should be avoided like the plague.
According to the ScanSoft Dragon Knowledge Base, when using Dragon 7 with Internet Explorer , the application is unable to access popups. ScanSoft don’t offer any real solution to this problem , other than recommending using a keyboard - which is hardly [...]

Mouseless Browsing

Published: July 14th 2005

I’ve recently added the Mouseless Browsing extension to Firefox in an effort to make Web browsing a little easier when using Dragon.
The goal of this extension is to enable browsing by using the numeric keys on the Number keypad instead of using a mouse or repeatedly using the Tab key.
How does it work?

Link text should be unique

Published: July 14th 2005

WAI Checkpoint 13.1 (Priority 2) states:
Clearly identify the target of each link.
It then goes on to explain:

Link text should be meaningful enough to make sense when read out of context - either on its own or as part of a sequence of links. Link text should also be terse.

The usual reason given for this [...]