Re: onContextMenu Widget

Mark Anderson <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:27:54 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.netwindows
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Alex Russell wrote:

> On Thursday 11 September 2003 13:11, Mark Anderson wrote:
> 
>>Also, keep in mind that in the Apple single-button world, there are even
>>fewer users who understand control-click than there are users in the
>>Windows world who understand right-click.
>>
>>So I'd be more in favor of a small visual anchor that brings up a
>>normal popup menu on a normal click.
> 
> 
> Would the anchor's appearance be prompted by something? Or would this be an 
> always-visible portion of the UI?

I suppose some leeway could be given to the designer :),
but i would prefer something always visible.

> 
> 
>>That also provides a basis for a solution that could be made
>>compliant with US Gov Section 508 1194.22I, for those who care about
>>such things.
> 
> 
> What does this have to do with frames? What am I missing?
> 
> http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm

Sorry, i meant L, not I.
Nothing to do with frames. Has to do with user interface mechanisms that
prevent usage by "reading" user agents that can't interpret script,
for the blind.

-mda


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