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Re: Using "alert" or "confirm" javascript functions in place of modal dialog box, is that a bad practice?
From: subhash chhetri
Date: Mar 19, 2012 10:39PM
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On 3/19/2012 9:11 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> At Access U and CSUN we had some discussions regarding modal dialog
> boxes, and how screen readers can easily get around them, thus
> potentially confusing the end users.
> I recommended using the Javascript alert function to get around this
> for a page I consulted on recently, and we have not gotten any
> complaints about it, at least not yet.
> Yesterday I was reading entries on the W3Fools website (page that was
> set up to point out problems with W3Schools, no association with the
> W3C).
> Under the Javascript section it says that using alert() or confirm()
> is bad practice and it should be avoided, though it gave no further
> explanations.
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this either way?
> Cheers
> -B
>
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