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Re: MAILTO: element

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From: Mark Rew
Date: Mar 11, 2002 9:50AM

I have used this mthod, mailto: in my pages, and I use pages with the mailto:
technique. I do not feel this is an accessibility because the user's e-mail
application that they use on a daily bases should already be accessible to
them.

Just for the record I'm using Outlook Express which is the default e-mail that
pops up when I click on a "Send mail" link. I access it with Jaws 4.0.

Mark
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From: "John Foliot - bytown internet" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM forum" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: MAILTO: element


> Situation: WAI Priority 2 - 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.
>
> Question: Would not the <_a href="mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> "></a> code create
> a pop-up window? In the major browsers it launches the associated email
> client (Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messanger, etc.) in a seperate
> "window". One could argue that this is "anticipated" behaviour and is not
> an accessibility issue per-se, but I'm curious about this and would like to
> poll the group.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> JF
>
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