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From: Kilcommons,Cath
Date: Mar 11, 2002 10:44AM

Regarding the pop-up itself, I would think that folks would have learned that a linked email address will open up another window- can't say our web access committee ever considered alerting for mailto.

We do try, however, to have our designers NOT assume that folks will be using an integrated mail program. I recently clicked a mailto link in the library AT room when testing out the new Dragon, and it launched Outlook express and would have sent out an email using someone else's account. It would not let me switch to my Web Outlook program.

Our Web Access committee encourages that the text for you mailto contain the complete address for the user to send mail to. That way they can copy it into their Hotmail or whatever type of account they use.
"For feedback regarding this site, contact us at <a href="mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> " class="flink"> <EMAIL REMOVED> </a>"

Regards,
Cath


Cath Stager- Kilcommons
Assistive Technology Support and
Web Accessibility Coordinator
Assistive Technology Resource Center
<http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC>;
Colorado State University
970-491-6258
<EMAIL REMOVED>

-----Original Message-----
From: John Foliot - bytown internet [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:21 AM
To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: RE: MAILTO: element


Agreed, however, it *DOES* pop up a new window... It is one of the vagaries
of the W3C's Guidelines

JF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rew [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: March 11, 2002 11:51 AM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: MAILTO: element
>
>
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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