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Re: Popup windows and JAWS

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Oct 27, 2009 7:35AM

Well I just recently moved from JAWS 4.51 to 10.0 and it didnt' work
just fine. I wasn't always informed that a new window opened.

cheers

Geof
At 08:47 PM 10/26/2009, you wrote:
>Pop up windows work fine with JAWS and can be easily closed when the survey
>is completed.
>Chuck
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Leslie" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:38 AM
>Subject: [WebAIM] Popup windows and JAWS
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was just wondering if there are problems associated with using JAWS
> > and popup windows. A client wants us to create an accessibility survey
> > for them and has suggested that it opens in a popup window. I am
> > advising that it opens in a normal browser window, as I'm fairly sure
> > this would be better practice, but can't find documentation to back this
> > up.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > James
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