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Re: Info widgets with role="dialog"

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From: _mallory
Date: Jan 21, 2015 11:54PM

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 09:28:29PM +0000, Jonathan Avila wrote:
> There is also a difference between a popup and a modal. A modal requires your attention while a popup may not. Some sites use pop ups to alert you to chat but don't force your interaction I would support better ARIA semantics for these.
>
> Jonathan

Mm I said popup but that's a bad word, hint text and in-page chat
applications count as popups but not modals.
_mallory