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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: Maxability Accessibility for all
Date: Mar 27, 2016 11:56PM

So you say 3.2.1 is violated only if the modal opens immediately when user
focus on to the element? Just to understand out of my ignorance.



On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> On 25/03/2016 14:15, Mike Barlow wrote:
>
>> I agree with Patrick. Though I'd never design a site that has an
>> "automatic" popup like the op describes. Sometimes one must bow to he who
>> signs the paycheck, but also sometimes he who signs the paycheck can be
>> persuaded that his approach could lead to more problems than it's worth.
>>
>
> Ironically perhaps, I'd say that if the automatic popup happened right
> away, and NOT after a timeout (so that the user didn't already start
> interacting with the actual page, only to be unceremoniously and unwantedly
> being yanked off to this popup), then it would be less of a problem...
> (this would also remove the problem/annoyance experienced by all users -
> e.g. the "non disabled" mouse user who is starting to read/interact/scroll
> down on the page only to then be rudely presented with a doorslam modal;
> this would also, of course, be a problem for users with cognitive
> disabilities, or screen magnification, etc)
>
>
> P
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