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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Feb 20, 2004 8:38AM

> I know that popup windows that are generated during the page
> load are incompliant with Section 508, but how about the ones
> that get generated by clicking links? Do they also violate the rule?

Which rule are you talking about? Guideline 10.1 of the WCAG speaks to
pop-up windows, but I don't believe this to part of 508.

Similarly, pop-up windows from links don't violate it either. They are very
avoidable, so you should, but not because of 508.

Ex:
<a href="foo.html"
onclick="javascript:NewWindow('popup.html','popup',300,400,1);return
false;">link text</a>

AWK



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