Closed Bug 801964 Opened 12 years ago Closed 10 years ago

have the keyboard-accessible social api ambient notification menuitems open+focus the panel, rather than opening the page in a tab

Categories

(Firefox Graveyard :: SocialAPI, defect)

Product:
Firefox Graveyard
Component:
SocialAPI
Version:
17 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: jaws, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: uiwanted) 

From https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792503#c24,

:Gavin Sharp (use gavin@gavinsharp.com for email) 2012-10-12 15:46:55 PDT

Why did we decide to open the URL in a tab? Can't we just open the panel as usual, and focus it?
Seems like we need feedback from an accessibility expert on whether these kind of panels can be made accessible enough?
Summary: Have the keyboard-accessible social api ambient notification menuitems open in the current tab → have the keyboard-accessible social api ambient notification menuitems open+focus the panel, rather than opening the page in a tab
Whiteboard: [needs-ux]
Keywords: uiwanted
Whiteboard: [needs-ux]
ambient notification panels are gone via bug 935640, replaced by a simpler status button.  closed.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Firefox → Firefox Graveyard
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