(Sorry for replying to my own message.) On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:26, Aankhen <aank...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:11, Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Aankhen <aank...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 22:39, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On this page >>>> >>>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#closing-outline-sections >>>> >>>> a hovering window in the upper right corner obscures text. >>>> >>>> This is possibly, but not necessarily, especially so when you use large >>>> fonts. >>>> >>>> To reproduce, set the minimum font size in Firefox to the largest >>>> available setting. >>>> >>>> I wonder if a non-hovering solution is possible? I know we discussed >>>> this before at one point, with several good designs. >>> >>> I’m not familiar with the prior discussions. The current design seems >>> okay to me—notwithstanding the flaw you mention—because it strikes a >>> good balance between making the TOC easily accessible and minimizing >>> the amount of space it takes up. Of course, this is predicated on the >>> assumption that people actually want to use the TOC, and often enough >>> to justify it taking up that space. >> >> Considering that Samuel is making his argument from accessibility >> perspective, "Accessibility" is one another predicate that is missing in >> your assumption. > > I’m not sure how accessibility is hindered, given that the contents of > the page are still perfectly accessible. All the fixed TOC does is > obscure a very small portion of them on occasion, which can be > rectified by scrolling. I would call that inconvenient, not > inaccessible. Unless there’s more happening here beyond what I’ve > seen, that is.
Poking around a little shows that the current design is entirely unusable via keyboard. Now that does seem like a gamebreaker, accessibility-wise. Aankhen
