Besides it being bad form, the only standard I know of that even mentions manipulating the browser chrome is the WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0.
Specifically * Do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the user. Kind Regards, Kane Tapping Web Standards Developer Information Services Griffith University. 4111. Australia. [email protected] Phone: +61 (0)7 3735 7630 From: Frogspoon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 05/05/2009 08:51 AM Subject: [WSG] Browser toolbars Good morning all, I have a quick question regarding browser toolbars and functionality. I have a client who is requesting a web application (online form) be built where they will lose some if not all browser navigation control and functionality, much like you would see on a Internet banking page. I'm against the idea personally but wanted to find out if there are any such standards out there that strongly encourage you keep these on your web page for usability and accessibility reasons. Finally, they wanted to the URL to be hidden as well, surely this is not recommended?? I'd appreciate any help on these questions, Cheers Frog ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
