10.4 When loading a document, make available what portion of the document has loaded, whether loading has stalled, and when the user may begin to browse. 10.5 Make available what portion of the document the user has viewed. 5.13 Allow the user to turn on and off author-specified page forwards that occur after a time delay and without user intervention. 5.14 Allow the user to turn on and off automatic page refresh. 9.10 Maintain consistent user agent behavior and default configurations between software releases.
Consistency is less important than accessibility and adoption of system conventions.
2.8 Provide a default keyboard configuration for frequently performed operations. 9.6 Make available information about a link that will enable the user to decide whether to follow the link. 9.8 Make available the dimensions of a selected table. 10.6 Allow the user to request to be prompted before a form is submitted. Allow the user to configure the user agent for notification of certain types of document changes only.