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From: Cliff Tyllick
Date: Apr 15, 2010 5:39PM

Eoin, Jakob is right on target, but isn't that entirely under the user's control? It seems to me that it depends on preferences they set in their own browser, not on how we code our links. But perhaps I'm missing something.

>>> Eoin Campbell < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 4/15/2010 2:56 PM >>>
Jakob Nielsen (the usability guru) has an interesting article on
this topic at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html

He suggests forcing the browser to open the relevant application
(e.g. Acrobat Reader, Word, Excel) when a link to a non-HTML file
is clicked.
His summary:
"When using PC-native file formats such as PDF or spreadsheets, users feel like they're interacting
with a PC application. Because users are no longer browsing a website, they shouldn't be given a
browser UI."



<EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> If a PDF file opens in the same window, a screen reader user cannot move
> back to the previous page with the normal keyboard command "back space"
> or "Alt key + left arrow". If he/she don't know how to revert back to
> the previous page they have to close the entire window and again open
> the website or webpage. But if the indication is given before he/she
> open the pdf that it is a pdf document and that opens in new window then
> the screen reader user can close the pdf with "alt + f4 " key and go to
> the previous windo once he completes the work on the pdf document.


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Eoin Campbell
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