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Re: Usefulness of "Opens in New window" Indicator for non-blindness

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From: Howard Kramer
Date: Feb 6, 2013 7:27PM

Hi Pam,

Looks like an eloquent solution. I may try to incorporate it in my
WordPress sites. I try not to have links open in new windows but when I do
I've used the "(opens in new window)" following the link.

-Howard

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Pamela Riesmeyer
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> I frequently need to explain why we recommend against opening new windows
> arbitrarily and this is useful information.
>
> For the occasion when we still want to allow a link to open a new tab, we
> have borrowed a technique that we had seen on Glenda Watson Hyatt's
> blog<
> http://blogaccessibility.com/who-says-accessible-web-design-is-boring-announcing-new-windows-with-trendy-style/
> >.
> Our Web coordinator turned it into a WordPress plugin / widget and we can
> include it on any given site in our WordPress multi-site installation as we
> have in the sidebar of our site on Web
> Accessibility<http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility/>;
> .
>
> We have tested it and we *think *it works well. It puts the "opens in new
> window" at the end of the link, and it's visible for keyboard navigators as
> well. As always, we're open to better ideas.
>
> Thanks,
> Pam
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > If there is going to be information alerting the user that a new
> > window is going to open, and especially if you're going to have a lot
> > of such links on a page (such as a page of resources), please please
> > try not to start each link with "opens in a new window." "New
> > window" is at least shorter.
> >
> > If there are a handful in a row, that's not such a big deal, I think.
> >
> >
> > But imagine if I used a list of links and that's what I heard for
> > each link for 20 or 50, in a row? And imagine how many links would
> > start with first letter "O" (for "Opens") in the list?
> >
> > In an ideal world, it'd be great to indicate this after the words of
> > the link text.
> >
> > That's my two cents, anyway. My ears and brain thank you for
> > considering audio overload.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jennifer
> >
> > > > > > > >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Pamela Riesmeyer
> Web Accessibility Coordinator
> Purdue University Calumet
> 219-989-2731/219-730-2751
> SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer
> Email: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Web Site: http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility
> <http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility>;
> > > >



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