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Re: button or link for downloads

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From: Kevin Prince
Date: Dec 20, 2023 1:44PM


If you (genuinely) download then it doesn't change your context. You remain on the page you are and can carry on browsing while the download happens elsewhere. I'm okay with a link if you are going to open a document. Perhaps it's the semantics with download being used commonly in situations where nothing gets placed on my computer in a long term sense - you just open a document in the browser.

Kevin

Kevin Prince
Product Accessibility & Usability Consultant