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Re: Open in new window

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From: deblist
Date: Apr 13, 2010 9:24AM

DAVOUD TOHIDY wrote:
> Why a pdf content opened in the same window would be less accessible by screen readers?

My accessibility software doesn't give me full access to the
functionality of the embedded PDF reader, and it's impossible for
me to leave the PDF reader once I've entered it without using
mouse commands. The external Acrobat Reader has full
accessibility functionality, with standard menus, and I can
alt-tab back to the browser.

But as others have said, I configured the "open in external
reader" functionality myself at the browser lever. With
something common like PDF, I'd rather trust the user to make her
own preferred choices. I open in same window/tab or external
window/tab as makes sense to me, and I don't like others to
control it.

-deborah