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Re: Open in new window

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From: Dan Conley
Date: Apr 13, 2010 9:30AM

Interesting. I had thought the general consensus was to never open in a
new window because that information isn't always presented to users (I
believe it was with regards to screen readers, but may also have been
for users with intellectual disabilities).

If users can configure new windows for PDFs themselves then I won't
worry about that, but it's interesting that I was (or may have been)
taught wrong.

Dan Conley
Information Specialist
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and
Exchange (CIRRIE)
University at Buffalo, Health Sciences Library B6
Phone: (716) 829-5728
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http://cirrie.buffalo.edu

On 4/13/2010 10:24 AM, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> 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
>