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Re: Open in new window

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From: Randall Pope
Date: Apr 13, 2010 10:24AM

I believe it would be best to allow the readers to pick the option that is
right for them instead of forcing one over the others.

For me as a deafblind person, I rather not open to a new window due to
confusion of which window that I'm on, not to mention of closing the wrong
window that I need to sign on again. Not having the statistic on hand, I
assumed the general audience would rather not open new windows. But again
this is my guess.

As for the PDF normally it opens in the same window unless the link is
specific to open a new window.

With Warm Regards,
Randall "Randy" Pope
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
Website: http://www.aadb.org

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