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From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Apr 16, 2010 9:51AM

I agree that user control is the key.
What about mobility impaired keyboard users? Are there keyboard
commands to help with returning to the original page?

target=_blank: I believe there was a thread recently either on this
list or another list I belong to on what to use in place of
target=_blank. Can you remind me what is acceptable practice?

Also, we are just about to launch a major site, which our team was
contracted to install a CMS. As a web developer it was my first and
there were many lessons learned like:

How to write a style sheet to accommodate a content developer that has
little or no understanding of today's best practices.

Another is that I have no control if the content developer decides to
use target=_blank.

Nancy Johnson

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Moore,Michael (DARS)
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Re: opening PDFs in Adobe reader.
>
> In the case of PDF for screen reader users the process is really pretty simple. The first time  you open Adobe reader with a screen reader running it prompts you to run through the accessibility set up. The default in this process is to have them open in the stand alone application instead of the plug-in.
>
> Mike Moore
> (512) 424-4159
>
>