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Re: best method for linking to external sites

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From: William Lawrence
Date: Apr 15, 2011 1:30PM

That site, usability.gov, was a helpful resource when it began in
2001. It became relevant again when they updated the design in mid
2006.

Other than that, I argue that it’s not as helpful as it is harmful to
folks looking for how to build web products that can be usable by as
wide an audience as possible.

Cheers!
William

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/chapter10.pdf   10:12.  I'm with you about not really finding them useful.  I am sighted and can look in the browser status to see where a link is going.  I love that content property.  Too bad it's not supported. A similar approach could be done with a <span> tag though it would require the content creator to write "external link" after every link label and wrap a <span> tag around it.  Not sure if that will be possible with the way our CMS is set up.
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