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From: Subhash Chhetri
Date: Sep 5, 2013 11:54PM

Hi All,

Is there any special tag or attribute in html markup itself to indicate external link or link that opens in new window?, Or don’t you think it should be?

I’m writing this because adding “external link”, or something like “opens in new window” with such link may not always fruitful, cause it increases a bit of page size leading performance impact, Generally, where multiple such links exist.

But if we have an universal accepted principle for such, it can be beneficial from both accessibility and usability perspective.


Best Regards,
Subhash Chhetri
Software Accessibility QA Engineer at QA Infotech, India