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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Aug 19, 2014 8:31AM

Best practice is to warn all users, sighted and screen reader, to the presence of those new window links or file types links.

Simple way to do that is to use a graphical icon for new windows, external links, PDF, doc, xls, etc. so visual users know what it is before clicking on the link and provide a text alternative for those icons so screen reader uses get the same info.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On Aug 19, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Lijewski, Lolly M (DHS) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
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> In my last post I asked about opening of windows, but in some browsers, tabs open. So the question is the same, what are the best practices when content opens in a new tab or window?
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> Thanks,
> Lolly
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> Lolly Lijewski
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