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From: Angela French
Date: Aug 19, 2014 9:36AM

Thanks Paul, while I'm familiar with the various ones for external links, I guess I've never really noticed, or thought about the new window icons. I just click 'em open!

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Paul J. Adam
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:30 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] tabs vs windows

There's tons to choose from! They mostly look similar, generally many have either an arrow pointing out of a box or a box overlaid on a box underneath to represent 2 windows.

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1899772/new-window-icon-for-web-accessibility>;
<http://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/hypertext_links#new_windowz>;



Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On Aug 19, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Paul, I would be interested in seeing an icon that indicates a new window. Could you provide a URL to one?
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> Angela French
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> Adam
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 7:32 AM
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> Best practice is to warn all users, sighted and screen reader, to the presence of those new window links or file types links.
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> 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
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> On Aug 19, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Lijewski, Lolly M (DHS) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> 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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