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From: Carol Foster
Date: Jul 11, 2003 9:02AM

Hi Lori,

I like this approach - and the graphic is very elegant (as is the whole page)
I think. I noticed that the PDF link towards the bottom did not get this
treatment - was that intentional? Maybe it should have its own special pdf
icon included - this may be even more of a usability issue (opening files like
pdfs and Word docs that require special software and more time), according to
Jakob Nielsen.

Best wishes,
Carol

"Lori K. Brown" wrote:

> Laurie --
>
> On my company's site I have developed a tiny icon for links that pop up in
> a new window (off-site links, for example). This icon sits inside of the
> link in question and is at the end of the link text. I give it the alt
> text "this link pops up in a new window." The alt text supplies the proper
> info to text reader users, and the icon gives that information to sighted
> users.
>
> See, for example, http://www.sitescape.com/next/pr_art2003.html
>
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> Lori K. Brown
> User Interface Engineer
> SiteScape, Inc.
>
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