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Re: Opens In New Window

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From: John Hicks
Date: Jul 12, 2018 9:37AM

Whoooops, please excuse the hurried and irrelevant response!
I see your example caters for all.
My bad.


2018-07-12 17:25 GMT+02:00 John Hicks < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:

> It can't be only for screen readers because this problem mostly effects
> people with visual impairements using screen magnifiers.
>
> You need to work it into a (longer) title attribut, or include it in
> parentheses in the link text itself.
>
> .
>
> 2018-07-12 17:21 GMT+02:00 Joe Chidzik < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
>
>> I like using icons for new window links. Wikipedia does something similar
>> (they icons to highlight links that lead externally vs elsewhere within
>> Wikipedia I believe).
>>
>> One consideration is choosing an icon that is visually intuitive;
>> screenreader users have the behaviour explained to them. Sighted users must
>> interpret the icon, although most of the ones I've seen used are fairly
>> clear. If in doubt, you could always provide a custom CSS tooltip that
>> works for both keyboard and mouse users that displays the text "Opens in a
>> new window". Alternatively, have a key somewhere on the page (preferable
>> before any links that make use of the icon) to describe the icon meaning.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Joe
>>
>> >