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RE: opening new browser windows?

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From: julian.rickards
Date: Nov 6, 2003 1:22PM

The issue is that the "back button is broken". We, who can see that new
window has been spawned can close the new window but this visual clue is not
provided, or at least not as clearly, to those using screen readers. The
back button will not return the user to the previous page. Furthermore, in
the case where the <meta> refresh has been used, the back button will take
the user back to the refresh page which will return them to the page they
just came from - even for the visual users, this can be annoying and we have
to resort to the history list to skip over the previous page.

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690


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