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Re: Icon-only buttons

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From: Pat Reynolds
Date: Jan 21, 2022 3:40AM

Thanks for asking the question, Michael.

This discussion has prompted me to wonder if this is a good solution to the
issue of how to inform users that a link opens in a new page? I personally
like the "international" icon that informs sighted users that a link will
open in a new tab (I have some sight, hand issues, and dyslexia). I wonder
if the symbol was on a button (also linking to the destination) this would
be acceptable.

With best wishes,

Pat
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 18:41, Michael H < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Interesting conversations! Very helpful!
>
> Would it be wise to develop the icon buttons to scale with the text size
> scale for low vision users?
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/resize-text.html
>
> I really appreciate all the informative replies! Thank you everyone.
>
> I'm going to run this by my teammates and may be back with a few more
> questions.
> > > > >