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Re: Links that open new windows and/or go off site

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From: Tom Livingston
Date: Mar 18, 2022 8:17AM

In light of the below, and I would interpret this as a change of
context, does this mean then that we DO need to notify a user of the
change before it happens?



On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 9:26 AM Steve Green
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> The definition of a change of context specifically includes a change of viewport. A new window is one example of a change of viewport.
>
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/on-input.html#dfn-changes-of-context
>
> Steve
>
>



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