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From: Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)
Date: Aug 14, 2023 4:21PM

Hello Everyone,

I have of course read the guidelines posted by the W3C as it relates to the use of opening pages in a new window<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G200.html>, that being refrain from doing so unless there is a primary reason to do so. These reasons are very well documented in the supporting articles<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G201.html>.

So, in the case of:


* Sites like Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive, Box, ETC.
* PDF documents
* Word documents



Do you feel that these should not be opened in their own window?



Thanks for any advice here.



Jeff Bishop