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Re: Opening PDF, Word Documents or other sites like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive in a new window ...

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Aug 14, 2023 4:42PM

i feel that they should open in a new widow but more imprtently the user
should be told in some way that they will


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On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 3:21 PM Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis) <
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> 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?
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>
>
> Thanks for any advice here.
>
>
>
> Jeff Bishop
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