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Re: Best practice for warning users of opening window

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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Aug 12, 2005 11:12AM

> WAI guidelines 10.1
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-avoid-pop-ups)
> state that you shouldn't use pop ups until user agents allow people to turn
> them off, they also state that you shouldn't change the current window
> without warning the user first.
>
> Although this guideline could be open to debate, if you were to open content
> in a new window, could anyone suggest the best way of warning the user
> without making the warning visible on the page? Most screen readers don't
> announce titles when there is content in the HREF, is there any other way?

"Warning" and "not visible" in the same sentence is an interesting
approach to accessibility.

And no, there is no practical way. You _could_ add the (opens in a new
window) message in a span and hide it dynamically or via "accessible"
CSS, but why hide it at all? Sighted users might want to know they get
a popup, too.


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