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RE: Best practice for warning users of opening window

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Aug 12, 2005 11:12AM


> 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?

Why wouldn't you want it visible? Even perfectly abled sighted visitors
will appreciate knowing when you're taking over their browser behavior.

Not sure what you mean by 'the design of the site doesn't allow for
this'. This is very much a part of the design. Fight for it! ;o)

As for the image issue, again, this isn't really helping anyone that
uses a visual browser. Don't fall into the mistake of assuming
accessibility = screen reader. If you do use an image, make it at least
big enough where you could make it a visual icon to indicate a pop-up.
(I've used icons like the Wikipedia example for a while).

-Darrel