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From: Paul Collins
Date: Aug 12, 2005 11:12AM

Hello all,

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?

Thanks,
Paul