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Re: Reason For Links Opening In New Window

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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Jan 7, 2007 5:40PM

I agree with all who have chimed in here and generally feel that spawned
windows are "poor form," but I can actually think of example where it
*might* be appropriate to open a new spawned window. I should qualify this
by saying that in this case it would be using JavaScript and most typically
in an intranet kind of environment.

And what I am referring to are cases where you might be providing help
information in the spawned window (e.g., glossary of terms, pronunciation
guide, specific help reference) - and where there would be some value in
having both windows open at the same time. In this scenario the spawned
window would have the help information and be a javascripted "special"
window (without status bar) that had the JS "Close window" link inside. BTW,
I do not know how this works with screen readers - you all can respond to
that part.

I mention this example as I have been recently playing around with a new
Content Management System that uses this type of spawned window in the back
end of the application. And I have found myself grateful to be able to see
the help screen and the main screen information at the same time.

Perhaps this is not a good example or an accurate representation to what you
all have been discussing. But I would be curious to know how these spawned
windows are dealt with in screen readers.

~j

John E. Brandt
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com



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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Kallie Swanepoel
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:04 AM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: [WebAIM] Reason For Links Opening In New Window

Hi All

Are there any special reason why one should want to have a link opening in a
new window, using the

Target="blank"

attribute?

That is:

Opening the new page, and minimizing the previous one.

Regards

Kallie Swanepoel
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Alastair Campbell
Sent: 04 January 2007 18:24
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] screen resolutions, was Serif vs sans-serif


Austin, Darrel wrote:
> it's about a 100% increase in PPI. Which seems like a lot, but not
> compared to the pace that nearly every other

> portion of computing has increased.

True, but the interface hasn't really changed resolution, so if there were a
400 DPI screen, it would be unusable!

> There's been talk of this for years. Hopefully it will happen soon.

It's going to have to if they produce better screens, it's a minor chicken &
egg situation...

Kind regards,

-Alastair

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Alastair Campbell | Director of User Experience

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