- From: John S. Britsios <john.britsios@webnauts.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:34:53 +0200
- To: Antony Tennant <antonytennant@yahoo.co.uk>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Antony, here is a tutorial we published on our web site about this issue: http://www.webnauts.net/new-window.html Best wishes, John Antony Tennant wrote: > Hi all, > > My query relates to 10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the user. [Priority 2] > > I searched the groups and found the the following, http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2002JulSep/0793 > in which it covers 3 options > > 1. have wording in the hyperlink e.g <a href="foo.html">foo (this open a new window)</a> > 2. title attribute e.g. <a href="foo.html" title="foo - this open a new window">foo</a> > 3. dont open new windows > > My queries as follows > Q1 - Although option 1 seems to be preferred, this may not be suitable for a menu of links, therefore if option 2 is used, should titles be added to all links (even those not opening a window) for consistency, or only those that open the window, require more descriptive text e.g apply. > Example > <a href="foo.html" title="foo - this open a new window">foo</a> > <a href="boo.html" title="boo">boo</a> > > Q2 - if titles are used in a menu, should they be used in text flow rather than adding the text within the hyperlink itself. Again does this need to be consistent. > > Considering browser and assistive technologies behaviour, what is best? > > Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated > > Thanks > > Antony > > > > -- John S. Britsios Web Architect & Marketing Consultant Webnauts Net (Main Office) Koblenzer Str. 37A D-33613 Bielefeld Webnauts Net (U.S. Office) 5 Ivanhoe Drive Urbana IL 61802 Email: john.britsios@webnauts.net Web address: http://www.webnauts.net
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