- From: Nimisha Joshi <nimisha.joshi@northwestern.edu>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 23:14:30 +0000
- To: Jens Oliver Meiert <jens@meiert.com>
- CC: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Thanks for your reply, Jens. I am hoping to hear from more people. Thanks, Nimisha ________________________________________ From: jens.meiert@gmail.com <jens.meiert@gmail.com> on behalf of Jens Oliver Meiert <jens@meiert.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 9:24 AM To: Nimisha Joshi Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Thoughts on links in a new window/tab > I am writing to get some thoughts on opening links in a new tab/window. I am > aware of the accessibility guidelines, however I am curious to know the > thoughts of this groups. >From my experience it’s preferable to do so sparely and only open new windows for special document types [1] or if there is a risk that information would get lost. [1] http://www.nngroup.com/articles/open-new-windows-for-pdfs/ -- Jens Oliver Meiert http://meiert.com/en/ ☆ http://coderesponsibly.org/
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