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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Graduate School – Episode #90

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Today’s Tip:

Page links to internal pages should not open in a new window unless necessary. Opening too many windows can be confusing to the user and breaks the back button. The users flow through your site should be your primary concern, if they cannot path through your site it is likely they will not have a good experience. As a general rule of thumb links to external sites should open in new windows while all others should open in the same.

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2 Responses to “Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Graduate School – Episode #90”

  1. eduStyle Blog || » EDU Checkup: Ohio State University, Kent State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Says:
    June 3rd, 2009 at 8:01 am

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  2. Matthew Sullivan Says:
    June 9th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    I would argue that it’s never a good idea to open a new window for accessibility reasons. Instead the wikipedia style links indicating an external site are more ideal. A user can choose to open a new tab or window if they want to.

    Not all screen readers indicate a target=”_blank” so you may break their back ability and they not have a clue.

    http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_16_not_opening_new_windows.html

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