Comments on: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Graduate School – Episode #90 http://educheckup.com/2009/06/02/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute-graduate-school-episode-90/ Changing the higher ed web landscape one site at a time Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:44:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew Sullivan http://educheckup.com/2009/06/02/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute-graduate-school-episode-90/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Matthew Sullivan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:44:23 +0000 http://educheckup.com/?p=758#comment-430 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 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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