, 6 February 2009 8:31 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new browser window
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
ar
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to
PDFs and other non-html pages in a new window.
a big "no" from me
not in a new window, or ANY browser window.
Acrobat Reader can take a long time to start on some machines.
It can be extremely annoying for users to be force
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> Behalf Of Mathew Robertson
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:49 PM
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: Re: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new
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> window
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> > My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should op
> The best way to deal with the situation is to clearly label the link as
> being PDF and let the user decide how they wish to proceed.
I think this is good advice. Anecdotally, I most often encounter a PDF
via a standard link and have therefore developed an expectation of
what will happen when I
On 2/5/09 1:30 PM, "Carolyn Diaz" wrote:
> I know this is an old school type question, but we are very divided about
> this. The people on our usability team are with Nielsen, but others (like me)
> are not so sure. Isn't accessibility to new windows a problem as it changes
> the focus? What do yo
Carolyn Diaz wrote:
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
reason we should open in a new window. (We all work on go
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Subject: Re: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new browser
window
> My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to
PDFs
> and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
> argument at http://www.usei
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Diaz
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:31 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new browser window
My Web team and I are discussing whether or
> My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
> and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
> argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
> reason we should open in a new window. (We all work on government Web s
.
Hope this helps.
sandy
From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Carolyn Diaz
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:31 PM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: [WSG] PDFs and other non-html files opening in a new browser window
My Web team and I are
On 2009/02/05 16:30 (GMT-0500) Carolyn Diaz composed:
> My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
> and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
> argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
> reason we should
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
reason we should open in a new window. (We all work on government Web sites
and
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