Mike Pepper wrote:
John,
Imagine using a screen reader when you are suddenly catapulted into a new
browser window. Your navigation is shot to pieces. It is best practice to
always open external links within the same browser session. At worst, it is
permissible when, for instance, you deem a pop-up associated with the
current site to be the optimum solution for displaying additional
information or when expanding a thumbnail but you should offer a courtesy
warning such as This will open in a new window, or similar.
Many marketing groups would never accept replacing the content of the current browser window of their site with the content of an external site. Is there some standard way to give the user control of "popups", such as a checbox (maybe somewhat obscured from visual browsers)?
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