I also just noticed: the website has got a little legend at the bottom explaining the icon. But of course having the legend there does not mean that the users will see and read it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dey Alexander > Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 7:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WSG] thoughts of external links in new window? > > > Assuming the user knows what the icons mean. In my experience, they > unfortunately don't. > > Cheers, > Dey > > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 18:48:50 +1000, Andreas Boehmer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have a look at Disability Online > (http://www.disability.vic.gov.au) - they > > solve it quite nicely by opening external links in new windows, yet > > providing little icons which inform the user that the link will open new > > windows. > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
