[Accessibility_sig] link question

[Amy Gelfand]

I did a little research on this (you can find a lot by Googling "xhtml strict open in new window," and it appears that the solution du jour is to replace target="_blank" with rel="external" and then hook into the rel attribute with a javascript that causes the URL to open in a new window. 

This way is also a good thing because opening in a new window is a behavior and should be controlled in the behavior layer of the document, not the content layer.

Check out this link: http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2005/opening-links-in-new-windows-in-xhtml-strict-2/

The other perspective is that opening in a new window is bad all around and shouldn't be done at all. I think there are a few situations where opening in a new window makes sense, like for PDFs, but as a rule I hate new windows. And don't forget to warn the user about a new window opening!

Hope this helps,
Amy


Amy Gelfand 
Web Developer
National Instruments
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