[Athen] Website accessibility

[Robert Spangler]

I'm curious to know why the practice of opening in a new link goes against
accessibility recommendations.  As a screen reader user, the only issue I
see is not being informed that the page opened in a new tab, and so I might
think nothing has happened if a tab opened in the background and I wasn't
informed.  Perhaps putting in parentheses "(opens in new tab)" somewhere,
such as after the link text, would be a good compromise.

Thanks,
Robert


On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:55 AM Emily Singer Lucio <eslucio at umd.edu> wrote:


> Hi all.

>

> I have a question.

>

> There is some disagreement about whether links should open in a new tab (a

> marketing best practice) or not (an accessibility recommendation) -- do you

> know if there is any happy compromise there?

>

> Respectfully,

>

> *Emily Singer Lucio She/Her/Hers*

> ADA/504 Coordinator

> University of Maryland, College Park

> Office of Diversity & Inclusion

> 3123 Susquehanna Hall

> 4200 Leigh Road

> College Park MD 20742

> Tel:301 405-2841 | Fax:301 314-9992

> Email: eslucio at umd.edu

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