[Athen] Website accessibility

[Dan Comden]

"marketing best practice" made me laugh out loud. Thank you for making a
Monday better.

Good discussion. Hyperlinks take the user to a new page or within the same
page which is expected behavior. IF they open a new context (tab, window,
application) this should be announced/indicated.

An alternate "rule" is links within a site should not open new
windows/tabs. I have dozens of tabs open at a time but they should be
site-unique unless I choose otherwise.

Leave it up to the user, don't reinvent a typical browser experience
without a very good (and explained) reason.

Dan

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 7:53 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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