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Link Targets and 3.2.5

  • Nicolas Hoizey
  • 25 February 2020
  • accessibility
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https://adrianroselli.com/2020/02/link-targets-and-3-2-5.html

Regardless of what accessibility conformance level you target, do not arbitrarily open links in a new window or tab. If you are required to do so anyway, inform users in text.

I hate people for still doing that nowadays.

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