The Swedish Administrative Development Agency, Verva (www.verva.se/english), publish accessibility guidelines and they clearly state that (my translation) "No matter if links lead to pages within the same site or to an external site they shall open in the same window".
I'm also quite sure that W3Cs Web Content Accessibility Guidelines state something along the same lines somewhere. And, the target="blank" attribute is deprecated in HTML and not a part of the XHTML specification so there is no way to open a link in a new window without Javascript. My personal opinion is that I can easily choose to open a link in a new window/tab but there is no way that I know of to choose to open a link that opens a new window in my current window. So make every link open in the same window but inform the user when the link leads to an external site so they can choose to open the link the way they see fit. Best regards Björn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=31169
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