Hi Carolyn
I'm with Jakob on this one - as far as opening new windows is concerned
anyway. I used to think it was unnecessary, but while user testing
something else, noticed that when PDFs opened without a new browser window,
many users would then close the document and be annoyed that the
On 2009/02/05 16:30 (GMT-0500) Carolyn Diaz composed:
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
reason we should
I have to agree, having it open in a new window makes sense for most users,
because not all users are savy enough to know to hit the back button to view
the previous page. If the pdf had a link/nav bar at the top instructing the
user on how to do this.then sure, open in the same window is fine.
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
reason we should open in a new window. (We all work on government Web
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My Web team and I are discussing whether or
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My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to
PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox
Carolyn Diaz wrote:
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window. Someone cited Jakob Nielsen's
argument at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html as the
reason we should open in a new window. (We all work on
On 2/5/09 1:30 PM, Carolyn Diaz carolyn.d...@gmail.com wrote:
I know this is an old school type question, but we are very divided about
this. The people on our usability team are with Nielsen, but others (like me)
are not so sure. Isn't accessibility to new windows a problem as it changes
the
The best way to deal with the situation is to clearly label the link as
being PDF and let the user decide how they wish to proceed.
I think this is good advice. Anecdotally, I most often encounter a PDF
via a standard link and have therefore developed an expectation of
what will happen when I
My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links to
PDFs and other non-html pages in a new window.
a big no from me
not in a new window, or ANY browser window.
Acrobat Reader can take a long time to start on some machines.
It can be extremely annoying for users to be forced
Robertson
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My Web team and I are discussing whether or not we should open links
to
PDFs
and other non-html pages in a new window
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