Random window.open accessibility question

[Steven Githens]

Awesome, thanks for the insight!

Megacheers,
Steve

Colin Clark wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I think you should be fine if the target isn't human-readable. Make 
> sure the link or control that pops up the new window clearly indicates 
> to the user that a a new window will open. You can use the title 
> attribute for this purpose. A prominent close link in the new window 
> will also be helpful.
>
> Otherwise, you should be all set.
>
> Colin
>
> On 18-Feb-09, at 3:02 PM, Steven Githens wrote:
>
>> Hi Fluid,
>>
>> Just a random question if anyone knows off the top of their head.  
>> Does the second argument to window.open, the programmable target id, 
>> need to be human readable for any sort of accessiblity purposes?  As 
>> part of a bug (link below), I had to change the target from being a 
>> sort of human readable encoded thing to a GUID.  If necessary, I 
>> could prefix the GUID with some almost human readable text, but it 
>> really does have to be unique.
>>
>>
>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/jira/browse/SAK-11513
>>
>> Megacheers,
>> Steve
>
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> Colin Clark
> Technical Lead, Fluid Project
> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
> http://fluidproject.org
>