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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 05/23/07 17:13
Mickey~ wrote:
> Chet wrote:
>> {snip}
>> Occasionally visitors forget about right click - new window, I'm just
>> trying to provide the visitor with a nice visit, and reminding them
>> the large preview MAY (not WILL) be opened in a new window if THEY
>> desire.
Try using a small icon at the end of the link indicating what can be
done. Try something like wikipedia does.
On my main pages, I place the instruction:
<p>Links that show a
<img src="/path/to/offsite.png" alt="↗" height="10" width="10">
icon are links to external sites. To preserve your browsing
experience at our site, you may choose to right-click
and Open in New Window or Tab.</p>
...and then use that offsite.png at the end of those links, with the
following attribute for the <img>:
title="External Site: Right-Click and Open in New Window"
> Many do not know how/why/what about the right click thus I see
> target="_blank" as an advantage for them but also see resulting
> disadvantages.
Several times I've been watching over the shoulder of a clue-impaired
user, and said, "Why don't you right-click that link and ..." and they
reply with, "Huh? Right-click?" So I show them.
> Many don't know about the browser "back" function either.
I would say that there are two things even the most clueless surfers
know about:
1. How to click on a link (so long as it is underlined)
2. What the Back button does.
...but if ... they get a new window, and are surfing maximized, they do
not realize a new window is completely covering the original, and .. the
Back button does nothing! Oh, let's go to Google and find something
else to look at.
--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck
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