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Posted by dorayme on 07/17/07 21:29
In article <f7is2o$mr5$1@aioe.org>,
James Hutton <james.hutton@dsl.NOSPAM.pipex.com> wrote:
> I've completely rewritten a site that has a table of 60ish club venues
> giving contact details and addresses. I originally had the addresses set
> to create a pop-up window with a google map giving directions to the
> venue etc.
>
> On rewriting the site, I've now got the maps to open in the same window.
> The clients say they prefer the original method,
You could give an alternative.
<ul>
<li><a href="javascript:newWindow('../')">map</a> (popup
window)</li>
<li><a href="../">map</a></li>
</ul>
You might add some words to "popup" like "map stays on screen
while you peruse the rest of the text on this page" though I
think most people understand this.
There is an ideal notion that the best design is where you do not
need such a thing. If viewers all or most would find it handy to
have the map out, build it into the page itself. But the reality
is that this is often impractical for various reasons. And
opening it into a tab loses some advantage as well as gaining
others. Opening in a new window, either by choice of viewer
behaviour with controls (mouse etc) or by author force (_blank
etc) ditto (especially in that an author knows the size of the
map and can provide a window that does not need fiddling with too
much)
Your clients and probably many users could quite understandably
find it useful to have the popup.
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dorayme
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