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Posted by John Hosking on 09/05/07 14:55
mrcakey wrote:
> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-2BF7ED.16595705092007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
>> In article
>> <1188973711.175101.108210@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
>> marckatsambis@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> What is the particular setting I should be looking for? And why is
>>> _blank evil? What should I use instead?
>>
>> On principle, the user knows best. Best not to assume he is a
>> complete schmuck, he will resent you for it if he is not. He
>> might very well be irritated to see windows opening unexpectedly.
>>
>
> My family, who are pretty bright, and nearly all my friends who are mostly
> educated to Masters and PhD level, need to be told everytime I visit how to
> use right click. Maybe you have a site oriented towards techies, but I
> think you're being very generous to your users. IMHO, I don't think there's
> anything inherently evil in forcing certain incidental pages, e.g. T&C's, in
> another window/tab.
Do you have to tell them over and over how to use the Back button? If
yes, then Web use is not for them, and if no, then they are equipped
with a solution for links which open in the same window as content they
wanted to see again.
But why should the people who do know how to open extra windows when
they want to be the ones who are penalized for the extra knowledge?
Usually I can tell when I want a separate window, so I can open it
myself. When I guess wrong, I can close the extra window I don't want,
or use the Back button and re-open the link in a separate window, as needed.
--
John
Pondering the value of the UIP: http://improve-usenet.org/
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