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Posted by Tim Streater on 09/06/07 08:33
In article <1189033926.509632.156520@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>,
marckatsambis@gmail.com wrote:
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> Thanks for your breakdown on _blank, but I have to agree with Johns
> argument. If they can't figure it out, the web is not for them. As a
> designer, I spend half of my time considering usability options, and
> personally do no think that a link to an external site opening in a
> new window is an unexpected surprise when surfing the net. Thanks for
> your caution though. I totally understand how incapable some people
> are when it comes to the internet and computers for that matter.
I think it depends. If a clicked link or button is a sidetrack, then a
new window is appropriate. I do that when the user clicks the help
button, for example.
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