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Posted by dorayme on 09/06/07 09:56
In article
<tim.streater-778D68.10171406092007@news.individual.net>,
Tim Streater <tim.streater@dante.org.uk> wrote:
> > Tim Streater wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > What purpose does that serve that it opening in a new tab does not?
>
> You can move the help popup to another part of the screen(s) and read it
> in conjunction with the page you are looking at. Since some of the
> screens in question have a fair bit of information crammed in,
> necessarily abbreviated, a separate help window is more useful than
> another tab.
You can't read two things at once. If you really have to refer
back and forth between windows that mandates two windows being
open next to each other, fine. But this situation is rarely the
case. How about some real examples? The principle reason to open
another window is to not lose ones place on the first. This is
truly a problem in many cases, breadcrumb trail can practically
cope. But for *this* reason, a tab is totally adequate.
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dorayme
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