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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 09/06/07 17:25
Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <slrnfdvj70.ddg.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net>,
> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Tim Streater wrote:
>> > In article <slrnfdvh83.ca3.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net>,
>> > Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> 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
>>
>> Wait. Now it's a popup, not a new browser window?
>
> In another ng thread, I used the word "popup" to refer to what you get
> with <select><option etc></select> and was told off because folks
> thought I meant a separate window. Now you're telling me off again.
No, I was asking a question.
> I wish people could make their minds up.
The only mind makeup I need to ask a question is curiosity. :)
>> > 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.
>>
>> Wait. Now it's a new window, again?
>
> No, it was always a separate window.
Oh.
> My site is a private engineering site for our engineers, our NOC, and
> selected customer engineers. But I have seen this "help in a separate
> window" concept employed by many commercial sites. To me it makes sense,
I'll assume from the above that you do mean "window" this time.
> because it doesn't (by opening a new tab) distract from the original
> window, which the user didn't open for fun, but because they want to
> refer to the information in question. This information is dense, but as
> experts they don't care about that - but they may need a bit of help
> from time to time.
I think I do like the idea of a separate window for a help system that
one might want visible along with whatever I asked for help about.
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