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Posted by Gιrard Talbot on 12/23/05 08:56
Jose wrote :
> What do you folks think of the target="_blank" attribute?
>
> On the one hand, people should have the choice as to whether or not to
> open a new window, and this defeats that choice (usually invisibly). A
> new window can disorient people, defeat the back button, and use
> (perhaps scarce) system resources. OTOH many (probably most) people
> don't know how to open a link in a new window when they want to, and
> it's a real pain to have to go "back back back" (waiting for each "back"
> site to load) in order to get back to where you were.
>
> On my site I have used it (I believe) judiciously, mainly opening new
> windows into "foreign" sites and using the default (use the same window)
> for most in-site links. On a site I used to work on, I gave a little
> lesson on "trick clicking" at the top of the page, and left all links as
> default.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jose
DOM:window.open
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.open#Always_use_the_target_attribute
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.open#Do_not_use_target.3D.22_blank.22
GΓ©rard
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