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Posted by Nick Theodorakis on 01/07/06 17:14
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 06:59:12 GMT, Jose <teacherjh@aol.nojunk.com>
wrote:
>> It' very easy to solve. Don't open windows for users. If users want
>> to open in new windows, they will learn how if they don't already know.
>
>Do you have the same opinion of PDF files? If a link is a link to a
>PDF, would you expect people to be re-oriented to an application
>(Acrobat) as opposed to the browser, and then close (POOF!) the window
>when they are done, taking them off the web totally? If so, a new
>window might be the way to go. Do you still hold that users should
>proactively make that choice in this case?
>
Two things:
(1) Not all browsers are configured to open a PDF in the browser
window; some will launch an external application. In that case, the
user will end up with a useless, blank extra window.
(2) Some people (as myself) often prefer to download a PDF file for
later viewing.
Nick
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