Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 05/23/07 07:46

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Chet" <cfnews@REMOVEcharter.net>
writing in news:CVR4i.236$293.216@newsfe02.lga:

> Hi Adrienne
>
>> You're welcome, although you might not like this answer.
>
> Yes, I still very much appreciate your replies.
>
> I basically agree with not opening a new window but this is a
> list of image previews from a thumbnail list. That's why I would
> like to provide the option - there's a link for opening in the
> same window plus the optional new_window link.

Have you had a look at http://porjes.com/butterflies/ . There's also a
neat way to do something like what you want with CSS, look at
http://realtybenefitsystems.com/allen.asp . Scroll down to the bottom
and notice how the images enlarge on hover - click and the image at the
top is replaced with the full size of that at the bottom. No pop-ups, no
new windows.

>
> Being able to open the new window allows the user to close that
> window and return to the list quickly. Yes, I know the Back
> button does exactly the same, but sometimes not as quickly, at
> least on the browsers/machines I've used. "Some" users like large
> preview images in a separate window/tab, I'll usually opt for the
> new window in this case.

Still, it should be an option you give the user. Don't force it. If the
user wants to open links in new windows/tabs/whatever, then let THE USER
do it, not you.

>
>> Then they're the lucky ones because they don't have to worry
>> about you
>> spawning new windows on them.
>
> I'm not really spawning new windows, in my opinion. As I said,
> this is an optional link for a new window next to the same window
> link, How is that spawning? It'll be labeled as such, Opens in
> New Window - Opens in Same Window

The _blank value for the target attribute opens a new window. If you
have 15 images, then 15 windows could be opened up. For someone on
dialup with a slow system, that might be enough to crash their system.
Please let the user be in control of his or her own browser.

>
> But anyway, I do appreciate the replay even though I'm now closer
> to my answer.
>

I'm pretty sure you misspelled, and I hope you ARE _now_ closer to your
answer.

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