Posted by Tim Streater on 09/06/07 09:17

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
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.

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