Posted by Blinky the Shark on 09/06/07 09:47

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 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?


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