Posted by dorayme on 12/06/07 21:09

In article <5rq5nfF15vrs9U1@mid.individual.net>,
Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote:

> Pritam Barhate wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This question has been vexing me from quite some time now. When one
> > links to the resources outside his/her website should the
> > target="_blank" attribute be used for the <a> tag?
> >
> > Normally I use target="_blank" for anything that is outside my
> > website. But this question bothers me even more when I am creating a
> > list of resources. Since, while viewing these lists user will be more
> > interested in the resources than my website.
> >
> > Recently I came across the following opinion a lot times:
> >
> > If the user wants to come back to your site he has the back button and
> > also he can use the "Open in new window" option if he wants the linked
> > resource to open in new window.
>
> Exactly. And this is much more suitable than leaving a user who's being
> browsing from site to site to site to finished up his session only to
> discover that he now has a dozen windows to close because each site's
> designer thought he needed to see the next site in a new window.

Take me for example. I get pissed off. If I want to keep track of
things and have your site up easy to get to and others to compare
material etc I just Command key click and a link opens in a new
tab (Windows users would have their own ways). Do it often.

If you do not leave it to the user you are deliberately making it
more difficult to be rid of your site, a user who wants to leave
your site and go a link must do two things instead of one. He
must click and then find yours and click the close.

--
dorayme

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