Posted by Els on 12/07/07 21:33

dorayme wrote:

> In article <fjb4pf$mjn$1@aioe.org>,
> +mrcakey <mrcakey@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>
>> the very clear consensus is that using target="_blank" is a BAD THING
>
>> I think, if you HAVE to link to an outside site and you still want your
>> users to come back then this is one time using frames is acceptable
>
> (1) The very clear consensus is that using target="_blank" is a
> BAD THING
>
> (2) If you HAVE to link to an outside site and you still want
> your users to come back then this is one time using frames is
> acceptable
>
> (3) Most sites DO link to outside
>
> (4) Most site authors WANT users to come back
>
> (5) Most sites should use frames (from 2, 3 and 4)
>
> (6) If you use frames and want to link to outside, you use
> target="_blank"
>
> (7) Using target="_blank" is a GOOD THING
>
> ergo
>
> (8) The consensus that using target="_blank" is a BAD THING is
> false

Nah, point 2 is false, rendering the conclusion at point 5
non-existent, making point 3, 4 and 6 irrelevant, point 7 meaningless,
and thus leaving us with the original at point 1: opening outbound
links in a new window is a BAD THING :-)

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