Posted by Jose on 01/09/06 00:42

> Yes, I have the same opinion for pdf files.

It wasn't clear to me what opinion that was. I agree they should be
identified as PDF. Beyond that...

They should...
1: not use any tricks at all? (giving the most control to the user,
but leaving the default clicking action up to the browser, which will
probably open it in the same window, which is probably an unpleasant
surprise)

2: use the target="_blank" attribute (as reccomended by some) making
the default action one which preserves the old window (while opening the
new one, which if closed because it's thought of as an app, won't
surprise the user by taking him off the web)? Users can still trick
click if they want to download (though I don't think many browsers let
you trick click into an existing window)

3: use some other trick?

(All the above presuming that the links are in fact identified as PDF files)

Jose
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