Posted by Mike Massonnet on 01/22/26 11:38

Barbara de Zoete wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:14:11 +0100, <sachaburnett@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Will browser pop-up stoppers stop a new browser instance from opening
>> up if I create a link such as:
>>
>> <a href="URL" target="_blank">
>>
>> I want users to be able to click on a link to go to an external site
>> without leaving my site.
>
> Are you deliberately trying to create a perfect troll? If so:
> congratulations. Just did it.
>
> If not: please google this group on target=_blank and find yourself a
> _lot_of_discussions_ on why you shouldn't want this in the first place.
>
>

btw. the user should have the choice to open a link in a new window or not!

--
I knew I'd hate COBOL the moment I saw they'd used "perform" instead of
"do".
-- Larry Wall on a not-so-popular programming language

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