Posted by Els on 05/21/05 14:11

Travis Newbury wrote:

> Els wrote:
>> But you can't set the size of that window, it will be the size the
>> user has set as default window size. That means that for people who
>> surf full screen, the BBC site will also be full screen, and thus
>> cover your site. Then, if the user wants to go back to your site,
>> they'll press the back-button on their keyboard, or click the
>> back-button of their browser, but it won't work, cause your site is in
>> another window, invisible to them.
>
> And after seeing the back button doesn't work, no one would ever think
> of closing the window. Because of course, this is the first time this
> has ever happened to them while surfing...

Of course they can close the window. It's an annoyance though.
Especially if from the BBC site they navigate elsewhere, and whereever
they go, new windows are openened. After an hour or two of surfing,
there are 20 windows to be closed. Not funny.

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