Posted by Rob Stampfli on 05/06/06 00:36

In article <xQY1vfJge4WEFwdl@gododdin.demon.co.uk>,
Jake <jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605051452210.10321@ppepc87.ph.gla.ac.uk>,
>Alan J. Flavell <flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk> writes
>>
>>Why do you suppose, as author, you have any
>>right to impose new windows on readers?
>>
>Maybe because he's the ............................... author ?

Precisely. Today, "target=_blank" is at best suggestive.
Modern browsers allow the user the option of determining
what really happens when they encounter it. I fail to
see why this attribute drives some people (including those
who write the HTML specs) bonkers. It it is the primary
reason I find myself falling back from HTML 4.01 "strict"
to "transitional".

Rob

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