Posted by dorayme on 05/06/06 06:55

In article <Xl7sSPMvs8WEFwbg@gododdin.demon.co.uk>,
Jake <jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In message <e3galr$c0e$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>, David Dorward
> <dorward@yahoo.com> writes
> >Jake wrote:
> >
> >>>Why do you suppose, as author, you have any
> >>>right to impose new windows on readers?
> >
> >> Maybe because he's the ............................... author ?
> >
> >Author's page, but user's browser.
> >
> Exactly. Author's page -- so author gets to choose.

You can see how an argument like this cannot be conducted with
slogans. Jake slogans that it is the authors page. Yes? So what?
Others say it is the browser's browser. Yeah? So what?

Truth is - how you must all thank the Good Lord I am here -
modern browsers and OSs are so packed with facilities as to make
it best to leave it up to the user. You have at some stage to
trust the masses looking at webpages for information and
amusement.

There is quite enough to do in making a website without meddling
in stuff that is the business of the OS and software help files.

--
dorayme

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