Posted by usenet+2004 on 05/06/06 12:36

Toby Inkster:

> Just had this idea:
> http://examples.tobyinkster.co.uk/external-links2

Concerns:

1. Duplication of browser features. I already have
an option of opening a URL in a new window. With
that menu, I'm restricted to current or new
window, without the choice of new tab, or any
other option the author hadn't considered.

2. Consistency, both appearance- and function-wise.
First, the menu *looks* different to mine, and the
instructions need not be so worded universally.
Second, it works differently: clicking outwith the
menu does not collapse it. Only "cancelling" or
opening another menu seems to collapse it.
'Cancel' on a menu sounds odd to me.

3. Unexpected behaviour. If users are used to clicking
on a link and being taken to a new destination, any
departure from that norm may disorientate them. I,
for one, associate right button with menu and left
button with following link.

(One of my gripes with Firefox is that the menu brought up by right
clicking doesn't have an option for following the link in the current
tab/window.)

--
Jock

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