Posted by Arne on 05/07/06 15:54

Once upon a time *Jaxtraw* wrote:

> instance- somebody running a link list or toplist has a singular purpose in
> mind- that the surfer should click as many links as possible of the list,
> and preferably the sponsor's link. To do that, you want to hang onto them as
> long as possible, which is why all such lists use target="_blank". The user
> clicks a link, takes a look, then they don't like that site. If they have to
> back into the list again, they may well not bother backing through 20 pages,
> but if the site they chose is in a seperate window, they'll close that
> window and find your toplist/link list beneath it again and may well click
> another link... It's simply better for the list owner.

You may have not notice that the *user* have several options in the case
you describe.

1. Right click and choose "Open in new window" or "Open in new tab"
(even IE7 will support the tabbing?)

2. If the link is opened in the same window, you can go back by using
the sessions history button, or if it's deeper down you find it in the
History ("Recently visited" in IE?).

Now you may say that the avarage users don't use those options and some
not even know about them. But with developers that always are "serving
everything on a silver plate" they will never learn to use them, and not
discover the pro's with them.

--
/Arne

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