Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 05/07/06 17:36

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed William Hughes
<cvproj@grandecom.net> writing in
news:fmsr52ptlhgk6opolrjfulal7asotbpkvt@4ax.com:

> Since I am in the process of building a personal website (
> http://home.grandecom.net/~cvproj/carrier.htm ) that will contain
> numerous links to other sites, I have been following this discussion
> with some interest.
>
> What if the links are explicitly marked, indicating that they will
> open a new window? Would this be acceptable?
>
>

First, please quote what you replying to.

I still don't see any reason for an _author_ to open links in new
windows. Leave it up to the user to decide.

I use mousegestures, and I rarely look up to see if the back button has
been grayed out. Trust me, it's very annoying to be gesturing back and
nothing happens.

When I have links to external sites on sites I author, I usually put
something like:
"Please note that links open in the same window. If you would like to
open the links in another window, Right-Click (windows) or Command-Click
(mac) and choose New Window or Tab."


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