Kane Tapping
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:29:32 -0700
>What I'm getting from the discussion to this point: >web *site* - new window bad; >web *app* - new window sometimes necessary >target="_blank" - deprecated* and probably bad in any circumstance Thats my position. the only difference being that if possible webapps should try to pop divs inside their current browser window/tab. Target="" does still have a use, but its only for framesets in the older specs, and unless your managing legacy code, most designers on this list should be way past making frame based web sites/apps. Kind Regards, Kane Tapping Web Standards Developer Web and Content Management Services Griffith University. 4111. Australia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (0)7 3735 7630 Andrew Maben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 29/03/2008 12:58 AM Please respond to wsg@webstandardsgroup.org To wsg@webstandardsgroup.org cc Subject Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of xhtml On Mar 28, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Hassan Schroeder wrote: Perhaps if you've never seen or used one, it's hard to conceptualize, but they exist. Ouch... However if the subject is still opening new windows vis a vis the "target" attribute, it seems to me hard to conceptualize a web app that doesn't rely on both client- and server-side scripting. And returning to the original question: Why not. I can't imagine it's better practice to replace it with javascript. I'd think that in a web app it certainly is better practice to use javascript? What I'm getting from the discussion to this point: web *site* - new window bad; web *app* - new window sometimes necessary target="_blank" - deprecated* and probably bad in any circumstance No doubt people will continue to hold different opinions as to how to deal with links to non-HTML documents. For myself I've decided the best course is to offer a direct link and leave it to the user to decide whether to open a new window/tab, and I think this is coming to be the majority and "standard" position. Those who hold a different view are free to do so, and act accordingly. Andrew *a little bee in my bonnet: deprecated: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprecated depreciated: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depreciated ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************