Vic Rauch wrote:
> For a sample of where I do that, try http://www.ggshows.com then
> click on Map (either one). When you are looking at the map, you can
> click on any building within the fairgrounds and a detail of that
> building will be shown you in another window. Yes, this does require
> javascript.
Opening new windows has nothing to do with CSS, but I'll comment on it
anyway...
Opening windows may not work as intended, as most of today's browsers
can be set by users to handle such "windows" in a number of ways. Some
users actually do change set-up defaults, although the reasons for doing
so may not be all that clear to all of them.
Using four different set-ups of the same browser, I got these results:
1: javascript not enabled so nothing happened.
2: opened a new window.
3: opened a new tab - that I didn't pay any attention to.
4: the "window" got caught by the pop-up blocker which gave me a
warning. I never looked at the window.
One out of four may not be bad, but such a solution isn't very "solid".
Other than that I can't see any problems with the suggested solution.
Conclusion: visitors should at least be informed that new windows will
be opened, and that enabled javascript is required. An 'on-hover'
link-indication on the map/link should also be provided, even if it's a
script that does the job. Regular links should also be provided in
additions to the scripted ones.
Now I'll stop "playing browser-user", and go back to the fun task of
designing for them :-)
regards
Georg
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http://www.gunlaug.no
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