Kim Haase created DERBY-6021:
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Summary: Link behavior on main Documentation page has changed
Key: DERBY-6021
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6021
Project: Derby
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Web Site
Affects Versions: 10.9.1.0
Reporter: Kim Haase
Priority: Minor
The latest revision of the Documentation page of the Derby website
(http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/index.html) no longer has the attribute
'target="_blank"' on the links to the Latest Alpha Manuals. This means that the
latest manuals open in the same tab or window as the main documentation page
unless the user takes specific steps in the browser to open them in a different
tab or window.
The attribute is still present on the release-specific manuals, so the user
experience with the latest manuals is different both from the previous behavior
and with the manuals on the rest of the documentation page. I've gotten used to
having the main documentation page always available so that I can easily open
multiple manuals at a time, but my situation may be unusual.
I would suggest that the 'target="_blank"' attribute be added to the Latest
Alpha Manuals links for consistency with previous practice and with the other
links on the page, but I'm happy to withdraw the suggestion if others take a
different view.
There is a small box with an arrow on each of the Latest Alpha Manuals links
now, probably a result of the 'class="external"' attribute, which indicates a
link to a non-Apache web site. This change is appropriate, and it does add a
visual cue that these manuals are different from the others.
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