<self-referential design point> I hate it when links open in the same window, unless they are navigational within a site. Usually I'm opening a few references (links from blog, for example) and I want to keep the main context to read more/find other links.
</self-referential design point> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jens Meiert Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:08 PM To: Trevor Thompson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Should external links really open in the samewindow? > Should the rule that links should always open in the same window be > revisited? Going for the very short answer: No, as this choice should be left to the user. Talking studies I do not know any that does not verify what Nielsen suggested in another article, namely only to open new windows for non-web documents [1] (albeit there might be other, rare exceptions […]). [1] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/open_new_windows.html -- Jens Meiert http://meiert.com/en/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
