A general rule to open links in the same window presumes that most users have a common goal and common tasks to achieve the goal.
If you are working on a site where people are merely browsing for information, I can't argue with the guideline. However, if you are designing web apps, it might be worth revisiting some older research that isn't based on browsing but addresses window management - which is at the heart of the "open in the same window" guideline. Here are a few of relevant papers on this topic. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=24056 http://csel.eng.ohio-state.edu/blog/wordpress/?p=10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33611 ________________________________________________________________ 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
