Peter Dominic Ryan wrote:
I just want to say that I really strongly dislike links that open in
a new window, other than to deliberately confuse the average user I
can see no good reason for making them. BTW, I'm talking about things
like offsite links and adds that spawn new windows, not popups for
image enlargements and such, however I believe that they should be
avoided as much as possible also.
To add my 2¢ ...
I say that I think well designed and executed popups are a great
enhancement to the user experience … there is nothing I hate more than
losing my pathway because I wanted to check out some ancilliary
information on a site. As always, it comes down to the way something
is executed, and as such I think it is prhaps premature to write off
functionality so generally.
With good design, good use of standards, popups can be terrific.
Regards,
Peter
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If you don't force the link to open in a new window a user has the
ability to choose to open the link in a new window or tab. Also if they
open it in the same window they wont loose their back buttons
functionality. The number of times I have seen the average user confused
by a new window, thinking that there is something wrong with their
browser because their back button isn't working.
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