- I'd hate to be using Word as an example of what we should be moving towards <grin>
And
2. On a Mac, if you open a new Word document when you’ve got one open already, it offsets it so you can see both are there! Which is also what happens on a Mac when you go to a new browser window ...
The obvious answer is that everyone should switch to Macs!!
:)
<ducking away from platform wars etc etc />
:)
- susie
On 15/8/06 11:24 AM, "Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Heilmann
>> Sent: Monday, 14 August 2006 7:17 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [WSG] target=_blank
>>
>>> Ok..
>>>
>>> Why isn't target=_blank a valid tag/attribute in XHTML
>> Strict? It's a
>>> necessity really if your going to link so why not.??
>>
>> How so? It is the user's choice if she wants to stay on your page (and
>> shift click the link) or not, it is not yours to demand. You cannot
>> expect the user agent to support several windows or the user to be
>> able to deal with them, not all people see pages or use a mouse. XHTML
>> strict is not only enforcing strict XML syntax, it is also taking HTML
>> to an application level.
>
> Now that websites are moving more towards application style, they should
> really behave like applications as we are accustomed to. And a fact is that
> applications require pop-up windows at certain stages. Mostly when
> information is provided that falls outside of a linear process. The typical
> example: a user fills out a form and wants to read the Terms and Conditions.
> Or a user works in MS Word and wants to read the Help File.
>
> Never do those applications provide the user with the option of opening the
> supplementary information in the same window. For a good reason: the users
> would get taken out of the linear process they are in and potentially loose
> whatever they were working on. Just imagine you would loose your 200-page
> thesis in MS Word just because you didn't specifically request the HELP
> information to open in a new window.
>
> So if websites are becoming applications, why shouldn't they behave in the
> same fashion that we are accustomed to from other applications?
>
> In Word, if I decide to go to a new document, I expect it to open in the
> main window. Ergo: On the web, if the user decides to go to a different
> website, it should open in the main window.
>
> In Word, if I decide to access information that help me work with the
> current document (e.g. help file, save dialog, document preferences) I
> expect them to open in a pop-up window. Why should it be any different on
> the web?
>
> Making "target" an invalid attribute for links is plain stupid. It forces
> developers to revert to some _javascript_ ways of opening a new window which
> potentially makes websites extremely user-unfriendly for people with
> _javascript_ disabled.
>
> Developers should be educated in the correct use of the target attribute,
> eliminating it just creates a whole new problem.
>
>
>
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