Sarah Peeke (XERT) wrote:
On the subject of opening new windows (which I am also opposed to), how should a "report broken link" be configured?
If you need such a thing, it should be configured to handle most things automatically, such as the URL and the referrer (if available). Why not just use the logs which record 404s and other status codes for you? Best of all, it's automatic, it doesn't rely on the user providing information, and doesn't waste their time by requesting information you should already have.
Opening a new window allows them to still view the page with the broken link so that they can describe what/where the link is on the page.
If you still think you need such a thing, why not do one of the following: 1. Let the user open a new window if they need to! 2. Use a script to dynamically insert the form into the same page 3. Add the link to the 404 page with the link like this: href="/report?url=foo&referrer=bar&..." Then use those parameters to fill out the form and provide a textarea for any additional information the user wants to provide. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
