Re: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-11-29 Thread Ian Hickson
I haven't added target="_reference". Though I think it's a good idea, we would probably need more browser vendor buy-in before going ahead with this. If anyone wants to see if we can get this moved further along, I recommend trying to follow the steps described here: http://wiki.whatwg.org

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-05-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
On Apr 28, 2008, at 9:51 PM, fantasai wrote: Křištof Želechovski wrote: How about target="_guide" instead? A reference is usually lengthy and unreadable; the designer should know better than to treat the poor user with a reference. Or _notification. Most of what Matthew wants to use it fo

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-04-28 Thread fantasai
Křištof Želechovski wrote: How about target="_guide" instead? A reference is usually lengthy and unreadable; the designer should know better than to treat the poor user with a reference. Or _notification. Most of what Matthew wants to use it for seems to be notifications. How are you suppos

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-04-27 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Philip Taylor wrote on 27/04/08 18:30: >... > IE6 supported target=_search and target=_media, to open pages in > sidebars (closable panes at the side of the browser window). Nobody > uses those target values (in 130K pages I see 3 pages with either), > and http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/m

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-04-27 Thread Philip Taylor
On 26/04/2008, Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Summary: I propose target="_reference", which would open a link in a > secondary viewport, for example a closable pane at the bottom of a browser > window. This would be much less annoying and intimidating than > target="_blank". It co

Re: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-04-27 Thread Křištof Želechovski
: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:24 PM To: WHAT WG List Subject: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference" Summary: I propose target="_reference", which would open a link in a secondary viewport, for example a closable pane at the bottom of a browser window. This would be much less

[whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference"

2008-04-26 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Summary: I propose target="_reference", which would open a link in a secondary viewport, for example a closable pane at the bottom of a browser window. This would be much less annoying and intimidating than target="_blank". It could be used immediately for providing help, and for linking to pri