I would tend to argue the opposite (though not entirely). Links to external
sites opening in new windows are not a bad idea in certain circumstances
such as when external material might end up inside a frame, as might happen
inside a Learning Management System... it might be advisable at that
Opening links in new windows is not an evil thought, no, but it is
best avoided in most circumstances.
We should never use Experienced Users and shift+ctrl+alt as a
benchmark as I would assume these are about 1% or less of most site
traffic and thus a very tiny minority which shouldn't be
Thanks Nate for the links.
I really want to focus on the usability impacts of pop-ups.
I'd love to see the AGIMO research that was done - do you have the name
of someone within the organisation that I could contact with regards to
sourcing this?
~ brad
Ward, Nathan wrote:
Hi Brad,
I don't
Hi Brad,
I don't have any test data that shows this, however, below are a two
articles from Digital Web Magazine that mention the topic.
I'm also fairly sure that AGIMO has some research on the topic but I
couldn't find it this afternoon.
You could also check out the Vision Australia website
