Hey Scott, I know I should take your advice :) Thanks for it.
So you don't agree that if you are linking the W3C validators and WSG to your website - it's a better idea to open it in a new window? Check out www.neester.com - mind you only the index and contact page display at the moment. The bottom right links are all new window links because they are "off topic" to my content. Personally I think that it's a valid point to have it open in a new window... I mean you all say that _blank is the devil - but why? I mean its all user opinion, my website is a personal website, with a small part for business (corporate). ----------------------------- Chris Stratford [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.neester.com ----------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: scott parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Opening pages in new windows... was Re: [WSG] XHTML (OT??) Chris, This might be a moment where you should consider the advice and experience of a bunch of people who have been doing this for a number of years. Also in many cases have actually tested the concept in live user testing... as a general rule opening a new window actually confuses and annoys more users than it helps. The only time that it scored as a good thing is when your user was logged into a site and leaving it meant having to log back in on return (example being webmail). Even then the factor was closer than you might think. s Chris Stratford wrote: >Well its more a hobby than a job... > >I do work - but its not my primary source of income - that's the parents >:) >I still live at home - im 18 and just began university >(telecommunications engineering @ UTS) > >But that's true - if they click out of your website, they will probably >get lost in a myriad of of links and popups, they will forget there name >- let alone your website. > >That's why all offsite links are new window links. >:) > >----------------------------- >Chris Stratford >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.neester.com >----------------------------- > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Zeltner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 10:46 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Opening pages in new windows... was Re: [WSG] XHTML (OT??) > > >i think it depends on how you see it. > >the customer (i presume this is your job) wants the user to stay on the >site as long as possible. if a site opens in a new window, the >possibility that user will browse his site again, is much higher than if > >he has just the back button. > >from the usability/information architecture point, the target="_blank" >is rather bad imho. > >just my 0.02 euro ;) > >regards, >michael > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *****************************************************
