Is there a "standard answer" for Web standards, or what are your points of view on this?
The fact that the target attribute has disappeared from XHTML speaks volumes: don't open new windows.
Opening new browser windows is about annoying as blinking text, or marquee text, and I can't think of a single instance where a popup window resolves a design issue cannot be resolved through other means.
Many marketing groups would never accept replacing the content of the current browser window of their site with the content of an external site.
Marketing groups need to 'get with the program' and 'raise the bar' if they want to be known for 'excellence' in web design, and realise pop ups are just soooo twentith century. It is arrogance of the highest order to assume that by following a link on your page your visitor has not achieved what they want from your site. If I want to open a window I'll do it myself thanks, assuming my UA has that capability.
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