Even on click pop up windows can be blocked by some strick pop up blockers.
Does this concern anyone, or are these cases rare?
Theres a guy in the office that has pop up blocking software with strict
settings. In fact it dosnt permit the typical on click script to launch a
window without a tick box "enabling the page to run a script that may be
harmful" check off. The blocker program does this in a small heading between
the browser bar and the page that would potentially cause "slight" confusion
among some users. The same goes for closing a window but with a different
message. I wonder if the earlier example (below) would launch open an html
window on that guys machine or if it would prompt to allow the script-I'll
check on monday.
<a href="file.htm" onclick="window.open('file.htm');return false;"
target="newWin">
also the method used at the below address goes below the radar of
ad ware mentioned above. (you have to drill down to the listings to see the
pop ups) It uses a complicated chunk of javascript in the head.
http://www.autotrader.ie/
Anyway i think there are some times when a pop up window is helpful i also
think its a good idea to mention something about the pop up window near its
link.
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