From: "Ric Raftis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bert Doorn wrote:
The main idea is that one should not open new windows at all,
leaving it up to the user to decide, which is why the target
attribute was removed.
G'day Bert,
This always seems to be a subject of some debate. For commercial
sites, I ALWAYS open a new blank window on a link. I do however
advise users that this will happen and that they only have to close
the new window to return to "my" site. From a marketing standpoint,
why would you want to be showing people the door and then pushing
them out into the street?
I think you raise a very "valid" point. People who rely on a web site
to make money tend to have a much different view of such things and
use much different criteria to judge the merits of various techniques.
That said, I have maintained for a long time that Javascript, with a
return false, is the best way to open a new window and we've been
doing it that way for years. The W3C, however, does need to get a bit
more mindful of the commercial side of the Web. Who knows, frames
might one day become the tool they should have been all along, if the
W3C develops logical specifications :-)
--
Al Sparber
PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that
repairs are scheduled for next Tuesday".
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