Christian Montoya wrote:
On 2/15/06, Al Sparber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: "Ric Raftis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 :-)
Maybe, but this is just another example of how marketers try to
control the browsing experience. Things have to look a specific way,
behave a specific way, etc... but there isn't any proof that this is
good for business. Popups are a usability problem, in that they
break
the back button and they result in a lot of windows that have to be
closed.
You're pre-supposing. If popup windows are scripted you reuse the same
window object over and over. You can never have more than one open.
Your statement is only true if the target attribute is used.
--
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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