On 15/2/06 6:57 PM, "Lachlan Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bert Doorn wrote: >> Serdar Kýlýç wrote: >>> How does one open a new window with a 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE and have it >>> be valid? For my weblog I ran the w3 validator and it complained that >>> there is no attribute called target > > The users! Please, won't somebody think of the *users*! > > Many users hate popup windows. There are no valid use-cases or reasons > for opening a popup window, don't do it. If you think you have one, I'd > like to hear it, but know this: I've heard many excuses over the years > (some more often than others) but every single one of them has been > flawed in some way. Yes, in fact I do have one. For a couple of sites I do for musicians, I open a Flash-based music player in a new window - a small pop-up. Why? Because if you embed the music player in the page and begin to play a song, and then navigate to a different page or website, you lose the entire show. My choice was to put it in a frame - which I did do for a while - or open a new window. I decided that the small pop-up was the lesser of two evils, as the other choice required changing the structural approach of the entire website. An additional benefit of the pop-up not afforded by frames is that the music player is still available even when the user chooses to leave the site. -- Kevin Futter Webmaster, St. Bernard's College http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
