Kevin Futter wrote:
On 15/2/06 6:57 PM, "Lachlan Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
I'm not convinced. There is no reason why the user can't choose to open
it in a new window/tab for themselves. Even if they don't, they can
continue navigating elsewhere in a different window/tab. Besides, you
shouldn't need to write your own flash-based music player. You could
provide the song in an downloadable MP3 or a streaming audio format and
let them play it in their own media player.
--
Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
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