Serdar Kılıç wrote:
When I first started my weblog all internal links had no target
attribute thereby browsing within my site was within a single window.
Any offsite links were brought up in a new window, a window for each
link clicked.
The way *I* browse some sites is how I built my site.
But you need to remember that you're not building your site for you.
You're building it for *your visitors*. For every user, there is only
one person can decide if they want a new window: themselves!
The problem is is that there are no visual clues whether or not a
link will open in that window or a new one (I'm not a fan of little icons).
Which is why shouldn't rely on a author to a) open a window for you if
you want one, or b) not open a window if you don't want one. You can
use a user stylesheet to indicate the presence of a target attribute:
a[target] { cursor: crosshair; }
But I think the best option is to completely disable the target
attribute to prevent the author from interfering with your decision and
make it yourself, every single time. You cannot possibly rely on the
author to make the right decision for you, because every user is different.
--
Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
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