From: "Terrence Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1. Your links open a new window object 'foo'.
2. User now has two windows: their window with your page, 'foo' with
external page.
3. User decides to leave 'foo' open because they are interested in
the page loaded into it, and return to their window to explore your
page again. Success!! this is the exact behaviour we want from
opening new windows - it's the marketing argument.
4. User finds another link to explore on your page and clicks the
link.
5. The link targets 'foo' and loads a new page into it.
Now we are not only forcing the user to manage two windows, but we
are also loading all our links into 'foo', which potentially the
user may not want (if they are expecting to return to some content
they have left before) or notice.
Phew... it all seems so much more complicated than just using a back
button =)
OK. I see. If a developer has all the links, or a lot of the links, on
a page, open in "foo", then that would be very bad. In a real world
scenario, I would use a popup only to show, for example, an example
during the course of a tutorial - like on this page:
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/pmm/rootimages/index.htm
--
Al
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