Ricky Onsman wrote:
When it comes down to it, I think most people (and yes, that means
people using IE) will just left-click on a link. If you want
something particular to happen, you'd better code it in.
I think we're going in circles here, and it doesn't look like they are
entirely within "best practices" and/or "web standards".
Problem:
1: Properly served XHTML 1.1 (as 'application/xhtml+xml') doesn't show
up as much in IE. (Shouldn't be any different on an intranet, but maybe
it is..? )
2: Alternatives to target="_blank" is needed because people using IE
don't know how to open links in new windows and will just left-click on
a link.
Solution:
1: On the web most people (and yes, that means people using IE) won't,
or at least "should not"[1], see the XHTML 1.1 document at all, so most
people won't need to open its links anywhere.
2: If IE users _can_ see the XHTML 1.1 document - regardless of whether
its on an intranet or out on the world wide web, then it isn't really
following standards anyway. No valid alternative to target="_blank" will
improve much on that.
3: If IE is excluded and all is according to standards, then _any_
method that isn't deprecated in the XHTML 1.1 standard, can be used to
circumvent that particular standard. Enough alternatives in this thread
already.
I think I derailed in a curve - somewhere :-)
Georg
[1]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-media-types/#summary
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