On 2007/07/20 20:14 (GMT+1000) Steve Olive apparently typed:
> There are valid cases for opening content from the same site in a new window.
> The most obvious is when logging into secure sections of web sites, like
> online banking. By forcing a new window that then generates the secure
> session and closing the window at the end of the session you prevent people
> from using the back button to re-access the secure content. The new window
> should also have all elements other than a scrollbar hidden so the window
> can't easily be used to continue surfing the Internet.
> IMHO this should become a "web convention" in the way the Internet has been
> commercialised. All online transactions should be conducted in their own
> window that is killed once the transaction is complete.
If my bank did as you describe I'd switch banks. It's my computer. I get to
decide when opening another window is appropriate. It's up to the page
design to prevent me from wrongly accessing its content, which it can easily
enough do without forcing any new windows.
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