hey steve,
without going into pros and cons on the target attribute, roger
johansson has an interesting article on the subject with a javascript
solution the degrades to opening in the same window if java is turned
off or pop ups blocked. some clients want what they want and won't be
dissuaded.
hope this helps
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200610/
opening_new_windows_with_javascript_version_12/
sorry about the top posting
rgds,
ron
On Jul 25, 2007, at 2:48 AM, Ryan Lin wrote:
Steve,
The other aspect of XHTML Strict DTD, the client won't even know
unless I take my time to explain everything but this target stuff
is something they will notice if they ask me to open certain links
in new window. That's why I need arguments against this. :)
XHTML Strict and 1.1 has no target attribute, I do not know why the
HTML 5 is keeping it?
Steve Olive wrote:
On Tuesday 24 July 2007 23:49, Ryan Lin wrote:
Hi all,
With the XHTML Strict DTD, forcing a new window to open for a
link via
target="_blank" is not a valid semantic method anymore. I myself
believe
that whether to open in a new or current window should be user
decision,
not wed designer/developer. If I am using Strict DTD, the only
way to
achieve opening the new window is through JavaScripts.
So what argument should I give to my clients not to use
target="_blank"
? If I say that won't validate your page, they won't care. So any
non-technical argument that I can give to them?
Ryan
The argument must be why you are using the XHTML Strict DTD, not
about one small component of XHTML Strict.
What is interesting though is that HTML 5 is keeping the target
attribute:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#valid8
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