I have seen that too Thom .. and you have a good point. I have also had
clients specifically request that while they want to link to other sites,
they don't want the user to be off their site either. And even I don't do
frames. ;)
Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Thomassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of xhtml
As for PDFs I find it ok that they open in a new window. As a personal
preferance.
But for regular links I feel that it's best leaving them alone. I've seen
many novice computer users get confused when a link opens in a new window
as they don't allways realise they're now navigating in a new window. When
they want to navigate back to where they where they find that the back
button suddenly doesn't work and they fumble trying to find their way
back.
-Thom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of xhtml
I see your point, Thom. The exception, IMO, is when you link to a PDF ..
the Acrobat Reader takes over the window and the only way to go back in
the same window is to use the back button in the browser .. not very good
practice, IMO. Most people would just close the reader thinking they
would be back on the page they left .. and they're not. I have seen many
questions from people who have done just this and lost the place they
wanted to be.
In other cases, I do see your point that users want to control those
things .. although I wonder how many people would know how to do that.
Not everyone who uses the internet is all that websavvy.
Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Thomassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of xhtml
Poping up windows makes assumtion of the user's behaviour. I for one
find it very annoying when sites force open a new window. If I want to
navigate a link I open the link up in a new tab. Forcing the link to
open up in a new window doesn't make me stay on the site, it just makes
me click extra to close the page that I navigated from. If a site
constantly pops open windows I often just leave it.
I argue that it's best to leave the user to control these things as
people have very different habbits.
-Thom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of xhtml
I totally agree .. in fact just having this conversation elsewhere. How
can javascript be more accessible when those most concerned with
accessibility will probably turn it off anyway? Makes no sense to have
this removed .. I open new windows all the time .. for PDFs .. for links
that go offsite, etc.
Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Horowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:44 AM
Subject: [WSG] a target=” blank” not part of xhtml
I just read how a target=”_blank” is not part of xhtml
Why not. I can't imagine its better practice to replace it with
javascript.
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2004/01/02/targetblank-xhtml-10-strict-conversion/
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