[email protected] wrote:
I would have to disagree with that. If the user actually _is_ aware that
they are about to open a new window, then does the same again somewhere
else on the page, or on another page, then they are going to be very
confused to discover that only one window has opened.
And some systems do not raise windows that already exist when a new
document is loaded into them. A few years ago (before I rigged my system
to make it very difficult for sites to force new windows on me), I would
(every now and again) run into sites where clicking a link appeared to
do nothing (because it was changing the content of a window hidden
behind the active window).
There are lots of reasons why new windows cause accessibility and
usability problems. It is almost always better to just work with the
window the user provides you with and not try to get extra ones.
--
David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk/
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