Janice Schwarz <[email protected]> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:57 AM, MJ Ray <[email protected]> wrote: [devices that can't open new windows] > > Such devices are buggy and should be repaired, then. Don't degrade > > the web for everyone else because a few devices are buggy. > > To my knowledge, that's standard on mobile phones. It's not a bug. > It's limit to what the technology can handle. And given the number of > people using phones to surf the web now, that's an important > consideration for standards.
I'm pretty sure there is no such standard preventing mobile phones from opening new windows because my aging nokia e90 can do it (since one of the early upgrades - move to the link, left shoulder button, "Open in New"), Firefox on Android can - but it's been a while since I tried an iPhone and I can't remember if that does, but I'd be surprised if not. For all the difficulty of fixing iPhones, there's not usually that much glaringly broken on them. If there was, they'd not be as popular as they are. So I still think it's a bug if a browser can't open a new window and wonder what phones you've being using. Or can someone say what mobile phone standard prevents new windows on links? Hope that informs, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
