Janice Schwarz <jan...@geekartist.net> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM, MJ Ray <m...@phonecoop.coop> wrote: > > 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? > > I have witnessed this on 2 Droids & 1 iPhone . This has been the > behavior for both versions of the Droid, and the iPhone I used.
That's interesting. I wonder if the bug on Androids only affects some manufacturers? I believe the one I tested was from HTC. But no standard preventing user control of windows, then. [...] > When the OS informs you that you are exceeding the maximum number of > *allowed* windows, that seems more of a limitation than a bug. If you > open enough windows on a desktop or laptop, eventually it crashes too. I managed to open 112 windows on my netbook by mistake yesterday (crimes of a dying keyboard). No sign of any crashing, although it took a while to clean up! > There is no unlimited number of windows that can be run on any system, > and a phone has far fewer resources than a desktop or laptop. This is exactly why new windows should be under user control and not website control, so users can choose where to apply the resources! 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: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
