On 21/12/2011 19:44, Hassan Schroeder wrote:
On 12/19/11 6:09 PM, Alex Mironov wrote:
Muchof my research suggests that the recommended practice is to
> keep people within the same window/tab except in some instances.
Most of the responses to this seem to focus on the evils of opening
a new *window*.
I'm under the impression that Webkit browsers (Chrome, Safari) open
a new *tab* by default, which to me seems fine. It's obvious it's a
different tab, the original page is right "next" to it, etc.
Firefox has an option to set this behavior; anyone know what any of
the IEs do? (Heh, I don't even know which IE versions support tabs.)
Regardless -- for the vocal objectors, do the same objections apply
to opening a new tab?
My main objection is: let the user decide. If they never knew they could
do it, then that's their expected behaviour - that once they activate a
link, they're taken to another place. Most of them know about the back
button functionality. And if they DO know about opening links in new
windows/tabs, and maybe even have their browser configured especially,
then they're power users and again let them decide.
Nonetheless, make it clear if a link is going to a completely separate
site. Don't make it look like any other link within your current site,
if possible. Or change the wording a la "for more information, visit the
<a href="http://...";>Blahblah company site</a>." - take away the
surprise from it.
P
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