Please bottom post...

> Sorry, I didn't mean to not include everyone on my reply...
> 
> The reason I need a new window (and I did actually mean _blank), is 
> because this is for a Library portal site which has a limited window 
> view.  Our users actually (almost) demand a new window because they 
> don't want to have to hit their back button 20 times to get back to 
> their customized list of electronic Library resources.
> 

Ah, I love tab capable browsers ;-). (I know it is unreasonable to force
your users to use one.)

> And so, if I don't open a new window, then they will complain that they 
> cannot see the site they want to see (because the window is too small) 
> and they have now lost their portal site, which they need to open other 
> sites in order to compare for their research, etc.
> 

Not entirely sure why this is determined after the script has been
called though?  Why not have the list of links modified to force a new
target on the initial link rather than on submission?  

> I am modifying current open sourced software that's already in place, 
> though not yet in production mode for our users.
> 
> Does that help explain why I need it?  What would you suggest at this
point?

<snip>

Sort of. What I don't understand is why do you have to decide on the
server side, post-request that the result will be in a new window? 
Couldn't the original "portal" page just use targets like normal?

http://danconia.org


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