How about just telling them to hold down the control button while clicking the link. Surely even your users aren't that silly. ;)
You could even include a control button image for those text-challenged. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "James Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:21:52 -0000 >Ok, aparenntly everyone is having a bad day and doesn't want to give me a >simple answer. My users are not developers, geeks, or any other breed of >user who know how to set up these things. It is all most of them can do to >figure out the power button. > >Assume that >1) I can't be bothered configuring all the clients individually to open >"_blank"'s as a new tab, expecially as most of the time "_blank" needs to >open a new window. >2) Even with step by step instructions my users couldn't configure a piss up >in a brewery. > >Question >Is there any way, by target, JS, or any other means, of opening a link in a >new tab in firefox. > >-- >Jay > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 04 January 2005 16:13 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: Firefox Tabs >> >> James Smith wrote: >> > A user can always open a link in a new window with the >> application of >> > a right click, just like a firefox user can open a new tab with the >> > right mouse button. >> > >> > However I have the ability to set target="_blank" on a link and the >> > link will open in a new window >> >> Not in my browser :-) >> >> >> > If the answer to the question is no just say so but don't >> try to turn >> > it into a control issue when it isn't. >> >> It is a control issue. I can set >> browser.block.target_new_window to true in *my* browser and >> _blank will not open a new window anymore. There is nothing a >> web developer can do about that, just as a web developer can >> define all the onunload events he wants, but they won't run >> in my browser. >> >> My browser, my rules. >> >> >> > I am just trying to make it easier for the users of our >> intranet and >> > reduce the number of clicks they perform from certain reports where >> > new tabs are ALWAYS used. >> >> Have them set browser.block.target_new_window or send them a >> memo to use the middle mouse button :-) >> >> Jochem >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189265 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
