There are times when DHTML layers make sense. There are also times when
multiple windows ( popup or child) windows make sense --
when you want to compare before and after
when you want to view more than one thing at a time
I too, do not like those ad windows that automatically popup (to
irritate you) when you visit a site
But say a user is browsing a list of article abstracts... he sees one of
interest. clicks on it... up pops the detail (as a result of the user
action)
he can read this article or browse other abstracts -- without ever
having to redisplay (bandwith) the original page.
For several years. I could only get a dial-up line (wilds of Tucson) so
I really appreciate not having the delay of unnecessarily redisplaying a
page
Happiness is *never* having to go back (click the back button) .
Dick
On Sunday, July 7, 2002, at 07:02 PM, Andrew Scott wrote:
> I realize that, but the thing is I have been developing solutions for a
> very long time for the net. And people that I have spoken to (clients)
> hate pop ups, because it takes the focus away from the main page.
>
> If you want a pop up, then why not use dhtml to bring a layer to the
> front and use that instead. Then you can also make it so that they can't
> click anywhere in the rest of the browser window. Refer to
> siteexperts.com for how to do this.
>
> But its your choice what you do, and I am only talking about the
> experience of what has been said to me over the last 7 years.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 8 July 2002 10:37 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: (Opinion) Pop-up or not to pop-up?
>
> Generally, you wouldn't duplicate all the screen layout -- i.e.
> navigation, masthead, footer, etc. -- on a popup. Hence, likely to be a
> smaller HTML file.
>
>
>
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