On 27-Aug-09, at 8:30 AM, Theresa Mesa wrote: > On Aug 27, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Michael Stevens wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bobby Jack >> >> Anything's better than opening links in a new window, though :-) >> >> -------- >> >> Not much is more irritating to me than a site that DOES NOT open >> external >> links in a new window or tab. >> >> Mike >> > I absolutely agree. So, if I go to this link in the site, and I decide > to do some digging around in the new site, now I have to drill back up > to get to the original site. If I'm REALLY lucky, the person in the > new site will have coded their site in such a way that I'm trapped in > their site, and even the back button just refreshes the page I'm on, > so now I have to either reenter the URL of the page I was on, or go > into my history and hope that one of the URLs in that list is > recognizable. I wish I could say I always have the presence of mind to > just right click the link and open the new window, but I don't. > > I much, much prefer to have links open up in new windows or tabs. I'm > always thankful for it. > > Theresa
Hello, The interface is designed so that opening a new window with a link is a user decision, like a new channel on the TV. This behaviour was decided years ago. Programmers should follow the paradigm. To do otherwise, ie. open a new window with your links is contrary to usability. Further this thread is not about css and perhaps better belongs on a web design list like the type thread that clogged this list a couple of weeks ago. These are not css issues. Norman ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
