On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 06:43:36PM +0000, Roger Hayter wrote:
> 1.  If you suggest to people (quite justifiably) that it is safest to 
> disable javascript and then use it in your interface, people are going 
> to think, rightly or wrongly, that you are confused.

Not if they understand *why* we are suggesting that they disable
Javascript.  We can't make design decisions based on the theoretical
possibility that one or two users might make an incorrect assumption
that won't really hurt them anyway.

> 2.  What's wrong with "Open this link in a new window if you want to 
> continue browsing while blah blah etc." Or, if you think only Windows 
> users are likely to be confused (don't think Freenet works on Mac): 
> "Right click and select 'open in new window'".  Even Microsoft assume 
> their developers know how to right click and select.

If you can tell me how you do that with HTML, and without using 
Javascript, then I would be most interested.

Ian.

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