On 12 Jun 2009 Daniel Silverstone wrote:

> My understanding is that NetSurf is aiming for HTML5 compliance

> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#valid-browsing-context-name
> -or-keyword

> suggests that _new_window as a target in an <a> tag would be processed
> as follows:

>  - The first time it's encountered it'd create a new window whose
> "context" is '_new_window'.
>  - The second time such a link was clicked, it'd replace the content in
> *that* window.

> Is that the behaviour you want? If not, then please use _blank

> Remember, the whole string matters, not just the prefix. Otherwise if I
> were to create a site which relied on a browsing context of '_newbury'
> then perhaps that'd be spawning fresh windows where it should be reusing
> them.

What I'd like is the ability NOT to open a new window when downloading 
a file, regardless of the target attribute. It is very annoying when 
you click on a link to a pdf file and a blank window pops up obscuring 
the directory you were going to put it in. I know you can use Object > 
Link > Download target but that is tedious and you can't tell in 
advance if it's necessary. I can't see why you'd need to open a new 
window unless you are going to put something in it.

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