I have encountered that condition where you left one site on activating a
link. My question is, since one presumes that the web was designed to
attract, capture, and retain the viewer's interest why would you allow them
to leave - they might not come back for any number of reasons. If you open a
The Swedish Administrative Development Agency, Verva
(www.verva.se/english), publish accessibility guidelines and they
clearly state that (my translation) No matter if links lead to
pages within the same site or to an external site they shall open in
the same window.
I'm also quite sure that W3Cs
And, the target=blank attribute is deprecated in HTML and not a
part of the XHTML specification so there is no way to open a link in
a new window without Javascript.
(@target [1] will be available in HTML 5 though, and opening new
windows/tabs is currently even specified in CSS 3 [2].)
So
So make every link open in the same window but inform the user when
the link leads to an external site so they can choose to open the
link the way they see fit.
The above way is be the best and clearest for users that are not very
familiar with browser-functionality and for people with
Personally, I'm a big fan of opening links in a new window or tab BUT
the important usability issue here is that I am not a good
representative of the end user of the sites I build and I would
imagine the majority of people on this list, as well as most of their
colleagues, aren't either.
One more thing--
Trevor Thompson wrote:
But an unofficial survey around our office found that most people
prefer links to new sites to open up in new windows/tabs. They said
that new windows or tabs make it easier to explore links to other,
possibly- irrelevant, but possibly-useful sites,
Hi Trevor
I think your unofficial survey of the office probably included
individuals who either are involved in the design and build of sites
or who use the internet everyday.
Its very easy for us super users to start designing interfaces that
support the way we work, but you should always
Hi folks,
The conventional wisdom is that a link should not open a new window,
even if it's a link to another site. Neilsen listed this as number 9
in the top 10 design mistakes.
But an unofficial survey around our office found that most people
prefer links to new sites to open up in new
Should the rule that links should always open in the same window be
revisited?
Going for the very short answer: No, as this choice should be left to
the user. Talking studies I do not know any that does not verify what
Nielsen suggested in another article, namely only to open new windows
for
On Jul 9, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Jens Meiert wrote:
Trevor wrote:
The conventional wisdom is that a link should not open a new
window, even if it's a link to another site. Neilsen listed this as
number 9 in the top 10 design mistakes.
But an unofficial survey around our office found that
If you want to do comparisons, then you might want to have an item
created in a new window. Tabs are great, but sometimes you want to
compare items using multiple windows. There might also be some legal
reasons for completely separating one source from another source.
Chauncey
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From: Trevor Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Should external links really open in the same
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Hi folks,
The conventional wisdom is that a link should not open a new
Jeff,
In fact it does have that as an option and you can set it up in your search
*Preferences*. Scroll down the *Preferences* page to Results Window: Open
search results in a new browser window. and check it.
- Abhijith
2008/7/10 Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
In fact, I wish google
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