On Monday 23 August 2004 09:39 am, Bill Kendrick wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:19:49AM -0700, Ken Herron wrote: > > The link in question isn't a normal href; it launches some javascript > > which explicitly opens the document in a new window. FF doesn't yet have > > a feature to convert windows opened from javascript into tabs, > > unfortunately. > > I'm curious as to why people (1) insist on making links open in new windows > these days (what with middle-click opening in new tabs and windows when > the /user/ wants them to),
Dunno about others, but in web applications I'll often use a new window like a "dialog" that works with context in the parent window. It might even modify that window's contents on-the-fly. In this case it's not acceptable to open the link in the same window. > and (2) continue to use Javascript to do this > junk when there's a perfectly good HTML attribute ('target="_new"') that > you can give an <a href> tag. <a href> does not support submitting a form (using the POST method) without involving JavaScript. In other words, it is sometimes desirable to treat a text hyperlink as a "submit" button. -- Rod _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech