How about target="_guide" instead? A reference is usually lengthy and unreadable; the designer should know better than to treat the poor user with a reference.
Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Paul Thomas Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:24 PM To: WHAT WG List Subject: [whatwg] Proposal: target="_reference" Summary: I propose target="_reference", which would open a link in a secondary viewport, for example a closable pane at the bottom of a browser window. This would be much less annoying and intimidating than target="_blank". It could be used immediately for providing help, and for linking to privacy policies, terms of use, etc within forms. Eventually it could also be used for footnotes and endnotes.